Hyperboles In Romeo And Juliet

In the drama, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are several long speeches that show different types of figurative language and structure. One that is particularly intriguing is the speech Mercutio makes when trying to persuade Romeo to go to the Capulet party. In this speech Mercutio describes Queen Mab, who is a fairy like woman that controls dreams. She makes ladies dream of kisses, soldiers dream of the blood of enemies, and lawyers dream of money. Within this speech about Queen Mab, Shakespeare uses metaphorical language, imagery, specific tones, and structure to create an image for the audience and contribute to the larger plot of the play.

“Unreasonable haste is the direct road to error”(Moliere). This quote mirrors a theme in William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. This play is about two lovers from opposing families which make a series of reckless decisions which lead to the death of many people including themselves. In William Shakespeare’s play, he conveys through the motif of hasty decisions that, while the quick decisions which are caused by emotions may seem appealing, ultimately these decisions have repercussions and lead to violence of others. Lust, hatred, and sadness are all emotions which have immense consequences when they guide one’s decisions.

later in the story it gets worse were He sates “That one short minute gives me in her sight/Do thou but close our hands with holy words/Then love-devouring death do what he dare/It is enough I may but call her mine.” at this point it is were Romeo is climbing into Juliet’s window. (II.vi.109-110). Soon the two are married and Romeo can hardly wait. He remarks that he is not worried about a thing after the two are married, even death. Here Shakespeare’s employs situational irony and foreshadowing to carry his theme. The play continues for a little less than three days, yet another example of how Shakespeare demonstrates his theme, by allowing the play to only continue for three days he gives his readers a feeling of quickness and shortness. This puts the reader, or audience member, in place where they can feel the inappropriateness of their rushed love.

In Act 2 Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo goes to visit Friar Lawrence in his cell after meeting Juliet and falling madly in love with her. Romeo tells him about his love for Juliet and asks him to marry them. Friar Lawrence is shocked that Romeo has moved on so suddenly so he gives a dramatic speech to Romeo. Shakespeare uses meaningful images, melodic diction, and dramatic hyperboles to express the nature of love. In the following lines, Shakespeare illustrates how young and immature men are bound to fall in and out of love in an instant.

During The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence uses emotion to persuade Romeo to reconsider his rash deed. The friar asks Romeo a rhetorical question to make Romeo doubt his manly hood. Near the end of his advice filled speech the friar uses alliteration to portray Romeo’s selfishness.

In figurative language, imagery is an expressive way that helps the audience understand the plot thoroughly by creating descriptive visuals. In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two factors that contribute to the imagery of the play are light and darkness. William Shakespeare includes these two factors within the poetic structure and elements of the play by using techniques like word play and descriptive language.

Diction allows readers to interpret the author’s text in the way he or she hopes. Shakespeare’s word choice in the famous balcony scene, is what makes it the famous balcony scene. By writing Romeo and Juliet’s monologues as poetic as they are, Shakespeare is able to create a meaningful scene. Romeo calls Juliet a “bright angel… [that is]... as glorious to [the] night… as is a winged messenger of heaven” (Shakespeare ln 26-28). Rather than just writing that Juliet is as beautiful as an angel, Shakespeare uses adjectives that paint a more vivid picture. By saying “winged messenger of heaven” rather than angel, the reader is able to gain a clearer understanding of how much Romeo loves Juliet. Shakespeare’s diction when Juliet is asking Romeo if

Great books consist of powerful words, words which express a character’s emotions. These sentences showing adoration or insult can be vital to the plot of the story as one line of deep emotion will drastically affect the plot of a book. Emotional moments can be located on many occasions in Romeo and Juliet, as emotional sentences can often be spotted when Capulets and Montagues crash, Tybalt is in the scene, or when Romeo and Juliet are eye-to-eye with each other. Powerful words can be seen in Romeo and Juliet with results which better a character’s future, or if they are of insult, they could end up causing the death of men.

Walking on enemy territory, Capulet’s garden to find true love, is not a wise idea, especially if you’re a Montague such as Romeo. In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is about two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo being born into the Montague family and Juliet, born into the Capulet family. Two diverse and feuding families that despise one another. Being a Montague, Romeo outlawed from going on Capulet grounds to see his love, Juliet, but he does it because of his lovesick nature. In this excellent and well known play, the peculiar balcony scene, composes a lot of tension exceedingly by the setting, staging, figurative language, images, and character traits.

In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” Shakespeare’s hyperbole and dialogue reveals a focus on two star-crossed lovers that will risk anything for each other. In doing so, Shakespeare demonstrates the dangers of love. Juliet, worried about the safety of Romeo, asks him how he got in the Capulet property and says, “The orchard walls are high and hard to climb/ And the place death, considering who thou art/ if any of kinsmen find thee here” (Shakespeare 2.2.1-4).  Romeo risked his life sneaking into the orchards, but to him, it was worth it to have the chance to speak to Juliet. Romeo’s feelings of love for Juliet made him lose sight of the real world and the danger of trespassing in his family’s rival’s home. This characterizes Romeo as reckless

In the beginning of the play, Romeo is young and carefree, he loves Rosaline and then Juliet. He is in love with the fact that he is in love. Romeo in this case is the tragic hero, his tragic flaw is his immaturity and fickle traits. Benvolio and Mercutio make fun of Romeo in the beginning because he is always in love. Romeo goes to this party thinking that no girl is prettier than Rosaline, but when he goes and meets Juliet he thinks she is the most beautiful, and that fate brought them together. Romeo acts on this fate to make it permanent despite the several obstacles. Romeo says before the party at the Capulet’s, “I fear, too early, for my mind misgives-Some consequence yet hanging in the stars-shall bitterly begin

Romeo and Juliet’s sudden marriage seems appropriate to Romeo because he says, “whatever sorrow may come, I can never outweigh the joy from one short minute of seeing her” (2.6.5). The sorrow Romeo refers to turns out in the end to cause his death. This fact makes his decision to marry Juliet a reckless one. The most hostile of Romeo’s decisions, looks like his untamed choice to avenge Mercutio’s death. In a split second, Romeo goes from trying to prevent a fight, to a state of mind with which “he slays Tybalt in an uncontrolled rage” (Dupler). Romeo’s “uncontrolled rage” (Dupler), causes his minor dispute to develop into a murdering of Tybalt and banishment of himself. News of his banishment sets Romeo off. Banishment, which would require Romeo to live away from Juliet, seems so unmanageable that he “concludes that there is nothing left to live for” (Andrews). This over dramatized act, once again reveals Romeo’s ill-equipped emotions. Once Romeo resides in Mantua, he hears the dreadful news that his Juliet “sleeps in Capels’ monument” (5.1.20). Because Romeo believes that living life seems pointless without Juliet, he takes another dangerous step towards his fate. He does this by “purchasing poison from an apothecary” (Andrews), with which he plans to commit suicide with. To virtually seal his own fate, Romeo rejects the idea of confirming anything he has heard with Friar Lawrence. In his single-minded mental state Romeo says, “It doesn’t matter” (5.1.30),

Romeo and Juliet is a very thoroughly thought-out and well articulated play. Shakespeare was obviously a very established writer of his time, and this is reflected in this particular piece of work. In the beginning of the play, we are introduced to Romeo, a young lovesick man. Romeo is in love with a girl who doesn’t want to marry, and he calls love out as “...brawling love! Oh, loving hate! Serious foolishness!” (Shakespeare 37) when he realizes he can’t be with her. However, Shakespeare displays some intense character development when Romeo rebounds, falling in love with a young girl named Juliet. The announcer describes Romeo’s new love affair, saying, “The beautiful Rosaline, once so desirable and worth dying for, is not so beautiful when

Romeo and Juliet is a sixteenth-century play written by William Shakespeare. Amongst the most renowned of Shakespeare's plays, Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that focuses on the fated relationship of two star-crossed lovers. The play focuses on themes of love and hate, mostly concerning the feud between the two opposing families, the Montagues and the Capulets. This play came at a time when such social events like courting were not just accepted, but expected. Witchcraft and fate were also strongly believed to be real which makes aspects of the play seem somewhat surreal to a modern day audience. III.1 is a pivotal part of the play, within this one scene, the possibility of the play being a comedy is destroyed and there is only one

The tragedy isn't the fact that Romeo and Juliet are in love, but it is the consequences and decisions they put themselves through. These decisions are more pathetic than anything else, they caused lots of chaos. This work is from ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare. Romeo’s decision to go back to Verona, was very sudden; if he had delayed his trip, three lives would've been saved. Juliet’s secret marriage with Romeo caused the confusion and involvement of Paris, if the marriage wasn't a secret none of them would have died. If Juliet didn't decide to commit suicide, she would've prevented her own death and the death of her mother. The decisions made by the protagonists are often pathetic and irrational, leading to the unnecessary deaths of many of the main and minor characters in the play.