Effective Use Of Metaphors In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

In the play Romeo and Juliet a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths reunite their feuding families. Shakespeare uses literary devices throughout the play which serve to amuse, guide, and hypnotize the viewer of this production. In the play Shakespeare uses puns which are used to release tension because romeo and juliet is a tragedy with a lot of serious moments. He also uses metaphors which explain the relationship between romeo and juliet. In the movie ratatouille there are a lot of puns to lighten in up the mood in serious scenes to make the movie more kid friendly.

Benvolio: My dear cousin, you have to get out of town! If the Prince were to find you, he would be sure to kill you. It 's not safe here anymore.

‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a play written by William Shakespeare on 1597, which illustrates a tragic love story between a son and a daughter of two opposing families, the Montague and the Capulet. ‘Romeo + Juliet’ is a modernised version of the play, interpreted and directed by Baz Luhrmann on 1996. Both Shakespeare’s play and Luhrmann’s film both illustrates the theme of love “romantic yet forbidden love” in act 2 scene 2 by characterising Juliet differently, changing the setting, and the tone. Juliet is characterised differently in order to accentuate the ‘romantic love’ between Romeo and Juliet.

In Williams Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the star crossed lovers share their differences, but love brings forth their similarities. Romeo is portrayed as irrational when he is affected by love. Following their first meeting, Romeo instantly falls for Juliet despite the feud between the two houses. He climbs over the orchard walls, and protest for them to “find me here// My life were better ended by their hate, //Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” (2.2.80-83).

Juliet is dis-empowered by the end of this play. Throughout Romeo and Juliet there are several factors that contribute to Juliet's dis-empowerment. First Juliet is dragged down by Romeo through almost the entirety of the play. Then she her lover is banished from Verona, which leaves Juliet to sit and cry in her room alone for hours. These factors lead to Juliet's dis-empowerment.

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous pieces written by William Shakespeare, which it’s theme is based on fate and foolishness. According to the evidence found through the text, Shakespeare makes it seem that Romeo and Juliet’s death was brought by fate and condition, though as well by foolishness. By analyzing the prologues, Romeo’s foreshadow in Act I and Juliet and Friar’s understanding of foolish behavior will bolster the author’s portrayal that their deaths was beyond their power. Even if they contributed to it with some foolishness, it was ultimately a matter of pure fate.

It was the beginning of the end from the moment Romeo and Juliet laid eyes on each other. In the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the two teens were deeply in love, although their families were in a feud that would normally forbid members of the opposing families to be together. Romeo and Juliet ignored this unwritten rule, and eventually caused them both to have premature deaths. Throughout the entire story, light was shown both in the presence of Juliet as a sense of beauty, and also seen as a sense of bad or an ending of a happy occurrence.

In films and literature, darkness often represents fear and misery, whereas light portrays joy and cheerfulness. Shakespeare undoubtedly utilizes these connotations in his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, as light imagery is used in order to establish joyous atmospheres and display the elation of being in love, whereas dark imagery is used to create tension and portray the distress that love can inflict. Thus, through Shakespeare’s use of light and dark imagery in Romeo and Juliet, it is undeniable that he effectively creates atmosphere and reinforces the theme of love as a source of joy and pain. Firstly, light imagery is used in pursuance of establishing a romantic atmosphere, whereas dark imagery is employed in order to generate suspense.

Juliet says, “My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, that I must love a loathed enemy,” (1.5.136-140), after realizing she has fallen in love with Romeo, a Montague. The feuding of their families does not allow Romeo and Juliet to be with one another, but in the end, their love is what eventually brings the feuding to end. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the nature of Romeo and Juliet’s love is what leads to a paradigm changing tragedy.

In the 1960s portrayal of Romeo and Juliet, the two characters are barely able to stay away from each other, much less have a proper conversation without yielding to physical affection. Much of their time together is spent hugging, kissing, and practicing oblivion to the world around them. Romeo drones on about Juliet’s beauty in multiple scenes, reflecting that “The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars . . ” (Shakespeare 2.2.19-20) and “ . . . Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear” (1.5.54).

In this passage, Shakespeare utilizes metaphor and negative diction to characterize Romeo as a person who is conflicted and frustrated by love, which ultimately reveals the theme that love is uncontrollable, conflicting, and short-lived. Towards the end of act 1 scene 1, Romeo still has a big crush on Rosaline, but Rosaline has no feelings for him. Hence, Romeo experienced a sense of depression and is conflicted by love. In this passage, Shakespeare uses numerous metaphors. “Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs.”

“Francis Forever” by Mitski The song that fits best with Romeo’s entry in act 1 scene 1 is “Francis Forever” by Mitski. Similar to Romeo’s anguish over Rosaline’s rejection to his affections, the song is about not being seen by the one you love most. According to Benvolio, Romeo walks underneath a sycamore grove before dawn in his sorrow, much like how the song states, “On sunny days, I go out walking /

In the tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare tells a tragic story about how two forbidden lovers sacrifice is the only way to resolve the feud between their families. Even though Romeo and Juliet have a tragic ending, the road there is not that bad. In Act II, Scene ii, Shakespeare shows one of the lovers’ first conversations, which is painted by his very careful choice of words. He uses syntax, diction, and other narrative devices to depict the mood of Romeo and Juliet and In the passage, Shakespeare uses syntax to set the differing moods between Romeo and Juliet.