Romeo and Juliet Essay
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play written to show contrast and duality. Shakespeare includes literary devices involving detailed characters, language, and events to prove that everything has two sides and may not seem as it appears. Shakespeare creates vivid characters that capture your attention. However, the characters have two sides and are not what they seem to be. One example is that Lord Capulet seems to be a great father, who watches over his daughter and really cares for her. But, he really just cares about passing his name down and saving his money. Likewise, his wife, Lady Capulet, seems like a great mother, but she didn’t even nurse her child. She just agreed to whatever her husband did. The …show more content…
Romeo states, “Out of her favour, where I am in love”(I I 173). There are two sides to love. It looks like love would be wonderful, but it has another side to it. Romeo isn’t in Rosaline’s favour, but that is where he is in love. Romeo also notes, “Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love”(I I 180). Because Romeo is loyal to his own family, it means he must hate the other, even if he really doesn’t. Romeo adds, “Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day/ Stands tiptoes on the misty mountaintops”(III v 9-10). The stars are burnt out. This means it is physically getting lighter in the day, but darker for them since Romeo must leave that …show more content…
While Friar was gathering herbs and pondering the nature of reality, he says that Earth is where you bury people. At the same time, it is where things grow and, it helps support life. Friar Lawrence also says, “Not aught so good but, strained from that fair use,/ Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse”(II iii 19-20). The Friar means that love is a wonderful thing, unless you misuse it. He continues with, “For naught so vile that on the Earth doth live/ But to the Earth some special good doth give”(II iii 17-18). The Friar is still with his herbs and he notices a flower. The flower is beautiful, it smells good, and it will make you feel better. However, if you taste the flower, it will kill
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play written to show contrast and duality. Shakespeare includes literary devices involving detailed characters, language, and events to prove that everything has two sides and may not seem as it appears. Shakespeare creates vivid characters that capture your attention. However, the characters have two sides and are not what they seem to be. One example is that Lord Capulet seems to be a great father, who watches over his daughter and really cares for her. But, he really just cares about passing his name down and saving his money. Likewise, his wife, Lady Capulet, seems like a great mother, but she didn’t even nurse her child. She just agreed to whatever her husband did. The …show more content…
Romeo states, “Out of her favour, where I am in love”(I I 173). There are two sides to love. It looks like love would be wonderful, but it has another side to it. Romeo isn’t in Rosaline’s favour, but that is where he is in love. Romeo also notes, “Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love”(I I 180). Because Romeo is loyal to his own family, it means he must hate the other, even if he really doesn’t. Romeo adds, “Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day/ Stands tiptoes on the misty mountaintops”(III v 9-10). The stars are burnt out. This means it is physically getting lighter in the day, but darker for them since Romeo must leave that …show more content…
While Friar was gathering herbs and pondering the nature of reality, he says that Earth is where you bury people. At the same time, it is where things grow and, it helps support life. Friar Lawrence also says, “Not aught so good but, strained from that fair use,/ Revolts from true birth, stumbling on abuse”(II iii 19-20). The Friar means that love is a wonderful thing, unless you misuse it. He continues with, “For naught so vile that on the Earth doth live/ But to the Earth some special good doth give”(II iii 17-18). The Friar is still with his herbs and he notices a flower. The flower is beautiful, it smells good, and it will make you feel better. However, if you taste the flower, it will kill