How does Shakespeare create sympathy for Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare creates sympathy for the two protagonists in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ skilfully using emotive language‚ sonnet form‚ alliteration and metaphor. Before the play begins‚ the audience are told that it will end in a disaster. This creates an emotive reaction in the audience throughout the play as they are reminded of the fate of the two young lovers. This is emphasised by the fact that the protagonists foreshadow their own
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about love‚ romance‚ relationships‚ families and violence. Although mainly about love‚ there are many scenes that contain violence and conflict. This play opens with a fight and ends with reconciliation. The violence in this play occurs from a long standing disagreement between two families (Montague’s + Capulet’s). The events lead to the tragic deaths of ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ In this essay I will discuss how Shakespeare uses conflict to create the tragedy in which
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and the Capulets came to an end. In Romeo and Juliet‚ a sweetly painful drama‚ Shakespeare uses metaphors‚ oxymorons‚ and foreshadowing to convey powerful emotions. William Shakespeare incorporated several poignant metaphors throughout Romeo and Juliet. A metaphor is a comparison between two things‚ but unlike a simile‚ the words “like” or “as” are not used. Relating back to the play‚ Mercutio says‚ “True‚ I talk of dreams; which are the children
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Throughout the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare‚ the author uses light or the absence of light to enhance and/or contribute to the mood of a particular scene. As viewers watch Romeo and Juliet fall in love‚ the obstacles that complicate their unfair love become very obvious. Shakespeare uses light and dark images to add to the mood of his play. Usually in text and stories from the beginning of time‚ to modern-day‚ light would correspond with good‚ and dark with evil. Shakespeare on the other
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Romeo and Juliet is a play written by Shakespeare leading to the outcome of two lovers death due to lack of decision making. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet come to many points in where story changing decisions come into play in which Shakespeare relates them to faith. In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare implies that when making decisions take your faith back from the stars and make a true decision that you believe in because Romeo takes his faith back from the stars and makes a decision of his
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The use of imagery in Romeo and Juliet The themes of forbidden love‚ tragedy‚ loss and isolation are closely interlinked in “Romeo and Juliet”. Shakespeare uses imagery throughout the play to highlight their importance. The forbidden love of Romeo and Juliet is described using religious language‚ imagery of contrasting light and darkness‚ and nature; tragedy is emphasised by the imagery of death throughout the play; isolation can be seen in the language and actions of both the central characters
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of similes in Romeo and Juliet appear different then what is written in modern-day time. This is mainly because they are not as obviously written in the play unlike today where it is easy to spot a simile or even another literary language like metaphors. His style is so different that our minds aren’t used to interpreting such a difference in writing. Shakespeare’s similes can seem hidden and some may argue that they aren’t similes at all but they are there! There isn’t a title for how the author of
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Poling 1 Period 2 01/14/16 William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is widely known as a horrible tragedy about two teen lovers whose death bring their feuding families together. While there may be a dramatic ending to the play‚ it starts off as a funny and delightful comedy. To divert the audience’s attention from the cruel reality of the play‚ Shakespeare focuses on the parts that make it entertaining for the audience. If humor was not added‚ Romeo and Juliet would have been a very tiresome romance about
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In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the Capulets and Montagues long-standing feud had a greater effect on their children’s behavior‚ rather than the nature of their own growing and developing brains. In the beginning of the play‚ when the first quarrel occurs‚ Tybalt says “As I hate hell‚ all Montagues‚ and thee: Have at thee coward!’ (Shakespeare Mid-1590s). This “hate” that Tybalt and the rest of the characters have‚ have this belief engraved into their minds since they were taught
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really good‚ almost spectacular‚ happened and you thought to yourself‚ “This is exactly how it’s supposed to be.” Like it was destined to happen‚ like it was fate. In Act One of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet‚ fate was emphasized by using foreshadowing with Benvolio. The two families‚ Capulet and Montague‚ have been feuding over many years and have had three civil brawls in the streets of Verona. Romeo is a young man who belongs to the family of Montague and is depressed because he’s in
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