Duality In Romeo And Juliet

William Shakespeare demonstrates the idea of everything having an opposing truth in his play Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s play reveals that not everything is as it appears through its plot, the character’s language, and the events that take place. He demonstrates this with two literary devices; Duality and double entendre. The dualities in his play consist of love and hate, good and evil, and light and dark.
With love there comes hate in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. In this play the duality of love is demonstrated through the intense feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. “Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love” (II i 175). The animosity between the two families runs so deep that even the servants detest each other. One cannot simply love the
His character’s language helps to demonstrate the idea of most things having two sides, or an opposing truth. “Indeed, I never shall be satisfied with Romeo, till I behold him--dead— “(III v). After Romeo’s banishment, Lady Capulet talks to Juliet about the incident. Lady Capulet goes on about how Romeo deserves death, and how someone needs to avenge Tybalt by killing Romeo. Juliet’s mother interprets that Juliet also wants Romeo dead because of the way Juliet phrases her response. Lady Capulet takes Juliet’s response one way while Juliet means it another way. The dialogue between Juliet and her mother in act three, scene five contain multiple double entendres. “I will confess to you that I love him” (IV i). Another scene where double entendre in present is when Paris and Juliet are in Friar’s cell. Paris is there to tell Friar that his marriage to Juliet will be on Thursday when Juliet shows up. Paris tells Juliet not to deny her love for him to which Juliet turns to friar and says the above quote. Paris thinks that Juliet’s talking about him, but both friar and Juliet meant her love for