Romeo and Juliet Literary devices
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- Two households both alike in dignity(In fair Verona where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal lions of this two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers takes their life; whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their deaths bury their parents strife
- The comparison of Juliet's beauty to the brilliance of the sun is hyperbole, but it is a genuine reflection of how Romeo feels about her. That birds would sing and think it were not night. Again, Romeo uses exaggerations about brightness andbrilliance to describe Juliet's beauty.
- This is called foreshadowing This keeps the plot moving forward by letting the audience know that some tragic events may happen later in the play
- What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun...
- During Romeo's first appearance in the play, in Act 1, Scene 1, he laments his unrequited love for Rosaline and comments on the Montague-Capulet-feud which he finds distasteful—through the use of numerous oxymorons.. This helps Romeo express he's feelings about love ad to show how much he regrets ever loving anyone in the first place.
- Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love.Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate,O anything of nothing first create!O heavy lightness, serious vanity.
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