simile are used throughout William Shakespeare=s writing to give his characters interesting traits.

In Act II, scene ii of the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses metaphor to show how good

with words Romeo can be, personification to show the same, and simile to show that Juliet also

Romeo is constantly making comparisons, and to begin scene ii, Romeo says that Mercutio is jesting Aat scars that have never felt a wound@ when Mercutio tries to lure him out of hiding by talking about Romeo=s former love, Rosaline. Romeo is cleverly phrasing the fact that he was really only ever attracted to Rosaline=s beauty, and

therefore there were never any scars of love. This manner of phrasing the embarrassing fact that he was never in love is a clear indicator one of Romeo=s more obvious traits: Romeo is very witty with his words. Romeo soon uses another metaphor a long comparison that simply says that Juliet is very beautiful. Romeo calls Juliet the sun, and says that even the beautiful moon pales and weakens compared to her. Metaphors are sprinkled through scene ii, but there are more literary techniques used as well.

Similes are similar to metaphors because they also make comparisons, but similes do this using the words like or as to compare. After Romeo has talked to Juliet for a while, Juliet begins to wonder whether Romeo really loves her or not, and uses the s

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