... and Juliet. Most of the time authors use oxymorons to express the conflict in their character's hearts. Oxymorons are also used in describing an object or feeling. For instance in Moby Dick the captain describes the whale as the "ugliest beauty" he had ever seen. Oxymorons can also be used I speeches, plays and poems. ... by William Shakespeare, Shakespeare uses oxymorons to express and show the conflict in Juliet's heart when she learns that her husband has killed her favorite cousin. In Act Two of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet adores Romeo and is willing to leave all that is dear to her hea...

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... in the world (Sams 55). In 1592, when Shakespeare was just beginning his career as a playwright, the plague came to London. The theatres were shut down for two years, and when they re-opened in 1594, he abandoned a promising career as a poet and resumed as a playwrighter (Martin 53). By 1595, William ... had purchased a share in the recently formed acting company with which he was to remain for the rest of his working life 4 (Grose 10). He relied on boy actors to play the female roles because women did not act until after Charles II's Restoration in 1660 (Martin 72). Between 1590 and 16...

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