In the play "Romeo and Juliet," William Shakespeare writes of various recurring themes using figurative language to make social commentary and touch on human nature. More specifically, Shakespeare utilizes metaphor, personification, and heroic couplet to show the reader that mistaking lust for love can have dangerous consequences. He uses metaphors several times throughout the play as a way to show the love as lust theme. When Romeo is moping ... not only applies to Romeo and Juliet, but to real life as many teenage boys, even hundreds of years after this play was written, still base their lo...

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... him through the emotions one would experience in an entire lifetime. The individuals possessed by >ideal= love are not the only ones who are affected by it. In Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence=s first reaction to Romeo=s drastic change was shock: AHoly Saint Francis, what a change is here!/.../Young men=s love then lies/Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.@(2.3.69, 71 ... to seal their love despite the turmoil between the families. However, the Friar warns Romeo that Athese violent delights have violent ends@ (2.6.9) and he tells him to Alove moderately@(2.6.14). Clearly, the F...

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... to fuel the audiences interest but it provides a useful prescience into the remainder of the text. In this instance, the opening scene of Romeo and Juliet does both. A rousing duel between the two rival families captures the audiences attention and carefully chosen techniques help to prepare the audience for the rest of the play. The mood in the opening scene mirrors the mood to ... his flowery, baroque proposals- "out of her favour where I am in love." Conversely, when he meets Juliet, his depression is lifted. This is reflected in his language - "It is the east and Juliet is the sun."...

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