In act three scene two of William Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is hopelessly in love with Romeo, because the star-crossed lovers have an effable connection, which attracts them together like magnets, and this is shown through oxymores and metaphors. After getting married to Romeo, Juliet impatiently waits for the envious sun to go down, so Romeo can come, while waiting she expresses her endless love for Romeo by passionately claiming, “Come, civil night, Thou sober-suited matron, all in black, And learn me how to lose a winning match Played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods” (3.2.10-13). In the quote, Juliet expresses the night as a metaphor, for love and intimacy, with Romeo. Juliet is excited for the night to come because
