Many authors use juxtaposition to help characterize the characters in the book to help the reader be able to connect and feel what the character is going through. This helps authors drag in readers because they start feeling connected with the characters and want to see what happens to them in the end. As a result William Shakespeare uses juxtaposition in the play Romeo and Juliet to help readers connect with the characters in the play and feel what they are going through. Therefore, Shakespeare creates indirect characterization when he uses juxtaposition to show Romeo and Juliet’s complex love.
Through terms of contrast, Shakespeare characterizes Romeo as a young, handsome boy with a romantic side to him that leads to tragedy. Juliet’s love …show more content…
The oxymoron “violent delights” shows what will happen to Romeo and Juliet’s love in the end (2.6.9). Friar Laurence uses the oxymoron to show that their love is reckless, and in the meantime characterizes himself as a smart, wise person by trying to help them. Although he would love to see them get married, he is scared for them when he makes the juxtaposition:“Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (2.6.15). He uses the juxtaposition to tell Romeo that going too fast is like waiting a long time and, that they will get the same outcome as if they were going too slow. Shakespeare indirectly characterizes Friar Laurence by using juxtaposition to show that he is a wise, smart person who is there to help Romeo in his love …show more content…
Romeo is indirectly characterized as a handsome, young boy with a big romantic side to him through Juliet’s deep love, and nice comparisons. On the other hand Friar Laurence was indirectly characterized as a wise, smart person that is there to help Romeo in his love life. Likewise this helped Romeo to indirectly characterize Juliet as a young beautiful girl. Authors use juxtaposition to make characters relatable and have problems that people today would have
Through terms of contrast, Shakespeare characterizes Romeo as a young, handsome boy with a romantic side to him that leads to tragedy. Juliet’s love …show more content…
The oxymoron “violent delights” shows what will happen to Romeo and Juliet’s love in the end (2.6.9). Friar Laurence uses the oxymoron to show that their love is reckless, and in the meantime characterizes himself as a smart, wise person by trying to help them. Although he would love to see them get married, he is scared for them when he makes the juxtaposition:“Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow” (2.6.15). He uses the juxtaposition to tell Romeo that going too fast is like waiting a long time and, that they will get the same outcome as if they were going too slow. Shakespeare indirectly characterizes Friar Laurence by using juxtaposition to show that he is a wise, smart person who is there to help Romeo in his love …show more content…
Romeo is indirectly characterized as a handsome, young boy with a big romantic side to him through Juliet’s deep love, and nice comparisons. On the other hand Friar Laurence was indirectly characterized as a wise, smart person that is there to help Romeo in his love life. Likewise this helped Romeo to indirectly characterize Juliet as a young beautiful girl. Authors use juxtaposition to make characters relatable and have problems that people today would have