In the play Romeo and Juliet Capulet’s continued use of death imagery extends a theme that began in Act One. The speech uses metaphors and personification to extend the theme. Capulet states “Death is my heir;” (4.5.38) He is saying that Death has taken Paris’s place as Juliet’s partner, making death her partner for eternity. Capulet continues, saying,“My daughter he hath wedded. I will die and leave him all.” (4.5.39) In this metaphor he says Death hasn’t just taken Juliet's life, Death has taken Capulet’s life as well as everything he owns. Death has taken Juliet, the heir of Capulet’s wealth and name. Capulet comprehend Juliet’s death as the end of the Capulet family bloodline. Death has also taken Juliet’s virginity. “Flower as she was,
