In “Romeo and Juliet” Shakespeare presents a mixture of emotions such as love, hate and anger. These are also shown throughout a selection of sonnets and he does this by using similar techniques such as metaphors, alliteration, juxtaposition and emotive language in both “Romeo and Juliet” and some of the sonnets.
In Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 Scene 5, Shakespeare presents a strong emotion of love using a metaphor. “Like a rich jewel in Ethiopes ear” This suggests that Romeo has found his one and only love in the world and he desires her more than anything else. The reader may think differently as they may feel it is not true love because he compares her to a “rich” jewel but you cannot buy or put a price on love which foreshadows it is not true. …show more content…
“Whose Worth’s unknown, although his height be taken” The keywords “Worth Unknown” are important because it shows that you cannot put a price on love and that nothing else is able to compete for it. If love is bought, it cannot be true which could suggest the love that Romeo had for Rosaline was fake as he had put a price on her, saying she was “rich”. Other readers will disagree and say it is true because of the use of alliteration and metaphors to show strong love. The use of alliteration shows strong enthusiasm towards love as it makes it sound like nothing can be better than …show more content…
“Which alters when alteration finds” The quotation also uses juxtaposition to show an alteration between two different things such as false love into true love. This is shown In Romeo and Juliet when Romeo had a false love with Rosaline until he met Juliet at the dance ball which is when his love had altered. The keywords “Alters” and “Alteration” are especially important because it shows the differences between the two different types of love and so once one is found, it will stay forever and will never be changed. The quotation also shows fait between Romeo and Juliet because of alteration from Rosaline, Romeo met Juliet which changed his heart. The quotation sums up fait and true love in one sentence which is shown at the very start of Romeo and Juliet when Romeo meets Juliet for the first
In Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 Scene 5, Shakespeare presents a strong emotion of love using a metaphor. “Like a rich jewel in Ethiopes ear” This suggests that Romeo has found his one and only love in the world and he desires her more than anything else. The reader may think differently as they may feel it is not true love because he compares her to a “rich” jewel but you cannot buy or put a price on love which foreshadows it is not true. …show more content…
“Whose Worth’s unknown, although his height be taken” The keywords “Worth Unknown” are important because it shows that you cannot put a price on love and that nothing else is able to compete for it. If love is bought, it cannot be true which could suggest the love that Romeo had for Rosaline was fake as he had put a price on her, saying she was “rich”. Other readers will disagree and say it is true because of the use of alliteration and metaphors to show strong love. The use of alliteration shows strong enthusiasm towards love as it makes it sound like nothing can be better than …show more content…
“Which alters when alteration finds” The quotation also uses juxtaposition to show an alteration between two different things such as false love into true love. This is shown In Romeo and Juliet when Romeo had a false love with Rosaline until he met Juliet at the dance ball which is when his love had altered. The keywords “Alters” and “Alteration” are especially important because it shows the differences between the two different types of love and so once one is found, it will stay forever and will never be changed. The quotation also shows fait between Romeo and Juliet because of alteration from Rosaline, Romeo met Juliet which changed his heart. The quotation sums up fait and true love in one sentence which is shown at the very start of Romeo and Juliet when Romeo meets Juliet for the first