Another one of the literary devices Williams Shakespeare chose to use is metaphors. These make readers think about what the author is really trying to say, without telling them out front.”O no! It is an ever-fixed mark,”(5) Originally if someone said this phrase it would just mean that someone has a scar or there is a permanent dent in an object. What the author used the phrase for, however was not for a physical mark, but an emotional one. He is trying to get through to the readers that love is permanent. If two humans have true feelings of affection towards each other there will always be a special bond between the two, individuals. This ends up being like a mark which can be
