How Does Shakespeare Use Direct Characterization In Romeo And Juliet

Here, Romeo imagines Juliet transforming darkness into light; later, after their wedding night, Juliet convinces Romeo momentarily that the daylight is actually night (so that he doesn’t yet have to leave her room).“But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, Who is already sick and pale with grief That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she. . . . The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars. As daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven. Would through the airy region stream so bright. That birds would

speech in Act II, scene ii, reveal that through his idealized views of Juliet, Romeo can be described as a passionate character. Shakespeare uses figurative language

When two people fall in love, it is natural for the besotted to express their infatuation for the other whether it be with artwork, physicality, writing, or other forms of expression. Throughout William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, two star crossed lovers by the names of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love only to end up committing suicide because of their families ongoing feud. Shakespeare uses allusion, personification, and soliloquy throughout the theatrical playwright in order to express Romeo and Juliet’s deep love for one another when still alive.

Romeo uses his words to give us an image of how he uses love as a form of light in a time of rage as it is forbidden by the feud that consumes peace between the families. As his love for Juliet becomes stronger, he begins using more forms of imagery describing Juliet as the sun or a jewel sparkling in the night. This allows us to establish how Shakespeare wants us to imagine how strong their love really is. He uses character dialogue to express this portion of the many themes in a way such as “whiter than snow upon a raven’s

Romeo as we all know was born into a Noble family, but a feuding family no less, who have endured a harsh and long conflict with their rivals the Capulets. Much unlike the rest of the family, he grew up a sensitive and caring boy with a unique love for reading, walking in the gardens, and of course his innate love for women. It was at this time of growth that I met him as a child and soon I would become his tutor. Quite more often than not, Romeo would visit me during the night or a summer afternoon in my cell to discuss and confide with me the problems and issues he faced. Through these dialogues we engaged in over the years I came to learn the kind of person Romeo was, and the

Before Romeo chose to commit this treacherous act of suicide, “His mind reverts to the sea that had come, as if unsummoned, when he had first declared his love...only this time the image draws together violent desperation and decisive control” (Brown 12). Comparing to Juliet, Romeo also chooses the course of dying for his love. By repeating what was said the first time he declared his love to Juliet, there is an ongoing theme of the love never being lost along with their

‘Romeo and Juliet’ is an Elizabethan tragedy, telling the story of ‘two star-crossed lovers who take their life’ due to a family feud as old as time. Over the course of the three-act play, Romeo, the tragic hero, develops from being impulsive and reckless to a more mature individual, beginning to understand the real notion of love. Through this, Shakespeare enlightens the audience about the difference between unrequited, immature love and true love and ultimately encourages them to pity the lovers as they succumb to the inevitable tragedy of their fate . Shakespeare initially presents Romeo as a courtly lover, his immaturity highlighted through his initial unrequited love for Rosaline. Romeo’s first words of the play are ‘Is the day so young?’, revealing there is still time for him to continue mourning over his love

Shakespeare portrays Romeo and Juliet as opposites when it comes to past relationship experience but displays Romeo and Juliet as equally emotionally immature when pitted against emotions as complex as love. Juliet’s tentative stance on love is shown by her initial

Juliet asserts, “Lovers don’t need the light to see each other; their love illuminates them” (iii, II, 8-9). Accordingly, Juliet adresses how the lovers’ beauty makes it possible for them to see each other in the dark. The motif of superficial love helps the author further communicate the idea that Romeo and Juliet’s relationship lacks patience. Due to this, beauty illustrates the foundation of their relationship, which represents an unformed reason to love one another. Paris says, “Your face is mine, and you have slandered it” (iv, I, 36).

Before it is day, Juliet alerts Romeo, “‘O, now be gone. More light and light it grows’”, consequently, Romeo claims, “‘More light and light--more dark and dark our woes!’” (Shakespeare 3.5.35-37). After murdering Tybalt, Romeo must leave Verona before daylight arrives. Many times, Romeo and Juliet refer to each other as light in the dark. However, in this case, Romeo reveals that light is their enemy. Unfortunately, Romeo and Juliet are forced by society to hide their love until nighttime. Therefore, when day comes, they are miserable without each other. The dark night reveals how mysterious, dangerous and emotional their love is. Finally, night is the couple’s friend, meanwhile, day is their enemy.

The statements mean that “I love someone, she doesn't love me” and the second statement means “Then you were right on target. The woman I love is beautiful.”. These statements that Romeo expressed communicated that he was obsessed with her and couldn't forget her. This is the reason that I feel that Romeo’s relation with Juliet is out of confusion and

Romeo was so inarticulate to his family and friends that he had led him and Juliet to their own deaths. Romeo first loves Rosaline. But once he sees Juliet at the capulet party he changes his mind. “ Oh, She doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night as a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear”, (1,5, 41-43). Romeo forgets about Rosaline and to Romeo that Juliet is bright in the eerie night. After Romeo requests Juliet if she can meet him at her balcony in the night. Romeo asks for her hand in marriage to be with him until they die. Even though Juliet replies to Romeo that it is too soon, Romeo does not care. Juliet succumbed to Romeo’s heartfelt desire to marry her and says yes. Tybalt had challenged Romeo to

/ Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day/ Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops…Yond light is not daylight, I know it, I./ It is some meteor that the sun exhaled/ To be to thee this night a torchbearer/ And light thee on thy way to Mantua.” (Shakespeare III.v. 6-15). Romeo is grounded in reality, explaining to Juliet that he cannot stay, as day is coming, and he will meet his death by the prince. However, Juliet, wanting to savor her last moments with Romeo, calls the light a blessing, helping Romeo escape. Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet do not only leave one another physically, as their love is also broken during the scene, due to the threat of execution if they do not comply. Shakespeare uses vivid imagery to describe how they part, as his: “…imagination [is] functioning at its highest lyrical intensity, with interwoven symbols of nightingale and lark, darkness and light, death and love,” (Goddard 12). His use of these ideas shows the Romeo and Juliet cannot continue to be together, as violence pervades their lives, leading up to their tragic end. The copious imagery in this sentimental scene shows how violence restricts Romeo and Juliet’s love during the play.

This lets one comprehend that when he sees Juliet everyone else around him is like a Ethiop’s ear, which in this case is referring to Africans who at that time were treated as slaves or were in a lower class. The expensive and rare piece of earing in the Ethiop’s ear, which here Shakespeare wants to convey that it is rare, is Juliet, this shows how love that infects Romeo’s mind instantly infects his sight too and makes everyone except Juliet worthless. The other person to consider in this love-tricking-sight case is Juliet, her perspective is also a great validation of the conflict between love and sight. When she hears news from her nurse about the murder of Tybalt, her perspective about Romeo changes whom she loved so much that she would have given up her own identity. What she says about Romeo is, “Despisèd substance of divinest show!

Shakespeare does this by noting how Romeo and Juliet do not actually love each other. This is represented by Romeo and Juliets actions and rash decision making. Their decisions are very impulsive and rushed. As a result, it impacted them negatively in the future and as well as their relationship. Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other is not actually how love really is. They’ve mistakenly confused lust for love.