In the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet sacrifice their life for each other and continue the eternal love in death. The family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues leads to tragedy. Romeo and Juliet meet at the party held at the Capulet’s party and fall deeply in love. Romeo quickly marries Juliet but is banished from Verona by the Prince after killing Tybalt. Juliet puts her life at risk and tries to escape the wedding with Paris and to be reunited with Romeo. William Shakespeare uses irony, paradox, and foreshadowing to illustrate the deadly way young adults pursue love. Irony is used to emphasize and demonstrate their extreme love. Juliet realizes that her “only love sprung from my only hate” (1/5/152) when Nurse tells her that Romeo is the only son of the Montague family. This is Juliet’s internal conflict when she falls in love. Moreover, Juliet dishearteningly admits, “I must love a loathed enemy.” (1/5/155) This line even more ironic, because Juliet wants to be loyal her to family yet follows her heart. Juliet is now emotionally trapped in the family feud. Shakespeare uses irony to enlarge the conflict of young lovers. Shakespeare also uses Paradox to express the love between the youths.
Juliet mentions, “Parting” from Romeo ”is such sweet sorrow” when they fall deeply in love and have desire to marry. (2/3/199) This is an example of paradox, because something sorrowful cannot be sweet at the same time. The sweet part of parting is the goodnight’s kiss, but the sorrow part is that you have to be separate and wait to see your lover in the future. Another example; Juliet describes Romeo as “serpent hid[ing] with a flowering face!” when she realizes that Romeo has slain Tybalt. (3/2/80) Juliet knows that Romeo is not a serpent nor has a face full of flowers; she paradoxically describes Romeo as her lover and the murderer of Tybalt at the same time. Shakespeare uses paradox to draw attention to death and uses other techniques to demonstrate extreme love. Shakespeare uses foreshadowing repeatedly to emphasize love and death’s power. Without love, death is the next best option. Mercutio curses both the Capulets and the Montagues , “A plague o’ both your houses!” He is from neither of the families, but suffers from the conflict. He is foreshadowing the death of young lovers and also an end of the two families. Juliet responds furiously,
The Essay on Romeo And Juliet Love Hatred Families
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