Figurative Language In Romeo & Juliet
Ranya Alboslani, Anna S, Maaz Uddin
Figurative Language in writing
- It describes something comprehensible to a way the reader can imagine it.
- In the writing the reader can have the same experience as the author.
- The reader gains more information on the subject and topic.
Work Cited
- "Figurative Language." Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Discovering Collection. Gale. New Britain High School. 22 May, 2014.
- Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. New York: Spark Pub., 2003. Print.
- Kesselring, Mari. How to analyze the works of William Shakespeare. Minneapolis: ABDO Pub., 2013. PDF.
- Describes characteristics of certain characters; body, face, appearance, beauty, etc.
- "Figurative Language in Romeo and Juliet by Studymode." StudyMode. Ed. Matt Marder. N.p., Mar. 2011. Web. 28 May 2014.
- "4th Grade Figurative Language." Ruth Borchardt Elementary Library. Rbelibrary, 16 Nov. 2012. Web. 28 May 2014.
- Through similes, metaphors, personification, etc., the readers understand more about what's going on in the play and perhaps relate to it too.
What is Figurative Language?
Figurative language is the use of words in an unusual or imaginative manner.
Figurative Language in General
Examples of how Shakespeare uses Figurative language
Romeo: "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"
Romeo:"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, to rude, to boisterous, and it breaks like thorn."
Romeo: "As violently as hasty powder fired
Doth hurry from the fatal cannon's womb."
There are many types to express figurative language
- metaphors
- similes
- personification
- paradoxes
- puns
- alliteration
- oxymoron
- hyperbole.
- Figurative language has literary elements that often include comparisons using figures of speech,this may be elaborate and illusory.
- In general and especially in Romeo and Juliet, Figurative language is meant to convey traits without being literal and elicit feelings in the reader.
The purpose of its usage
- Helps to develop the characters in the play
- Helps people understand what the characters are saying
- Figurative language adds all kind of depth and dimension to any work of writing
- The different viewpoints you can get from comparing two different things
- Adds new view points to the reader and utilize comparisons in different ways.