Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare is a beautiful and complicated love story. Both of them, Romeo and Juliet love each other unconditionally despite of the obstacles and challenges evolve around them. Unfortunately, their beautiful love story ends tragically. In this story, many distinctive themes, conflicts and values has been brought up by Shakespeare. Shakespeare brilliantly compares angelic and demonic faces via many of his character’s speeches. As a master of figurative language, his skillfully uses metaphor, imagery and personification in Romeo’s famous love lines in Act II, Scene II. It stresses the unlimited love that flows for each other.
In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare applies metaphor by saying that Juliet is the sun in the play. It is obviously shown in Romeo’s speech, “But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” Shakespeare wants to portray the exceptional beauty of Juliet by comparing her to the sun which able to light everything around her. It can even change the gloomiest night into the brightest day. Also, it depicts the true and young love Romeo has towards Juliet. For Romeo, Juliet is his world and by comparing her to the sun, it is like Juliet is his own oxygen which without it, he cannot live anymore. In Romeo’s speech too, Juliet’s appearance is said to be able to convince everyone around her that it is always daylight. It cannot even be compared to things that are as shiny as stars. It is portrayed in “The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars. As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven. Would through the airy region stream so bright. That birds would sing and think it were not night.” This dramatic use of metaphor emphasizes Romeo’s unconditional and never ending love toward Juliet.
Another figurative language that Shakespeare has powerfully portrayed in Romeo and Juliet is imagery. He perfectly combines the five senses of smell, taste...