How Does Shakespeare Use Similes In Romeo And Juliet

In Williams Shakespeare's tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet, two lovers prove their dedication to each other through sacrifice. After years of feuding between the families, Romeo and Juliet believe that their love was more important than the trouble that would come from them being together. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, it is shown in Act 4 Scene 3 lines 15-60, that through metaphors, similes, and sensory imagery, people in love will do anything to be together. This suggests that love can determine your future, especially at a young age. Through the use of metaphors and similes, Shakespeare shows how Juliet would do anything to be with Romeo. This scene begins with Juliet talking to herself contemplating whether to take the potion Friar Lawrence gave her that will enable her to be with Romeo outside of Verona. Juliet believed that her fate was to marry Romeo and stay with him forever. In order for her to stay with Romeo, she took a potion that put her to sleep that pronounced her as dead. Juliet says “And pluck the mangled Tybalt from his shroud, And, in this rage, with some great kinsman's bone As with a club dash out my desperate brains?”(53-55). She is comparing a

The tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet teaches readers an important life lesson, which is to never rush into a relationship and especially a marriage, if it is too soon or at a young age. Juliet shows that a she was willing to die and risk her life to be with a man who she thought was the only man should ever love. Juliet and Romeo's dedication to each other proved that even after contemplating herself, Juliet decided to be with Romeo regardless of what was going to happen. This proves that the fate between two lovers won’t let anyone or anything stand in its way even