Comparison Of Characters In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare illustrates his character’s in various ways. The way one speaks gives strong clues to one’s character. Projections of feelings such as hateful, educated, loving and so on are given to these characters and illustrated through their speech. By using many different language features such as alliteration, similes, or cliche, Shakespeare convey emotions and character traits throughout the story. Furthermore, secondary characters who are more important than the main characters have a noteworthy impact on the story.
To illustrate the Montagues cultured lifestyle and knowledge Shakespeare writes “Thou villain Capulet!-Hold me not,let me go… Thou shalt not sir one foot to seek a foe.” (15) Considering these lines rhyme it projects the superb education they have receive and gives the audience a clue as to what class they are apart of. Considering they have even received an education this means they are clearly not lower class citizens. The lower class citizens did not receive such an outstanding education so the fact they have any education contributes to their character traits. In Shakespeare's writing he portrays the Montagues as smart, cultures and clearly a privileged family.

JULIET: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. ROMEO: O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do. They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.“ (32) This portion of their fourteen line poem, or sonnet, is said in unison meaning they are falling in love with each other. The way they speak to each other you can tell they are so in love. Juliet suggests it is a good idea for Romeo to kiss her and when they do kiss, Romeo explains that his sin of kissing her is now her sin as well. This is a hint towards them falling in love with the numerous sonnets in this