Examples Of Personification In Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

William Shakespeare was an English artist and play writer. He was generally viewed as the best writer and the world's prevalent producer. Romeo and Juliet was one of his well-known plays which explore the theme of ‘love’ in Act 2 Scene 2, which was composed between 1594-1595. This play mainly focuses on love, by utilising exceptional poetic approach which comprises of similes, metaphors, personification and oxymorons.

Shakespeare exploits numerous poetic techniques in the play Romeo and Juliet, but one of the most important devices used are similes. An example of a simile is found in lines 166 and 167 where Romeo states, ‘How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongue by night, like softest music to attending ears!’ The meaning of

this example is the sound of lovers calling each other’s name through the night as being sweet. It’s the sweetest sound a lover ever hears. Shakespeare uses similes to create a lasting impression in the reader’s mind about the soft music playing in Romeo’s ears. The simile, which is also an example of sibilance being ‘silver-sweet sound lovers tongue by night’, explains the soft sound Romeo hears when Juliet calls his name. Thus, the tone is very soft and romantic validating the theme of love that is evident between Romeo and Juliet.

Other poetic techniques Shakespeare uses are personification and metaphors.

This is shown in Act 2 Scene 3 line 3 and 4, where Romeo States, the grey-eyed morn smiles on the frown night, chequering the eastern cloud with streaks of light. The meaning of this example is the smiling morning is replacing the frowning night; Darkness is stumbling out of the sun’s path like a drunk man. Personification is highlighted in line 3 ‘the grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night’ and the metaphor is indicated in line 4 ‘chequering the eastern cloud with streaks of light.’ William Shakespeare has used personification to make his writing appear as a real context to the audience and connect it to his viewers for example, he has given the morning a night feel as the dark clouds may make it seem very dark and dull, rather than the morning being bright and colourful. He uses metaphors so he can clarify and explicate emotions, feeling, and relationships to the audience, and other essential elements that could not be described in ordinary language. For example, the darkness is being replaced by the sun. The darkness is being compared with the drunk man. The tone used in this example is a manipulative tone because it is replacing words with different or opposite

words.

A recurring symbol in the text is an oxymoron which is associated with Juliet in Act 2 Scene 2 line 182 ‘So loving-jealous of his liberty.’ ADDD MEANING.

Shakespeare has used oxymorons to dramatically emphasise the play. Romeo compares love with jealousy in the play because of Romeo being jealous of Juliet’s wanton bird, which is a spoilt child’s pet. Oxymorons cause the readers to call attention to the idea set out by the oxymoron and it may not make sense at first but it makes the reader pause and think about it for some time. When you read a poem or a play or act piece you probably look at it and think why those two words are together? In the example loving and jealous are opposite words which are placed together, they may seem like a contradiction, but there are lots of people in this world who are jealous of lovers. Loving Jealous implies that Romeo is jealous of Juliet loving her wanton

bird.
In Summary, William Shakespeare’s poem Romeo and Juliet is a deeply effective and romantic poem. Shakespeare one of the best writer in the world, uses many poetic techniques which explore the theme of love in Act Scene 2 and the techniques used by Shakespeare include similes, metaphors, personification and oxymorons which emphasise Romeo and Juliet’s relationship perfectly. By using these incredible techniques Shakespeare has made his play Romeo and Juliet an unbelievable piece work of literary art. Shakespeare has also used lots of different types of tones in Romeo and Juliet. The tones created in the play by Shakespeare are playful tone, manipulative tone, soft and romantic tone.