Literary Devices Used In Romeo And Juliet

Literary devices help readers understand literature more because of the way it makes them engaged. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the foil technique was used with two sets of characters, one being Romeo and Mercutio. Romeo is very sensitive and is considered a lover, not a fighter, but Mercutio is the opposite of him because he thinks nothing of love and he becomes quite annoyed with Romeo’s desire for love and romance. As Romeo is trying to get over one heart break, he meets a girl named Juliet. They experienced love at first sight, before learning the background of each other, but that did not stop them from the urge and desire to get married forgetting it could cause problems with their families. So they kept their marriage

secret, only telling Friar Laurence, the town’s priest and the Nurse, who had been raising Juliet as a child. At first, the Nurse approved of Romeo, but after a misunderstanding, a fight broke out and Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, was killed so the Nurse changed her mind saying that all men were liars, especially Romeo. Since Juliet was married to Romeo, she disagreed with the Nurse and considered her a traitor. After this fight the Nurse and Juliet were considered foils. The use of foils are important in the story because of how they contrast the characters.