Romeo And Juliet Rhetorical Analysis

Romeo furthermore experiences loss in Act 5 Scene 3- the feeling of sorrow towards his newlywed wife Juliet. In this scene, Romeo delivers a monologue to what he believes is Juliet’s corpse. The audience can note that Romeo’s melodramatic nature once again surfaces with this speech, using light and dark imagery (which is a reoccurring theme throughout the play) to poetically pronounce the final soliloquy to his beloved. Somewhat irrationally, Romeo suggests that “unsubstantial death” is “amorous” because Juliet looked so “fair”- believing that a physical form of death has stolen Juliet from him to pursue her as their own lover because she looked so attractive. This absurd notion presents to the audience how Romeo’s reaction to this bereavement

is to bask in the face and beauty of Juliet further, then becoming jealous of death for ‘owning’ her now. The inference that he owns Juliet additionally represents the sexism of the patriarchal society which the play was written in. Romeo continues to theatrically display his affection verbally, proclaiming every action which he is forgoing in his final moments with Juliet. He demonstrates to the audience his adoration towards the young woman, moreover verbally displaying to the physical audience in the amphitheatre clearly what his character was doing as this could be hard to interpret on stage.