Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Yet another title that overwhelm people, just cause it was written by a well known play wright in the 1500's but its like the same thing as reading a novel by a well known author of today. If you looked up some of the history of this time period and some of the different types of words they use, the story and lines used would make sense. I am enjoying this reading as well as I hope most people should enjoy reading. This story rings with truth and answers to our everyday life, and it enjoyable to read.

"O, she doth teach the torches burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear-
Beauty to reach for use, for earth too dear!
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
As yonder lady o'er her fellow shows.
The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
Did my heart love till now? For swear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." (Shakespeare, Act 1)
In these lines of Romeo's speech, we see how he reacts to seeing Juliet for the first time. He compares her to multiple things of beauty, and uses multiple literary devices to do so. Such as how she teaches the torches to burn bright, Romeo is saying that she is like a bright fire, radiating heat and beauty. She is said to be a rich jewel, something valuable, in an Ethiop's ear, which is a rich or royal African lady. He also says that she is too beautiful to be on earth for she must be a goddess in his eyes. He compares her to a beautiful pure white dove among black dingy crows. Saying that she shows more upon the crowd and catches more eyes than others. And even though he loved a lady before this, to the point of heart break, he suddenly decides that he has seen true love or true beauty till he saw Juliet.

This shows to us that Romeo is wishy-washy on who he loves. And it also shows he is very dramatic on stating his thought as how he goes over the top in describing a lady he has just seen, never talked to or met before. Shakespeare shows dramatic characters that add to the over all outlook of the story. He can be taken as over dramatic and funny or too dramatic and emotional. For the emotion is passed onto us in our readings, Shakespeare understands the human mind and heart and through his words he expresses to us the feelings of the characters. Making Romeo and Juliet a very engaging book as we move and feel with the characters over the plot of the story.



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The new movie trailer for Romeo and Juliet the movie 2013