Examples Of Figurative Language In Romeo And Juliet

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Many people wonder how Shakespeare could take a story and bring it to life, well part of his big secret is actually figurative language! Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragic tale of two lovers whose families have a long lasting feud that makes their love forbidden. In this play, Shakespeare's figurative language is used to add description and help his readers better picture what he is trying to depicting. Shakespeare uses similes in a multitude of ways in this play. Romeo uses a simile in Act 1 when he says, “Too rude, too boist’rous, and it pricks like thorn” (pg. 746). In that line, Romeo is talking about how love can cut and cause aching, as if being pricked by a thorn. Friar Lawrence also uses a simile when warning Romeo

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