Metaphor in Romeo and Juliet



Metaphor 

Metaphor is a figure of speech.  Two different concepts or things are compared to one another based on a single common characteristic.  Metaphors give the audience an insight or clarity about the subject they refer to.

 Metaphors in Romeo and Juliet:

1. “This precious book of love, this unbound lover, to beautify him only lacks a cover” (i.iii)

  • Lady Capulet uses this statement to a book to stress the depth of Paris’s character also the benefits of marrying him. She would like to persuade Juliet to marry Parish.

 2. “my lips tow blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss” (i.v)

  • Romantic metaphor expressed emotionally by Romeo.  Comparison was made to Romeo’s trembling lips to two devoted pilgrims very anxious to kiss the holy object of worship.  Even it can compare to Juliet as a Demi-goddess, Romeo is a blind follower of that goddess.


 3. “It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be” (ii.ii)

  • It is expressed by Juliet during the famous balcony scene.  She compares Romeo’s expression of love with the fast flicker of lightning.  She looks at his expression beyond comparison.

4. “O I am fortune’s fool!” (iii.i)

  • Quoted by Romeo after killing Tybalt.  Grief stricken Romeo regards himself as a victim of ill-fate.  He was deceived by the situation and commits a serious crime.  Audience see Romeo as an irresponsible hero who fell for situation.

5. “Thou detestable man, thou womb of death….” (v.iii)

  • Delivered by Romeo when he was visiting her tomb.  Jaws of hungry beast swallowed Juliet.  Deathly womb refers to a tomb a place which welcomes death, decay and disaster.

 

 

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