Rhetorical Devices in Romeo and Juliet

At long last, March break is finally here! I'm so excited for a nice relaxing vacation, and It looks like this is just what I need to help break up my busy schedule! Get it? Break, as in, march break; it's a pun! 

A pun, as I have demonstrated, is "a play on words with the same sound but with different meanings," and is a type of Rhetorical device. Speaking of which today, we will be discussing the use of Rhetorical devices in the legendary play, Romeo and Juliet.

The Rhetorical device I would like to discuss today is known as a metaphor, which is defined as a comparison between two nouns without the use of the words like or as. Take for example the quotation "He is the east, and Juliet is the sun." This quotation is an example of a metaphor because it compares Juliet to the sun and, Romeo to the east, without using like or as.  To analyze this quotation even further, since Juliet is the Sun and Romeo is the east, it might be implying that they were destined to meet, as the sun is always destined to set in the east. 

On the other hand, there is also a Rhetorical device known as a Simile. A simile is like a metaphor, as it does make comparisons between to nouns however, it does so with the use of like or as. As a result, similes sound less aggressive than metaphors and much more suggestive; rather than stating that something is something else, it only implies that it is like something else instead. This is the reason I think similes aren't as common as metaphors in Shakespearean literature; since metaphors are much more aggressive than similes they make the writing feel a lot more passionate as a result.

Well, I hope you all enjoyed reading my newest blog entry

and I hope you all have a wonderful march break!! : D