Romeo and Juliet- juliet essay

Shakespeare presents Juliet as frustrated as she she to make a choice between her family and her lover. This is evident in Act 1 Scene 5, "my only love sprung from my only hate." This metaphor suggests that Juliet is distressed as she comes to the realisation that the man she has fell in love with is apart of the family she has been brought up to look upon with such suspicion and animosity. The possessive adverb "only" and the juxtaposition "love" and "hate" indicates that Romeo's presence has made her believe he is the only man she has loved and will ever love but the ongoing conflict has made her believe that the Montague family is the only people she  has hated and will probably only hate. This emphasises on how the family feud places a permanent shadow over the pair's brief relationship and marriage. The verb "sprung" highlights the infatuation between both lovers and how love cannot be controlled and by them being enemies, this is something they cannot escape, making their love fate. Shakespeare shows the intensity of the love as an emotion as Juliet later abandons all family loyalty. Even after the realisation, Juliet decides to continue to love Romeo which could be seen as her acting out of free will. During the Rennaissance period, many Elizabethans believed in fate and how their life was predestinced by the stars. However, Shakespeare believed that it was through people's actions that they controlled their own fate which is shown through Juliet's immaturity as she decides to side with the man she just laid eyes on. This discovery makes things worse for the protagonists as their love is later rejected by both their parents and fate. The reader may feel as thought their love is irrational as juliet begins to display her loyalty to romeo and neglect her family honour. 

Shakespeare, presents Juliet as a celestial being. This is evident through Act 1 Scene 5, "O she doth teach the torches to burn bright." This metaphor indicates that Juliet's beauty burns so bright that it rivals with the stars. The verb, "teach" suggests that the torches should learn from Juliet as to how to make their presence known. The use of the ecphonesis implies how Juliet's graze momentarily renders him speechless. He is astonished with what he can view. He catches Juliet's beauty in a way that it surpasses all earhly phenomena he has ever encountered. Her attractiveness does not just stand out in a way remenicent to the torches but it outdoes them. Her presence is captivating in a way that his eyes can't look away. Shakespeare uses "torches" as a metaphor for Juliet to emphasies on her transcendental beauty. He uses light imagery to show Juliet to be his last hope for love. Romeo's close analysis of Juliet makes the reader decipher between the desciption of Rosaline and Juliet. When describing Rosaline, he makes his love seem fake, Petrarchan and painful. However, when describing juliet, he displays…