Imagery In William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The simple visual I created strongly represents family influence and pressure on Juliet. To begin with, the colours are a major part of the visual. The baby bird with a colourful fur is used to represent Juliet. The bright colour makes her distinct, symbolising her courage to assert herself, as she chooses to love under the hatred between Capulet and Montague. While the pink flower in her wings presents an image of her desire for the love between herself and Romeo to be accepted. The dark background represents the social power father Capulet has, since black is a symbol of authority. The flower “shines” in the black background, showing how Juliet was willing to secretly follows her true love even facing Capulet’s strong control. The crucial
symbols are the Eagles. As Eagles are the chief of all bird species and signifies power, they represent Juliet’s parents, whom with great power and wealth. The unlike sizes of the Eagles comparing to the baby bird suggests how Capulet has strong social power while Juliet is powerless. The way the Eagles stare at the tiny baby bird symbolises Juliet’s lack of personal freedom due to her aristocratic family who limits her choices. The baby birds expresses an afraid look with the flower in her hand, which represents how Juliet struggles between protecting her love with Romeo while knowing that their love will never be accepted by neither of their parents. This image overall shows how the Capulet parents are brainwashed by social power and hatred, but disregards the existence of true love, as their parental love on Juliet resulted in her lack of freedom which leads to her grief and a feeling of pressure.