Romeo And Juliet Act 2 Essay
Analysing Act 2 scene 2
Controlling Idea –
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet he has used language features and textual features to construct the character of Romeo to be naive about love and willing to do anything to be with his love, Juliet. This is expressed by how quickly his love for Rosaline is replaced by his love for Juliet, showing he doesn’t know the true meaning of love but - is in love with the idea of love.
Introduction –
William Shakespeare is using both language and textual features to help portray Romeo as a young man naive about love. Romeo is constructed as being immature towards love and what it really means, thinking that love is all about looks. This is clearly shown in Act 2 Scene 2, Lines 1 – 100 where …show more content…
In Act 2 Scene 2, line 26, this is evident where Romeo says “O, speak again, bright angel!” Using reference to the word angel, it shows that Juliet displays exemplary conduct and virtue toward Romeo making his feel the way he does. Shakespeare has made Romeo refer to Juliet as an angel to clearly illustrate his affection toward Juliet. The word angel also had biblical references relating to the religions Christianity, Judaism, and Islamism. It has references to a messenger of god with great beauty and values. The use of certain word choice in this line helps portray Romeos feelings toward Juliet as eternal, endless and everlasting and that he feels stronger about Juliet then he ever did Rosaline. In Addition to this, Romeo then says in line 28 “As is a winged messenger of heaven”. Shakespeare has used a smile to again show that Romeo is given a new glance of love after his recent break-up with Rosaline. Romeo refers to a bright angel against a dark, pitch black sky. She is as wonderous to his eyes as an angel sailing upon the heart of the wind would be mortals. Romeo’s darkness was not just over his head, but was in his heart, which now separates the dark sky by his vision of
Controlling Idea –
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet he has used language features and textual features to construct the character of Romeo to be naive about love and willing to do anything to be with his love, Juliet. This is expressed by how quickly his love for Rosaline is replaced by his love for Juliet, showing he doesn’t know the true meaning of love but - is in love with the idea of love.
Introduction –
William Shakespeare is using both language and textual features to help portray Romeo as a young man naive about love. Romeo is constructed as being immature towards love and what it really means, thinking that love is all about looks. This is clearly shown in Act 2 Scene 2, Lines 1 – 100 where …show more content…
In Act 2 Scene 2, line 26, this is evident where Romeo says “O, speak again, bright angel!” Using reference to the word angel, it shows that Juliet displays exemplary conduct and virtue toward Romeo making his feel the way he does. Shakespeare has made Romeo refer to Juliet as an angel to clearly illustrate his affection toward Juliet. The word angel also had biblical references relating to the religions Christianity, Judaism, and Islamism. It has references to a messenger of god with great beauty and values. The use of certain word choice in this line helps portray Romeos feelings toward Juliet as eternal, endless and everlasting and that he feels stronger about Juliet then he ever did Rosaline. In Addition to this, Romeo then says in line 28 “As is a winged messenger of heaven”. Shakespeare has used a smile to again show that Romeo is given a new glance of love after his recent break-up with Rosaline. Romeo refers to a bright angel against a dark, pitch black sky. She is as wonderous to his eyes as an angel sailing upon the heart of the wind would be mortals. Romeo’s darkness was not just over his head, but was in his heart, which now separates the dark sky by his vision of