Comment on how Romeo and Juliet use language to communicate their feelings about love until Act II, scene ii of the play

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Comment on how Romeo and Juliet use language to communicate their feelings about love until Act II, scene ii of the play.

'Romeo and Juliet' is the tragic story of two lovers separated by their feuding families. The origins of 'Romeo and Juliet' originate before Shakespeare and so the story has been made familiar to audiences and readers of previous generations. Many historians believe he got his inspiration from literature dating back to the sixteenth century such as the poem by Arthur Brooke called 'The Tragicall Historye Of Romeus and Iuliet', written in 1562. Shakespeare adapted this story in order for it to appeal to the Elizabethan audience.

The male protagonist of the play is Romeo Montague. He is approximately seventeen or eighteen years old. Romeo is a stereotypical adolescent boy, who emotions are fickle and based on lust. He constantly spends time thinking about love and his desire to be in love. He is spurned by the lady he adores Rosaline. Romeo follows the conventions of 'courtly love' with diligence.

In contrast the female protagonist Juliet Capulet is of a younger age; barely into her teenage years. Juliet is the opposite to Romeo as she is