Examine Shakespeares use of language in Act 2 scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet. How do events in this scene foreshadow the end of the play?

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Examine Shakespeare’s use of language in Act 2 scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet. How do events in this scene foreshadow the end of the play?

In this essay I am going to be looking at some of the ways Shakespeare uses language in Act 2 scene 2, also I will be looking at clues that there are about the way that the play ends. Throughout this essay I will be looking at Shakespeare’s use of antithesis, imagery, similes, metaphors, sense of foreboding and also dramatic irony.

At the begging of the scene Romeo says that Mercutio can ‘jest at scars’ because he has ‘never felt a wound’, soon after this Mercutio is killed. This gives a hint to the audience that what the characters say is almost never true, and the play is full of sadness.

At the start of the play Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other although Romeo had said to be in love with Rosaline. This gives u the idea that Romeo falls in and out of love very quickly and easily. This is proved as he was madly in love with Rosaline, and got over her after just one meeting with Juliet.

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In act 2 scene 2 Romeo praises Juliet many times. This is revealed when Romeo says ‘Juliet is the sun’, this could mean that he thinks she brightens everything up, also this could mean that everything evolves around her. Alternatively it could mean that where she is there is light, but there is always going to be darkness on the other side. This could give us a clue about what is going to happen at the end of the play.

After the two find out that they are from families which hate each other, Juliet wishes that ...

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