Juliet on the other hand, is excited to look for a man, because she wants to get rid of County Paris. She wants to please her Mother (Lady Capulet) and her Father (Father Capulet) and is willing to listen them about whom she should marry. She stumbles into Romeo, and admires everything about him and thinks he is the man that will please her the most. She quickly comes out with her true feelings after their kiss: “You kiss by the book.” This represents personification because Juliet is comparing the kiss to a book, and each book is perfectly written, so she is telling him that he is a perfect kisser. There is also another literary device used which is a metaphor. This is comparing the pilgrim to the saint because a pilgrim is not very wealthy and a saint has lots of money and everybody looks up to the saints of the town. The Capulet’s and Montague’s are two rich and well-known families in Verona.
The main Plot to these lines are Romeo and Juliet meeting at the Capulet’s party, unaware that they are from different families (Capulet/Montague), but manage to find a lot of similarities between each other and quickly fall in love right as they made eye contact with each other. One of the biggest problems they encounter though is that their families hate each other, and want nothing to do with one another. There is a literary device used when Romeo finds out that Juliet is a Capulet and this is an Epiphany. It is used to show shock from the character. “Is she a Capulet?” “O, dear account! My life is my foe’s debt.” It is an important part of the plot because it shows that Romeo and Juliet can’t be together. This is the biggest conflict of the whole play.
The irony for this particular scene is when Romeo goes to the party (under the influence of Benvolio) to watch everything that Roseline does, but ended up watching everything Juliet did instead. An example of irony that is used is that Romeo went to the party, head over heels in love with Roseline and thought she was the greatest, and Juliet and County Paris might have gotten married. After that night, they fell in love and forgot completely about their old loved ones. Another example of the irony used is the Montague’s and Capulet’s are two wealthy, well-known families, which have a big “hate” between each other, and yet their two children have fallen in love with each other, behind their backs and soon plan to get married, and start a life together.
Romeo and Juliet’s love at first sight excites the audience to read on, find out their new adventures together and what happens with their families. Understanding the character, plot and irony of these lines, helps us to figuring out what happens in the play as you read on. I think that these lines were very touching to read (Romeo and Juliet’s kiss) and how they interacted with each other, right after eye contact was made. Love at first sight is a wonderful thing to happen to two people, but most importantly, finding true love is the best thing of all in life!