Example Of Imagery In Romeo And Juliet Act 3. A verbal metaphor is a literary technique that produces imagery and can make a reader feel or see the metaphor through spoken word. In the 16th century when romeo and juliet was written death was morbidly fascinating to people so there is a lot of dark imagery in the play that hints at a morbid ending for example in act 3 scene 5 juliet says that romeo looks as one dead in the bottom of a tomb as he climbs down from her balcony.
Out in little stars and he will make the f. Smitten romeo has resorted to stalker tactics and juliet has isolated herself to mourn her new crush. Act 3 scene 3 romeo.
For example romeo says juliet is like the sun and that her eyes are two of the fairest stars in all the heaven her eye in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright that birds would sing and think it were not night 2.
Tis torture and not mercy. In the play romeo and juliet shakespeare s light and dark imagery functions to express deep emotion themes are made more relevant to an audience by using common images and using symbolic representation. Question act 3 scene 1 romeo. Nature imagery in romeo and juliet by erin saemrow gabby gonzalez and marissa peschel analysis example 3 act 2 scene 2 lines 43 44 romeo.