Act 1 of William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet is rife with multiple uses of poetic oxymoron's. In the first line "love/loving" is attached to the two oxymoron's of "brawling" and "hate." The oxymoron here is love is assumed to be tranquil rather than confrontation brawls, and hate is its polar opposite. "Feather of lead," is another glaring oxymoron of this metal's heaviness to the seeming weightlessness of a quill.
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Mercutio says it about half way through Act 2 Scene 4.
Although there are a number of monologues in Act five of Romeo and Juliet, the bread-and-butter of the act is, as it usually is, dialogue. Paris and his Page, Romeo and Balthazar, Romeo and Paris, The Friar and Balthazar, the Friar and Juliet, Montague and Capulet all have dialogues.
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"That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love,"
The oxymoron "honorable villain" is found in Act 3, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet when Friar Laurence refers to Romeo as such. This description highlights the complex nature of Romeo's character, as he is seen as both noble and capable of committing acts of violence.
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One example of a metaphor in Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet is when Romeo refers to Juliet as the sun, saying "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." In this metaphor, Romeo is comparing Juliet's beauty and presence to the brightness and warmth of the sun.
An example of foreshadowing in act 2 of Romeo and Juliet is when Romeo expresses his fear of attending the Capulet's party, stating that he has a feeling the night's events will lead to his untimely death. This foreshadows the tragic fate that awaits both Romeo and Juliet in the story.
Mercutio says it about half way through Act 2 Scene 4.
Although there are a number of monologues in Act five of Romeo and Juliet, the bread-and-butter of the act is, as it usually is, dialogue. Paris and his Page, Romeo and Balthazar, Romeo and Paris, The Friar and Balthazar, the Friar and Juliet, Montague and Capulet all have dialogues.
An example is in the first act is when Romeo says: "Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first create, O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick healt..." Check the definition of oxymoron! ;)
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Romeo and Juliet get married.
Yes, there is an oxymoron in act 3 of Romeo and Juliet. It is found in Mercutio's line, "Parting is such sweet sorrow." This phrase combines contradictory terms (sweet and sorrow) to express the bittersweet feeling of saying goodbye.
There art thou happy
"That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love,"