Shakespeare does not describe Juliet's death; he does not have to since we see it right in front of us. We see the actress playing Juliet pick up Romeo's dagger and say "Oh, happy dagger! This is thy sheath!", stab herself and die. Different actresses will no doubt do that differently. But it is not described by the characters in the play (and Shakespeare only speaks through them) in the couple of pages which follow the event except by simple statements like the watchman's "warm and newly dead" and the friar's "as it seems, [she] did violence on herself." Even the stage directions (which nobody watching the play would know about) are simple: "Kils herselfe".
"...She's cold,
Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff;
Life and these lips have been long seperated.
Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field."
her joints are stiff and she is cold and hard :D
Very coarse and bestial imagery. "Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs."
bridal bed
All plays contain language (except for mime routines) because that is how the playwright communicates what is going on. Language is of supreme importance in all plays and especially in Shakespeare's. Imagery serves a similar purpose. Asking this question is like asking "Why were musical notes important in Mozart's early compositions?"
Because they shine. And also, the play is full of star-imagery (often related to fate), such as "star-crossed lovers", "then I defy thee stars", "and cut him out in little stars", "earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light" and "inauspicious stars".
Shakespeare is a good playwright because people continue to enjoy watching his plays over 400 years after they were written. The reasons that his plays continue to be enjoyable are that they have plots centring around universal problems and themes: retirement, teen love, courage in battle, growing up and making choices, the eternal triangle of love and so on. Shakespeare did not write these plots but he chose them with care and focussed on their universal themes. Shakespeare was also the first dramatist to create characters who were internally consistent, who did what they did because they were in some way motivated to do it. But most important of all, Shakespeare has his characters speak in the most amazing words, in a language full of unforgettable imagery, wordplay and vocabulary.
irony.
Shakespeare uses vivid imagery to describe Juliet's death in a tragic and detailed manner. He often employs dark and ominous imagery, comparing Juliet's life to a candle that is extinguished or a flower that withers. By using such imagery, Shakespeare conveys the emotional weight and finality of Juliet's death.
Very coarse and bestial imagery. "Your daughter and the Moor are now making the beast with two backs."
The types of imagery in poetry include visual imagery (describing what can be seen), auditory imagery (describing what can be heard), olfactory imagery (describing what can be smelled), gustatory imagery (describing what can be tasted), and tactile imagery (describing what can be touched). These types of imagery help create vivid sensory experiences for the reader.
Shakespeare does not describe Juliet's death. He was not writing novels. The stage direction which follows Juliet's line "O happy dagger. This is thy sheath, there rust and let me die." in the Folio version of the play is: "KILS HERSELFE" (sic) In the first Quarto of 1597 it says "SHE STABS HERSELFE AND FALLES" And the second Quarto of 1599 has no stage direction at all. Obviously Shakespeare uses no imagery whatsoever to describe Juliet's death. And why should he? The audience can see it happen. A picture's worth a thousand words.
Two forms of imagery used by writers are visual imagery, which appeals to the sense of sight by describing how something looks, and auditory imagery, which appeals to the sense of hearing by describing sounds. Writers use these forms of imagery to create vivid sensory experiences for the reader.
personification metaphor and imagery
Sensory refers to the physical senses, such as sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch, while imagery refers to mental pictures or visual descriptions. Sensory experiences involve the actual stimulation of the senses, while imagery involves creating mental images using words.
Yes, describing how a character looks can be considered imagery. Imagery refers to any descriptive language that creates a vivid picture in the reader's mind, which can include details about a character's appearance.
The very first page, when Percy is describing what rachel looks like.
The author was exceptional in her ability to describe the scenery and ambiance of the scene, and it produced wonderful imagery for the reader.
W. H. Clemen has written: 'The development of Shakespeare's imagery'