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essay on Juliets speech in Romeo and Juliet Modernized

sylock232
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       Aug 16, 08, 09:52am ¦ #1

This is a essay on Juliets speech in Romeo and Juliet Modernized.

The speech if Juliet in the play "Romeo and Juliet" written by William Shakespeare is a classical play which has many figures of speech but the main is a figure of speech named imagery. In Juliet's speech in line 15-60 in scene three, she describes many different things by imagery.

Firstly, Juliet talks about fear very descriptively using a figure of speech called imagery. "..that almost freezes me to death..." is describing how much she fears about the dreaded events that are going to occur. Another example of describing fear is "A feeling of faint, cold fear pierces my veins..." is a sentence of how she is feeling the fear.

Secondly, she also talks about death, if she was tricked about the potion. "What if it's a poison that the Friar has cleverly given me to kill me..." is talking about the fear she is facing and also about concerns and curiosity of the sleeping potion if it is a poison to kill her. Another example is the sentences "...die strangled in my death..." is about the ways of dying. She also takes out a knife just in case the plan doesn't work and where she would kill herself because she would have to marry Paris instead of Romeo.

Lastly, Juliet describes the most in behaviors of hellish or evil acts or thoughts which comes to mind when she is thinking about the upcoming plan. "...at certain hours in the night, ghosts walk..." is talking about the death of Tybalt and about what happens when death comes. "...with the loathsome smells and shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the ground, which make living beings go mad when they hear them..." is a short paragraph like sentence which is describing horrors of evil thoughts that she will be facing if she fails this plan. It is also describing relatively similar to the images of hell.

In conclusion, Juliet's speech in line 15-60 of scene three of Romeo and Juliet describes many different subjects by type of figure of speech named imagery.

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       Aug 16, 08, 01:14pm ¦ #2

Good afternoon.

Here are my suggestions:

"The play "Romeo and Juliet" written by William Shakespeare is a classical play which has many figures of speech. The central figure of speech is imagery. Lines 15-60 in scene III of Juliet's speech are saturated with imagery. Make sure not to use a passive voice in your writing. I tried to keep your content intact, but gave your intro a more direct tone.

Firstly, Juliet talks about fear very descriptively: "...that almost freezes me to death..."(Citation needed here) is describing how much she fears the dreaded events that are going to occur. Another example of her describing fear is: "A feeling of faint, cold fear pierces my veins..." (Citation needed).

She also talks about death, as if she was tricked about the potion. "What if it's a poison that the Friar has cleverly given me to kill me..." (Citation needed here) is talking about the fear she is facing and also about her concerns and curiosity [/font] the sleeping potion[font#FF0000]; more specifically, if it is a poison to kill her. Another example is the sentence "...die strangled in my death..." (Citation needed here) This speaks to the ways of dying. She also takes out a knife just in case the plan does not work, and where she would kill herself because she would have to marry Paris instead of Romeo.

Lastly, Juliet describes the most behaviors of hellish or evil acts or thoughts which comes to mind when she is thinking about the upcoming plan. "...at certain hours in the night, ghosts walk..." (Citation needed here) This piece is illustrating the death of Tybalt and about what happens when death comes. "...with the loathsome smells and shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the ground, which make living beings go mad when they hear them..." (Citation needed here) is a short paragraph-like sentence which is describing the horrors of evil thoughts that she will be facing if she fails [/font] plan. It is also describing relatively similar to the images of hell.

In conclusion, Juliet's speech in line[font#FF0000]s
15-60 of scene three of "Romeo and Juliet" describes many different subjects using imagery."

Make sure that everything in quotation marks is properly cited according to the specifics of your required citation style. Work on being more direct in your writing and staying away from a passive tone. You have good examples of the images used in the speech, and your essay is very well organized. Nice work.

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Gloria
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