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Analyse the impact of Violence in Act 1 of “Romeo and Juliet”
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Analyse the impact of Violence in Act one of 'Romeo and Juliet' You may think that "Romeo and Juliet" is a love story, however after studying this play closely you will find that there is also another element to it, which is the opposite of love and that is violence. In this essay I will be looking at the way in which Shakespeare uses figurative language to reflect one of the underlying themes in Romeo and Juliet, violence. The prologue is written in a sonnet. This is a fourteen line poem and rhymes in accordance with one of several patterns. By having just read the first five lines of it, it tells me that this play will not just consist of romance but of tragedy. Words such as 'grudge', 'mutiny', ' blood', all suggest this. Also the quote: "Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean" Shows the reader that members of the...
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