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Examine Shakespeare's use of language in Act 2 scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet. How do events in this scene foreshadow the end of the play? In this essay I am going to be looking at some of the ways Shakespeare uses language in Act 2 scene 2, also I will be looking at clues that there are about the way that the play ends. Throughout this essay I will be looking at Shakespeare's use of antithesis, imagery, similes, metaphors, sense of foreboding and also dramatic irony. At the begging of the scene Romeo says that Mercutio can 'jest at scars' because he has 'never felt a wound', soon after this Mercutio is killed. This gives a hint to the audience that what the characters say is almost never true, and the play is full of sadness. At the start of the play Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other although...

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