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Shakespeare
shows
his
dramatic
skill
freely
in
Romeo
and
Juliet,
providing
intens
e
moments
of
shift
between
comedy
and
tragedy.
Before
Mercutio's
death
in
Act
t
hree,
the
play
is
largely
a
comedy.
After
his
accidental
demise,
the
play
suddenly
becomes
very
serious
and
takes
on
more
of
a
tragic
tone.
Still,
the
fact
that
Ro
meo
is
banished,
rather
than
executed,
offers
a
hope
that
things
will
work
out.
W
hen
Friar
Lawrence
offers
Juliet
a
plan
to
reunite
her
with
Romeo
the
audience
st
ill
has
a
reason
to
believe
that
all
will
end
well.
They
are
in
a
state
o
f
suspense
by
the
opening
of
the
last
scene
in
the
tomb:
If
Romeo
is
delayed
lo
ng
enough
for
the
Friar
to
arrive,
he
and
Juliet
may
yet
be
saved.
This
only
mak
es
it
all
the
more
tragic
when
everything
falls
apart
in
the
end.
Shakespeare
also
uses
subplots
to
offer
a
clearer
view
of
the
actions
of
the
main
characters,
and
provide
an
axis
around
which
the
main
plot
turns.
For
example,
when
the
play
begins,
Romeo
is
in
love
with
Rosaline,
who
has
refused
all
of
his
advances.
Romeo's
infatuation
with
her
stands
in
obvious
contrast
to
his
later
lov
e
for
Juliet.
This
provides
a
comparison
through
which
the
audience
can
see
the
seriousness
of
Romeo
and
Juliet's
love
and
marriage.
Paris'
love
for
Juliet
also
s
ets
up
a
contrast
between
Juliet's
feelings
for
him
and
her
feelings
for
Romeo.
T
he
formal
language
she
uses
around
Paris,
as
well
as
the
way
she
talks
about
hi
m
to
her
Nurse,
show
that
her
feelings
clearly
lie
with
Romeo.
Beyond
this,
the
s
ub-plot
of
the
Montague-Capulet
feud
overarches
the
whole
play,
providing
an
atm
osphere
of
hate
that
is
the
main
contributor
to
the
play's
tragic
end.
Shakespeare
uses
a
large
variety
of
poetic
forms
throughout
the
play.
He
begins
with
a
14-line
prologue
in
the
form
of
a
Shakespearean
sonnet,
spoken
by
a
Cho
rus.
Most
of
Romeo
and
Juliet
is,
however,
written
in
blank
verse,
and
much
of
it
in
strict
iambic
pentameter,
with
less
rhythmic
variation
than
in
most
of
Shakespe
are's
later
plays.
In
choosing
forms,
Shakespeare
matches
the
poetry
to
the
chara
cter
who
uses
it.
Friar
Lawrence,
for
example,
uses
sermon
and
sententiae
forms,
and
the
Nurse
uses
a
unique
blank
verse
form
that
closely
matches
colloquial
s
peech.
Each
of
these
forms
is
also
moulded
and
matched
to
the
emotion
of
the
scene
the
character
occupies.
For
example,
when
Romeo
talks
about
Rosaline
ea
rlier
in
the
play,
he
uses
the
Petrarchan
sonnet
form.
Petrarchan
sonnets
were
oft
en
used
by
men
at
the
time
to
exaggerate
the
beauty
of
women
who
were
impos
sible
for
them
to
attain,
as
in
Romeo's
situation
with
Rosaline.
This
sonnet
form
i
s
also
used
by
Lady
Capulet
to
describe
Count
Paris
to
Juliet
as
a
handsome
m
an.
When
Romeo
and
Juliet
meet,
the
poetic
form
changes
from
the
Petrarchan
(which
was
becoming
archaic
in
Shakespeare's
day)
to
a
then
more
contemporary
sonnet
form,
using
and
as
metaphors.
Finally,
when
the
two
m
eet
on
the
balcony,
Romeo
attempts
to
use
the
sonnet
form
to
pledge
his
love,
b
ut
Juliet
breaks
it
by
saying
thou
love
me?
By
doing
this,
she
searches
for
true
expression,
rather
than
a
poetic
exaggeration
of
their
love.
Juliet
uses
mono
syllabic
words
with
Romeo,
but
uses
formal
language
with
Paris.
Other
forms
in
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