Romeo and Juliet, being a romance, uses a series of contrasting images to enhance the storyline and create multiple issues for its audience. The effect of the imagery is progressive, taking the audience through a series of crises. |
Examples of Imagery in Romeo and Juliet:
Juliet's speech asking why fate has made Romeo a member of an enemy family: 'Wherefore art thou Romeo?' Tybalt's death: 'Not so wide as a barn door...' The death scene, where both Romeo and Juliet provide their own imagery. https://wsu.edu:8000/~brians/love-in-the-arts/romeo.html |
![]() An 1870 oil painting by Ford Madox Brown depicting Romeo and Juliet's famous balcony scene. |