'Thrust maids to the wall...my naked weapon is out' - Sexual imagery comments on how sexually violent men were in Elizabethan times. Act 1 Scene 1 Sampson (Capulet), 'From forth the fatal loins of these two foes' - The prologue explains the feud between the families and that it will end in tragedy. , 'What drawn and talk of peace, I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee' - The alliteration 'hate' and 'hell' shows that Tybalt is an extremely violent character who is a typical masculine Elizabethan man., 'You kiss by the book' - Juliet uses romantic imagery to show that Romeo is the ideal lover. , 'I am fortune's fool' - Romeo's alliteration draws attention to fate and the idea that he has no control over his life'., 'If love be rough with you be rough with love' - Shakespeare uses repetition to show that Mercutio thinks love is connected to sex. He is not romantic. , 'O brawling love, o loving hate' - Shakespeare uses an oxymoron/imagery to show that love and hate are joined together. Romeo is very romantic. , 'Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes' - Shakespeare uses a rhyming couplet to show that Friar Lawrence is questioning whether the strength of Romeo's love is real. , 'A plague on both your houses' - Mercutio's bleak imagery curses both families for the suffering the severe consequences of their violence. , 'Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch' - Lord Capulet is abusive to Juliet when she refuses to get married to Paris. ,

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