“On pain of torture… Throw your
mistemper’d weapons to the ground.”
Represents voice of law, justice and
authority – neutral in the feud and desire only peace between them – however
also serves to show how powerless law – embodied by the prince – is compared to
the passions of love and hate – tautology emphasizes consequences of
disobedience – personification to drive some sense into families and instill
guilt within them – imperative sentence shows his high status, power and
authority however fate is a higher power
“Profaners of this neighbor-stained
steel! Will they not hear? – What ho, you men, you beasts!”
Does everything in his power to keep the
peace and often ends up exasperated from the effort involved – neighbor
connotes friendliness and convey his good intentions and desire for peace and
amity – “stained” display his feelings towards the feud – ridiculous and
worthless - interrogative emphasizes his infuriation that another fight broke
out despite warnings – he degrades the men into “beasts” = connotations of
animalistic, savage, wild, bloodthirsty behavior – metaphor – exclamative
highlights his vexation
“See what scourge is laid upon your
hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!”
Relays the moral of the story in the
final scene – by laying the blame on Lords Capulet and Montague for many deaths
– uncontrolled, violent, overly-passionate emotions create destruction –
“scourge” = punishment and penance by God for their hatred – summing up the
moral that vehement emotions bring about ill fate and ultimately death
“Never was there a story of more woe, than
this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Concludes story and emphasizes theme of
tragedy – hyperbole “never” “of more woe” again stressing the tragedy and
ill-fated nature of the tale
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