Literary devices in Romeo and Juliet

     A literary device found in Romeo and Juliet is a oxymoron. The oxymoron in Romeo and Juliet is "It is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil and the painter with his nets" on page 29 line 40-42. These lines are oxymorons because they are 2 things that are opposites of each other, example the fisher with his pencil and and painter with his nets. I think Shakespeare chose this literary device too show that the Serving man isn't very educated. Also he showed this device so that he could show the audience that he isn't smart, yet not letting the people in the story think that the serving man is stupid.

     Another literary device Shakespeare uses is irony. The example of this device is when Sampson says to Gregory on page 9, lines 23-24 "When I have fought with the men, I will be civil with the maid; I will cut off their heads. This is an example of irony because cutting off maidens heads isn't very civil at all in fact it is quite the opposite. I think he might of used this example of the literary device for humor so he could get the audience a few laughs. Also he might of used these lines so that he could show that man was very angry, but very clever because if he was overheard saying that near the police he could of been arrested because the police could think that this is going to be an attempted murder.