Extract 4 (Romeo and Juliet, Act 3 Scene 2)
JULIET
O God, did Romeos hand shed Tybalts blood?
NURSE
It did, it did, alas the day, it did!
JULIET
O serpent heart, hid with a flowring face!
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?
Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!
Dove-featherd raven! Wolvish ravening lamb!
Despised substance of divinest show!
Just opposite to what thou justly seemst,
A damned saint, an honorable villain!
O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell
When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend
In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh?
Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound? O that deceit should dwell
In such a gorgeous palace!
NURSE
Theres no trust,
No faith, no honesty in men, all perjurd,
All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
Ah, wheres my man? Give me some aqua-vitae;
These griefs, these woes, these sorrows make me old.
Shame come to Romeo!
Question:
How is language used in this extract to present ideas about the characters, and love and hate?
Refer to word choices and a range of language techniques in your answer.
(20 marks)
