Romeo And Juliet Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death, Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth, Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws open, And, in spite, I’ll cram thee with more food!

Speaker- Romeo Spoken to-the tomb/self Context- Romeo is outside the Capulet tomb at night, about to enter and kill himself beside Juliet after being informed by Balthasar that Juliet was dead. Literary significance- Personification- lines 3-4 show personification, as Romeo is giving human features to the tomb, such as “I enforce thy jaws open” and “I’ll cram thee with more food” in these 2 quotes Romeo is personifying that the capsule tomb was like a stomach full of dead people. In the final line, where he says, “I’ll cram thee with more food” he refers to Romeo killing himself