In the novel “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare, Juliet was given the option to drink a potion that would fake her death so she could get to Romeo. During this time, Shakespeare uses diction to show that Juliet’s mindset has become hysterical. This is shown when she was thinking of all the things that she was worried about when she would drink the potion. One way this is shown is when she thinks that the mixture will not work at all. The novel says, “What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then tomorrow morning? No, no, this shall forbid it. Lie thou there. [Laying down her dagger.]” (Lines 21-23). This shows that she thinks the potion will fail, forcing her to marry Paris. This makes her hysterical because she would rather
