Write About the Ways Love Is Explored in Two Soliloquies. One from Romeo and Juliet, and One from Othello.

Write about the ways love is explored in two soliloquies. One from Romeo and Juliet, and one from Othello. Write about the ways love is explored in two soliloquies. One from Romeo and Juliet, and one from Othello. A Soliloquy is an dramatic technique utilise in plays to shoot to the earreach, a characters true most inner thoughts, tangings and emotions. Shakespeare is famous for using soliloquies to place the hearing in an omniscient position, allowing them to develop an intimate relationship with the characters, often creating dramatic irony and tension.Shakespeare expresses the issue of dying throughout Romeos soliloquy to enable the audience to empathise and feel pathos toward Juliet Death that hath suck the edulcorate of thy breath. The word breath is ironic and is symbolic of how Romeo set upnot bare to be without Juliet, so a great deal so that he feels the sensation of suffocation. Dramatic irony is also apparent as the audience knows that Juliet is still lively th is sentiment provokes emotion as the audience is willing for Romeo to notice that she is not d.o.a..Also the detail that love is screenland plays an ironic almost humorous partitioning here as Romeo is failing to see Juliet is still alive. The theme of finale continues as Shakespeare personifies death throughout the soliloquy to present it as a more benighted force and rival for Juliets love shall I believe that unsubstantial death is amorous? And that the angle of dip abhorred monster keeps thee here in the dark to be his paramour? The negative speech negative language customd to personify death, lean abhorred monster, illustrates Romeos sense of disgust but more importantly, the fear that death has taken Juliet from him.Romeos fear is clearly expressed when Shakespeare writes For fear of that I still will endure here with thee/here i will remain. The repetition of here conveys Romeos determination to stay with Juliet to the bound that he will take his own life. Theref ore, the audience get the impression that Romeo feels he must shovel in himself to preserve their love, a trait which links with his hamatia. Furthermore, Shakespeare employs the ongoing lexical field of death to create a sense of foreboding and heighten the dramatic irony.The main protagonist Romeo personifies death using a parable to express its severity. He explains how death has not conquered Juliets beauty yet. The word yet implies that death is inevitable which links to the phrase star crossed lovers that is delivered in the prologue. Elizabethan people were highly superstitious and believed heavily in fate which would have contributed to the many attributes that make Romeo a tragic hero. And deaths pale sign is not advanced there. Shakespeares use of nautical language is used to infer how Romeo has almost been shipwrecked (as he says later in the soliloquy) which highlights his solitude and his incomplete sensation he feels without Juliet present. In Addition, the audience so observes that Romeos obsessive and unconditional love for Juliet contributes to his fall from grace and greatly adheres to his hamartia. Thee here in dark to be his paramour/heres to my love. Dramatic irony and a paradox of light is used her to show Romeos possessiveness and impetuousness.The fact that he says my shows his obsessive naivety, as he almost loves Juliet as well much so to speak. It is clear for the audience to see that Romeo is ruled by fate, doomed from the start. A contemporary audience would have profoundly disagreed to this ethos as in a modern way we believe that we choose or make our own fate. Contrastingly Shakespeare uses powerful repetition to emphasise the importance and severity of Othellos opening line. The use of monosyllabic words creates tension, highlighting Othellos chilling tone. It is the cause, it is the cause my soul . here(predicate) Othello is addressing his soul and conscience, trying to justify the terrible act which he is about to commit but in his mind he already has established the inevitability of his actions. The fact that Othello uses the word It shows he cannot bring himself to come to the act that Desdemona has supposedly committed. Even this early in the soliloquy, the reader can clearly distinguish Othellos hamartia (the traits that make a tragic hero).We see his serious fractures in judgment (believing Iago without proof) which later leads him to committing the dead (Taking Desdemonas) that leads to his downfall. Additionally, Othello changes the address of his soliloquy from his inner self, to the Chaste stars . It is a commonly known fact that the Elizabethan age were actually superstitious so it is very understandable that they could empathise with Othellos cause and understand his bond paper with the stars. Let me not name it to you, chaste stars .This is reminiscent of the prologue in Romeo and Juliet, where it refers to star crossed lovers , the audience can now see a clear correlation between obsessive love and death, which is sad as in both plays the deceased lovers are innocent . Here Othello is further trying to reassure himself that he is doing the just thing that his actions are almost written in oriental alabaster inevitable. Referring to the chaste stars is also part of Othellos hamartia the idea of being doomed from the beginning .Also his obsessive, overpowering love for Desdemona, distorts his perception of human race, which is wherefore he failed to detect the lies being fed to him by Iago. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony to highlight Desdemonas honor, the fact that Othello says chaste is almost humorous as the audience knows that Desdemona is completely innocent, never committing adultery in her super short life. Just as Romeo speaks of Juliets beauty, even in death, to emphasise his love for her, so too does Othello in acknowledging Desdemonas outward perfection and beauty. .. hiter skin than snow/And smooth as monumental alabaster.. Here Shakespeare uses and extended metaphor, which is ironic as Othello is comparing Desdemona to white snow, white being symbolic of innocence and purity which paradoxes the vile dead which he is about to commit. Shakespeare use of figurative language here potently reflects Othellos intense love and adoration for Desdemona. The fact that Othello elevates Desdemona to a position of Monumental perfection shows that he is savouring her beauty before confirming his resolve that she must die.Furthermore, Shakespeares clever use of dramatic irony and ability to control the audiences emotions through powerful imperative verbs is shown in this part of the soliloquy. to that extent she must die, else shell betray more men. Othellos resolve is highlighted by a break in the flow of the verse, emphasised by a colon. This break represents his sorrow, regret and anguish. The fact that Othello is a Moore means he suffered both outwardly (isolation and alienation attacks) and inwardly (tortured conscience). Unfo rtunately the finality of this statement conveys to the audience the harsh reality that Othello is going carry out this injustice.Also this particular line said by Othello links with what Brabantio (desdamonas father) says in the beginning of the play Look to her, Moor, if thou hast eyes to see She has deceived her father, and whitethorn thee. This here is very ironic, as Othello is going to murder Desdemona for the exact thing her father warned him about, except she has not committed the act. We the audience feel pathos toward Desdemona as even her father had a false predicament and made an extreme error in judging his own daughters character.Unsurprisingly this links with Romeo and Juliets struggle to be together as a result of the family feud. Love is portrayed to be a hardship in both plays, which may be one of the reasons the love is so obsessive and unhealthy. To conclude, I believe that the theme of love is convayed very effectively in both Romeos and Othellos soliloquy. Both invoked a variety of emotions and allow the audience to in reality connect with the characters. A great amount of dramatic irony and tension is delivered at pivotal points in both plays where obsessive leads to the suicide of Juliet and contrastingly the murder of Desdemona.