STYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF PHYTOMORPHIC METAPHORS IN WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S “ROMEO AND JULIET”
Keywords:
phytomorphic metaphors, Shakespeare, “Romeo and Juliet”, stylistic analysis, botanical imagery, rose metaphor, personification, dramatic irony, Elizabethan literature, rhetorical devices, thematic symbolism, growth and decay, lexical field, intertextualityAbstract
This article presents a stylistic analysis of phytomorphic metaphors—figurative expressions drawing from plant imagery—in William Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” (1597), focusing primarily on Act II, Scene II (the balcony scene). By examining lexical choices, syntactic structures, rhetorical devices, and semantic layers, the study explores how botanical metaphors such as the "rose," "bud," and "canker" enhance thematic depth, evoke sensory vividness, and foreshadow tragic outcomes. The analysis highlights Shakespeare's use of transference, personification, antithesis, and dramatic irony to interweave organic growth with human passion, identity, and mortality. Contextualized within Elizabethan horticultural symbolism and intertextual allusions (e.g., the Wars of the Roses), the metaphors are shown to reinforce the play's chiastic oppositions of bloom and decay. The article concludes that phytomorphic imagery not only enriches poetic texture but also drives narrative momentum, affirming Shakespeare's fusion of natural and dramatic artistry.
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