loving hate!
             O anything, of nothing first create!
             Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!
             Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!
             Still-walking sleep, that is not what it is!
             This love fell I, that feel no love in this.
             (Romeo and Juliet,I, i , ll.174-179)
             Romeo uses oxymorons to help to show how he is torn and confused. He loves Rosaline yet she is a Capulet. Romeo experiences many characteristics of courtly love. He feels depressed, helpless, bewildered and often sighed and moaned. Romeo's love for Rosaline is unrequited. Romeo wishes to love Rosali
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