Rhetorical Deivce

Oxymoron

A oxymoron is when you place two words that contradict each other in the same sentence. an example of an oxymoron can be smart teachers. Nah I'm kidding a real example can be : She was pretty ugly or there's a sale on the mega shrimp.

Many people use oxymoron to portray there confused feelings and emotions. Some people use it on a daily basis. You would think that if you put two words that contradict each other in a sentence during a story the sentence wouldn't make any sense. Yet its the complete opposite. There is no better way to portray confused emotions and feelings. Many great writers have used oxymoron for there story's. Lets look at the great work by William Shakespeare . The story Romeo & Juliet. It is one of the greatest love stories with a tragic ending. Lets examine it for a bit. In Act 1 Scene 1 Romeo says " O Heavy lightness,". The book begins of with Romeo sad because him and Rosaline just broke up. He is confused about his feelings in regret and sorrow about how Roseline broke his heart. He is confused about his emotions and feelings and says "heavy lightness".  He is saying that the pain of his love is heavy yet in an ironic way it is isn't. The importance of this is that it shows that romeo is still confused about his feelings and he cant tell what his feelings are clearly.