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A look at the structure of a play reveals how it has been put together. The most important structural device in "Romeo and Juliet" is juxtaposition for contrast. Shakespeare repeatedly puts two different people or actions or words side by side to heighten the differences between them. Shakespeare uses foil characters to point out the differences between them. One example of this is when he uses Rosaline as a foil character to compare to Juliet. …

…shows this device of literature because Romeo is referring to Juliet as daylight and brightness to point out her beauty. Shakespeare perfected his plays into much more by using structural devices. Such as using foil characters, contrasting actions side by side, and by using contrast in words and images to point out differences. As one can see Shakespeare is an extremely sophisticated writer, which turns his plays into something much more than just a play.