O loving hate! 200O any thing, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness! serious vanity! Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!
The phrases "loving hate" and "cold fire" are used as contradictions to show that Romeo's view of love is unstable.
Benvolio. Part, fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do.
Benvolio's language establishes characterization through contrast.
Clubs, bills, and partisans! strike! beat them down!
The chaotic imagery further builds the sense of "mob mentality", showing how violence spreads uncontrollably
What, ho! you men, you beasts,
The Prince uses metaphor, comparing the men to beasts to emphasize how uncivilized they were being due to their rage.
If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
This moment can potentially be foreshadowing.
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs
Romeo utilizes a metaphor to portray love as something blinding and suffocating.
I will bite my thumb at them; which is a disgrace to them, if they bear it.
A small insult is enough to trigger a full fight, emphasizing how fragile the peace is in this setting.
The quarrel is between our masters and us their men.
Even servants are pulled into the situation, showing how deeply this fued controled society.
I will push Montague's men from the wall, and thrust his maids to the wall.
The violent/sexual language is utilized as a way to show the clear links to power and misogyny
Sampson. Gregory, o' my word, we'll not carry coals.
“Carry coals” means accepting insults. This shows how easily pride sparks violence in Verona.