Juliet use of antithesis I her speech to the Nurse highlights that she is bamboozled and perplexed hating on Romeo but she still loves him making opposite comparison.

An example of this the line is,”honourable villain!”. Juliet hates Romeo calling him a villain but because she still loves him, she calls him honourable which results in a an oxymoron.

This idea of opposite runs through the play.An earlier example is in the prologue explain the opposite families and the war between them.

Shakespeare’s use of opposing language reflects the fighting between the two families.