Keyword: «“romeo and juliet”»

The paper examines linguistic and stylistic features of Shakespeare’s language in “Romeo and Juliet”, the most famous love story of all time. To better illustrate the beauty and innovative character of Shakespeare’s language, one scene from the play is chosen for close reading: Act 1, Scene 5. The practi-cal value of the material lies in step-by-step analysis of the lines that the characters utter, thus revealing the beauty, the nature of imagery, and the true meaning of the characters’ words and behavior.