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As act 2, scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, the famous balcony scene, gets underway, Romeo is standing beneath Juliet's window, lurking in the darkness. Before long, Juliet appears on the balcony, and ...
Analysis. Romeo comes out of hiding just as a light in a nearby window flicks on and Juliet exits onto her balcony. “It is the east,” Romeo says, regarding Juliet, “and Juliet is the sun.”. He urges the sun to rise and “kill the envious moon.”. He urges Juliet to take her “vestal livery” and “cast it off.”. He continues ...
Rise, beautiful sun, and kill the jealous moon, which is already sick and pale with grief because Juliet, her maid, is more beautiful than she is. Don’t be her maid, since she’s jealous. The moon’s virginity makes her look sick and green, and only fools hold on to their virginity. Throw it off.
Analysis. Act 2 is more focused than Act 1, in that it mostly serves to establish the marriage which will become the root of the play's dramatic conflict. However, within the the streamlined plot, Shakespeare explores the complications of love. The theme of love is central to Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet.
By making the audience aware of Romeo and Juliet’s tragic end from the outset, Shakespeare makes destiny a central player and allows the audience to fully experience one of the main ideas of the ...
Romeo. She speaks. O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art. As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a wingèd messenger of heaven. Unto the white upturnèd wond'ring eyes. Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him. When he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds. And sails upon the bosom of the air.
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And but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate. Than death proroguèd, wanting of thy love. ROMEO. I have night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes, And but thou love me, let them find me here. My life were better ended by their hate. Than death proroguèd, wanting of thy love.
