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The balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet has often been considered one of – if not– the most romantic scene/ setting ever, an early modern instantiation of courtly love.
Appropriations of Shakespeare’s so-called “Balcony Scene” in Romeo and Juliet appear worldwide in novels, films, plays, social media and all kinds of popular outlets, ranging from the duets sung on the fire escape in the classic Broadway musical West Side Story to the fights in the martial-arts movie Romeo Must Die, the rock group Dire ...
- Mariacristina Cavecchi
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.”
In Act 2, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet asks Romeo to send word the next day if he intends to marry her. In return, she promises to lay her fortune at his feet and follow him throughout...
Romeo and Juliet Balcony Scene - Free download as Word Doc (.doc / .docx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Romeo stands in the shadows below Juliet's balcony and overhears her soliloquy expressing her love for him.
The balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet lends itself so gracefully to being read simply as a sustained flight of lyricism, as one of the most poignant and intense love duets to be found in...
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The balcony scene from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, with detailed explanatory notes.