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O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art. As glorious to this night, being o'er my head, As is a winged messenger of heaven (30) Unto the white-upturned wondering 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. Juliet.
- Wherefore Art Thou Romeo
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Glossary (2.2) O Romeo,...
- Winged Messenger of Heaven
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Glossary (2.2) winged...
- Sickly
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Glossary. Her vestal livery...
- Owes
Annotated Balcony Scene, Act 2 Sources for Romeo and Juliet...
- For Stony Limits Cannot Hold Love Out
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Glossary (2.2) For stony...
- Juliet Appears Above at a Window
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Glossary (2.2). Juliet...
- So Stumblest on My Counsel
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Glossary. So stumblest on my...
- The Envious Moon
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony Scene Glossary. the envious moon...
- Wherefore Art Thou Romeo
- Poison
- Thumb-Biting
- Queen Mab
In his first appearance, in Act 2, scene 2, Friar Lawrence remarks that every plant, herb, and stone has its own special properties and that nothing exists in nature that cannot be put to both good and bad uses. Thus, poison is not intrinsically evil, but instead it's a natural substance made lethal by human hands. Friar Lawrence’s words prove true...
In Act 1, scene 1, the buffoonish Samson begins a brawl between the Montagues and Capulets by flicking his thumbnail from behind his upper teeth, an insulting gesture known as biting the thumb. He engages in this juvenile and vulgar display because he wants to get into a fight with the Montagues but doesn’t want to be accused of starting the fight ...
In Act 1, scene 4, Mercutio delivers a dazzling speech about the fairy Queen Mab, who rides through the night on her tiny wagon bringing dreams to sleepers. One of the most noteworthy aspects of Queen Mab’s ride is that the dreams she brings generally do not bring out the best sides of the dreamers, but instead serve to confirm them in whatever vic...
The balcony was most probably the invention of Thomas Otway in 1679, when the Venice Preserv’d author took Romeo and Juliet and moved its action to ancient Rome, retitling the play The History and Fall of Caius Marius. It was hugely popular, and, although Otway’s version is largely forgotten now, it did leave one lasting legacy: the idea of the ‘balcony’ scene.
The Romeo & Juliet balcony scene is a romantic one, reflecting the general notion that Romeo and Juliet is a romantic play. The play certainly starts out like that, with the two lovers falling in love at first sight, then talking love-talk in a moonlit garden, and running off the next day to get married. But halfway through the drama, on the ...
What symbols are present in acts 2 and 3 of Romeo and Juliet? Acts 2 and 3 of Romeo and Juliet contain a great deal of symbolism: examples include the physical geography of the balcony scene ...
Romeo and Juliet. Metaphors and Similes. Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs (1.1.181) Early in the play, as he moans about his unrequited love for Rosaline, Romeo uses a simile to compare love to a smoke that arises from the sighs of lovers, perhaps suggesting that it is simultaneously beautiful, potentially suffocating, and difficult ...
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David Lucking, University of Lecce. 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 ...
