Comparing Act One Scene One Of William Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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This scene is where Romeo has just jumped over the wall of the Capulets garden. He wishes to see Juliet again for he is completely besotted with her. Romeo is standing in the garden when Juliet appears at the window above him. Romeo compares Juliet to the light, using a metaphor to describe her. The fact that he sees Juliet as a light implies that she has enlightened him and brought light back into his life. Keeping in mind, Romeo was quite caught up and depressed after getting firmly rejected by Rosaline. Juliet has lifted the hefty and sombre mood that he had felt. The metaphor signifies that Juliet is ‘the sun’. From this quote I have took to the understanding of two different but very similar meaning. The first meaning she is brighter