Romeo And Juliet Dialectical Journal

Question 1

I have chosen to analyze a passage on page 109 from line 1-10. In this passage Romeo looks up at Juliet's window hoping to catch a glimpse of her. He compares Juliet to the sun and prays that it's not the maid that is the light "through yonder window breaks". Shakespeare uses a mix of both enjambment and caesura (line 3, line 6 & line 9) in this particular passage. He uses personification, saying that the moon is envious and therefore should be killed. The reference begins an extended-metaphor that plays upon the association of the moon goddess, Diana, with virginity.
The color green is also mentioned as a symbol of envy. The sentence "Her vestal livery is but sick and green" is a reference to the goddess Diana (which is the moon

For an example he refers to Cupid and Venus(act 2, scene 1). Cupid is the son of Venus and is the god of love. He is often portrayed as blindfolded, pudgy infant with a bow and arrow. Venus is the roman goddess of love and is mother of Cupid. Shakespeare also refers to the tale of The King and the Beggar-maid (in act 2 scene 1) which tells the story of King Cophetua and his love for the beggar Penelophon. I don't think we are affected any differently by these references, than a Renaissance audience would be affected. Especially when Shakespeare refers to mythology. Most people know Cupid and Venus. Particular Cupid is a reference that is used very often in

Throughout the play you could get the feeling that she was forced to mature too quickly. The prominence on Juliet's youth, despite her growing maturity, establishes her as a tragic heroine. The challenges she faces throughout the play shape her character. Most of this change is to happen because of the intense love she shares with Romeo. When she meets him, she takes a step towards maturity, independence and courage. She slowly takes charge of her life and takes matters into her own hands.
Juliet is presented as quiet and dutiful, but with an inner strength and maturity: when her mother suggest that she should marry Paris because of his money and good looks, she responds: "I'll look to like, if looking liking move".
However, when she meets Romeo she is prepared to defy her parents and marry Romeo in secret. In act three, scene 5 Capulet stresses his right as her father to marry her to Paris, threatening her with disinheritance and public shame. But this doesn't affect Juliet - she would rather die than enter a false marriage "if all else fail, myself have power to die" (p. 185, act 3, scene 5). In the balcony scene, Juliet is very much aware of the recklessness of their love - "It is too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden.". This sense of rushing very much characterize their relationship, despite her fears she is the one to ask him