I think the author chose to use the imagery of sunlight in the first passage because Shakespeare creates a theme of light and dark throughout the book; the light being Juliet and the darkness being Romeo. He speaks of the sunlight rising in the East, symbolizing Juliet’s escalating importance to him. In the second passage, the author uses symbolization form of figurative language, because he wants to create slight irony that Romeo only drank the poison to be with Juliet in the afterlife, and Juliet only took the poison as to be with Romeo in actuality. The poison also
The famous lines "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" open William Shakespeare's tragic play, Romeo and Juliet. The play follows the ill-fated love story of Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers from rival families in Verona, Italy, and their tragic end. While there were many factors that contributed to Juliet's death, Romeo's impulsive behavior and rash decisions were significant factors that ultimately led to her demise.
Who is already sick and pale with grief" (2, 2, 4-5). Through this quote, Romeo asks the sun to rise and replace the moon so he and Juliet can have more time together. For Romeo to ask this signifies that his love for Juliet appears so strong, he wants to spend every waking moment with her. Romeo views Juliet as the light that overshines all the darkness in his
In films and literature, darkness often represents fear and misery, whereas light portrays joy and cheerfulness. Shakespeare undoubtedly utilizes these connotations in his tragedy Romeo and Juliet, as light imagery is used in order to establish joyous atmospheres and display the elation of being in love, whereas dark imagery is used to create tension and portray the distress that love can inflict. Thus, through Shakespeare’s use of light and dark imagery in Romeo and Juliet, it is undeniable that he effectively creates atmosphere and reinforces the theme of love as a source of joy and pain. Firstly, light imagery is used in pursuance of establishing a romantic atmosphere, whereas dark imagery is employed in order to generate suspense.
his friends want him to find a new girl to like so, that he isn’t sad anymore. Moving on, Words like bright and night display light and dark imagery. In this instance, the first three lines are referring to how beautiful Juliet is and how She stands out against the darkness like a jeweled earring hanging against
In act II, scene ii, Romeo states, “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun (Shakespeare 79)”. This line was said on the same day he just met Juliet. He believes Juliet is as important as the sun, she is the center of the universe to him just within a day of meeting. These quick feelings and foolish words are what cause the main problems for this tragedy.
Romeo on the other hand, doesn't even hesitate to put himself below the woman he loves. One of the ways he does this is by describing Juliet by saying, “The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven, Would through the airy region stream so bright, That birds would sing and think it were not night” (II. II. 19-22). When talking about Juliet, he always compares her as the “light to his darkness”, and says that she “saved him” from his heartbreak with Rosaline.
Romeo is waiting below Juliet’s balcony hoping to see her. When she appears at the window he says, “But soft! What light through the yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”(II.ii.1-2).
Thus Juliet’s ‘enlightening’ awakening to the prospect of marriage remains concealed, as not yet coloured to the emotions of courtship. The muted light is perfectly befitting of the her measured speech; ‘I look to like, if looking liking move. Allen Denson calls the Mediterranean sun ‘saturating.’ Whilst bright light spreads fairly evenly throughout the film, this makes the change in the final scene more poignant. The grey sky creates a white parlour in the faces of the mourners, in sharp contrast to the brightly lit early scenes, as if the lovers death has drained the colour from the world.
The secretive lighting in Zeffirelli’s scene less effectively characterizes Romeo and Juliet as careless than the romantic lighting in Luhrmann’s version. When Romeo delivers his “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks” (II.ii.2) monologue in Zeffirelli’s version, he cannot yet see Juliet and is in a dark, wooded area. Once he sees her, he stays back so she cannot see him and watches her from afar, staying hidden despite his initial impulse to reveal himself once she begins speaking. The secretive nature of the darkness allows him to eventually reveal himself, but the two rely on this darkness as a disguise from any onlookers. Near the end of the scene, the sun has risen and Romeo and Juliet have to separate.
In life, people want to have that someone they can call the “sun to the their moon,” or the “night to their day,” wishing for an undying love. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet deals with the recurring visual motif of light and dark, that is used to represent and foreshadow their love. Both of the lovers compare one another to the day and night, which highlights the intensity of their relationship, but also expresses the downfalls and unforeseen complications to come. For Romeo, Juliet is his sun. His light.
Romeo What’s that light over there? Juliet enters on the balcony.
“Dawn” is a metaphor especially used in literature for a moment of awareness of the reality surrounding a character. Also known as an epiphany, when the moment of awareness of reality becomes evident, one may crave to return to the “night”, or their ideal state. The scene opens with Juliet begging Romeo to remain in her presence just a bit longer, “Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day: It was the nightingale, and not the lark,” (Romeo And Juliet.
He also describes some of the changes the characters undergo by using a change of light. For example, when Romeo at the beginning of the balcony scene steps into the light of the balcony, he has left his immature love for Rosaline behind him. He has always compared Rosaline with the moon, but now his love for Juliet is outshining it. Therefore, he describes Juliet as the sun. A more drastic change in the characters is when Romeo and Juliet die.
It is the east, and Juliet is the Sun!(2.2.1-2) Through Juliet, Romeo finds light and love and all seems hopeful. Initially, it does not occur to the young couple that they will face
