Use Of Light In Romeo And Juliet

‘’The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars,’’ shows readers that Juliet is now Romeo’s everything and nothing could compare against her. (2.2.19) Shakespeare convinces the audience that Juliet is the most important to Romeo by writing, ‘’But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!’’ (2.2.2-3). Before meeting Juliet, Romeo had a bad heartbreak. He had convinced himself that he will never find love again, and his life will forever be consumed by darkness. By comparing Juliet to the sun, that gives bright light to everyone, Shakespeare is conveying the message that Juliet is the light to overcome Romeo’s darkness. Juliet is the one that Romeo will fall in love with and once again will be happy. The sun is not only a provider of light, but is essential for survival. By having Romeo call Juliet, the sun, Shakespeare means that without Juliet, Romeo will not be able to survive. Juliet has become Romeo’s everything and is the reason why he is happy and is able to love life again. This also shows Romeo’s infatuation with Juliet, because by comparing Juliet to the sun, Shakespeare is also saying that everything now revolves around Juliet for Romeo. Due to applying metaphors in his dialogues, Shakespeare is able to persuade readers that Juliet is Romeo’s true love and how much she means to

Romeo is using a metaphor to compare Juliet’s voice to lovely music. In Romeo and Juliet states, “How silver-sweet sound lovers’ tongues by night,/ Like softest music to attending ears”(2.2. 167-168). As a result from this metaphor the reader can fully grasp an image of Juliet and Romeo’s affection towards her. In the same scene Romeo says that with her beauty she will kill the envious moon. In the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet states, “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,/ Who is already sick and pale with grief”(2.2. 4-5). In other words Romeo has illustrated the beauty of Juliet and the inclination he has for his lover, Juliet.The reader can illustrate Juliet because of the personification and metaphors that Romeo

Shakespeare’s use of symbolism assists in conveying this idea of love and purity. However, this pure representation of night is contradicted when Juliet fears of being trapped within the ‘horrible conceit of death and night” (IV, iv, 24). The irony that Shakespeare uses to illustrate Juliet’s state of mind demonstrates her still developing character as she is conflicted between the concept of betraying for family and death itself. At this point in the play, from Juliet’s ponders and contradictory, the audience is able to conclude that she is very much torn and indecisive of her motives.

In the beginning of the play, the motif of light vs. dark is displayed through imagery. “But all so soon as the all-cheering sun should in the farthest east begin to draw… away from light steals home my heavy son... and makes himself an artificial night.” (Montague, 1.2.127-128 130&133). This quote shows that the happy sun does not affect Romeo and the sad night is how he feels because of the darkness of the night. The quote also reveals that his depressed state is represented by darkness. This reveals a central idea that love will overpower all feelings, because he is sad that his love did not work out and caused him to be depressed.

In act two, scene two, line 2, Romeo says“.It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.” When Shakespeare did this, it showed that Romeo viewed Juliet as someone that stood out amongst all other things. It also shows that he was very immersed in to her and no one else. He was focused on her. He had tunnel vision in a sort. I think the reason Shakespeare implemented this into the play was because he really wanted to explain how Romeo saw Juliet. Also, when Romeo first sees Juliet, he says that it is as if she hangs on the cheek of night and is a jewel in an Ethiope's ear. When Romeo says this he means that Juliet stands out among all the other people, like a jewel. he means that she is the one thing that is in focus and all other things are blurred. he is totally focused on her, and has completely forgotten about Rosaline which he remarks later in the text. I think that Shakespeare uses this metaphor to better explain how beautiful Juliet really is to Romeo And how she stood out to him. Throughout Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare has used an overflowing amount of metaphors, some of which take multiple readings to realize, but if you look you will find

Shakespeare’s use of nature in the balcony scene is most commonly referenced when discussing Romeo’s comparison of Juliet to the sun. By comparing Juliet’s beauty to the sun, the text conveys the idea of Juliet coming into Romeo’s life has changed him for the better. Romeo begins his monologue with, “Juliet is the sun.” (Shakespeare 2.2.3). The sun is the center of the universe, and Romeo uses the sun to state that Juliet is the center of his universe. The use of this metaphor gives a comparison between the consistency of the sun and his love for Juliet. The sun is a symbol of rebirth for Romeo. When the sun rises in the morning, it is

Other words that are being compared, are the words Earth and Heaven that are basically opposite of a spectrum, where Earth represents mortals and Heaven represents God. Thus, It is clear that the light vs dark is there, and there is a reason why it is in the play. The night of the party, the party that Capulet was describing as a marvellous event with the best people of the city, is the occasion where Romeo and Juliet meet, fall in love and kiss for the first time. It is a really crucial evening for the story because is where everything starts. The light vs dark archetype has been used in this quote to foreshadow the greatness of the party and how it is going to be important for the course of the story. It has been used to enhance the significance of the night and the conflicts that the party is going to bring. The last example, is in Romeo’s line, right after he met, fell in love and kissed Juliet: “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon”(2.2.4). Before explaining the light vs dark element in this quote, is better analyse the quote itself to learn the meaning behind it. Romeo compares Juliet, to the sun and its infinite

Upon seeing Juliet Romeo exclaims, “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” Romeo compared her to a torch because seeing her made everything come into focus. Juliet also compares Romeo not only to the sun but calls him even more mighty than the sun when she says, “Give me my Romeo. And when I shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine. That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.” So with Romeo and Juliet one goes on a rollercoaster full of references to the light and dark of a situation, but the very last line of the play the Prince says darkness has returned and everything will return to what it once was. The Prince addresses the whole community when he says, “A glooming peace this morning with it brings.The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head.Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things.Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd.For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare makes it bluntly undeniable that fate was in control and whether the light or dark would

Throughout “Romeo And Juliet”, Romeo uses comparisons and such to express his love for Juliet. Shakespeare uses figurative language like this to describe Romeo and Juliet’s relationship. For example, Romeo often uses biblical references to describe his love for Juliet. When Juliet is at her balcony “o’er [Romeo’s] head,/ as is a winged messenger of heaven” (Shakespeare line 28-29) Romeo indirectly calls her an angel. Through Romeo’s reference to Juliet being an angel, Shakespeare is able to demonstrate Romeo’s perspective of Juliet’s perfection. Romeo also compares nature's beauty to Juliet. He describes her by saying she “is the sun” (Shakespeare line 2). Through this direct comparison Shakespeare

Romeo uses his words to give us an image of how he uses love as a form of light in a time of rage as it is forbidden by the feud that consumes peace between the families. As his love for Juliet becomes stronger, he begins using more forms of imagery describing Juliet as the sun or a jewel sparkling in the night. This allows us to establish how Shakespeare wants us to imagine how strong their love really is. He uses character dialogue to express this portion of the many themes in a way such as “whiter than snow upon a raven’s

The second scene primarily consists of Romeo and his remarks for Juliet, as seen here: “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun/Arise, fair sun, and kill the moon” (2.2.4-5) It is evident that this quotation by Romeo has examples of both light and dark imagery. Romeo metaphorically compares the sun and moon to Juliet and Rosaline,

In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare used a fair amount of figurative language to express the feelings between Romeo and Juliet. The young minded individuals start to fall in love at a quick pace. Juliet and Romeo have uncontrolled feelings for each other and this causes them to make irrational decisions. Romeo uses metaphors and similes to compare Juliet to some of earth’s most beautiful things. Romeo declares that “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”, by doing this he is showing Juliet’s beauty. He persuades her to come out of her bedroom by saying “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon.” He used the moons credibility to show how he feels towards Juliet and manipulate her to come out onto the balcony to see him. While

Romeo also says that Juliet is the light that gives him freedom from his everlasting depression. During the well known balcony scene, Romeo associates Juliet with daylight, sunlight, and the light radiate from God's angels.

An efficient way Shakespeare builds suspense in Romeo and Juliet is by scene changes. While scene one leaves the audience with Juliet drinking the vial to protect her love with Romeo, Romeo is living in Mantua. Along with the book, this song conveys the underlying theme that love is powerful enough to break the distance between loved ones, through the lines, “ A thousand miles seems pretty far, But they've got planes and trains and cars, I'd walk to you if I had no other way” ( Higgenson 1). Through textual evidence, we know that Juliet symbolizes light. We see this same connotation when Plain White T’s describe their loved one as,” Time square can’t shine as bright as you, I swear it's true”

The theme beauty of love is mostly found in this passage, it shows us how Romeo can forget about a person he claims to be in love with so easily with just one look at Juliet. Shakespeare creates a dramatic effect