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Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Scene 2
- "Romeo- Juliet is the sun. / Arise, fair sun,
and kill the envious moon"
- Symbolism of the sun is
used as Romeo compares
Juliet to the sun.
- Juliet is bright,
perfect, life giving, and
other worldly
- "Romeo- Two of the fairest stars in all
the heaven, / ...,do entreat her eyes,"
- Romeo's comparison of Juliet's
eyes to the stars continue the idea
of her beauty being other worldly
- "Romeo- O speak again, bright angel,"
- Heavenly
imagery created
continues Juliet's
beauty.
- Foreshadows Juliet's death.
- "Juliet- O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? /
Deny thy father and refuse thy name; / Or if thou wilt not,
be but sworn my love, / And I'll no longer be a Capulet"
- Juliet is unaware
of Romeo's
prescense
- Juliet admits
her feelings
towards
Romeo.
- This includes asking why his name is
Romeo, followed by stating her intentions
of marriage.
- "Juliet- In truth, fair Montague, I am too fond,"
- Romeo makes himself aware
to Juliet and she admits that she
likes him a great deal.
- "Juliet- I have no joy of this contract tonight, / It is too rash, too
unadvis'd, too sudden, / Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be"
- Violent,
unpredictable
imagery is used to
describe the love
between Romeo and
Juliet.
- The speed of
their romance
ironically hits
upon the flaw of
their relationship.
- Juliet's hesitation also highlights
on the speed of their
relationship.
- "Juliet- What satisfaction canst thou have tonight?
Romeo- Th'exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine
Juliet- I gave thee mine before thou didst request it;"
- Romeo tries to show Juliet how
serious he is about their relationship is
by proposing to her.
- "Juliet- My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My
love as deep; the more I give to thee / The more I have,
for both are infinite"
- Juliet matches Romeo's lyrical language
as she accepts his proposal.
- Sea imagery is used to describe how
her love is deep and never ending like the
sea.
- "Juliet- Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing / ...Parting is
such sweet sorrow,"
- Romeo's death is
foreshadowed.
- Shakespeare uses an oxymoron as they part which helps to describe the joy
and bitterness of saying goodbye to a loved one.