Romeo And Juliet - Day And Night In The Balcony Scene

The use of the images of day and night in the Balcony Scene in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet

The play Romeo and Juilet by William Shakespeare is full of images that create a moving and touching atmosphere. A very broadly and regularly occuring pair of images is that of day and night. Romeo throughout the play compares Juliet to light. In the descent Romeo compares her to torches that brighten the night (I, 5, 44-46). Even in the end, when Romeo believes Juliet to be dead he speaks about her as light that brightens the unscathed dark tomb (V, 3, 85-86). Shakespeare uses these expressions in order to stress Romeos coarse make do. Another function of these symbols is the foreshadowing of the tragic ending of the play. both(prenominal) functions become most obvious in the most storied convulsion of the play, the so called Balcony Scene. The name of this scene has its seam in the old Elizabethan theatre. When Romeo and Juliet was performed in the theatre The ground, Juliet appeared in one of the balconies that were installed there. This scene is one of the most fine scenes in all of the Shakespearean plays, as it is filled with umteen hihly romantic images and an abundant amount of literary devices.





Romeo in the beginning of the Balcony Scene compares Juliet to the rising sun (II, 2, 3: It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!). This is, the likes of stars (II, 2, 19) an old petrarkian motive that was used on the one move on to describe the beauty of women, or like in this slick girls.
Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven,
Having some business, do constrict her eyes (II, 2, 15-16)
This old petrakian symbol also shows that Romeos heartfelt is unattainable for him. Juliet, like the sun is too far past and it is too dangerous to touch her. The sun in this scene also symbolizes that Romeo feels filled with warmth and energy by the love he feels for Juliet. On the contrary Romeo describes his first love Rosaline as cold and selfish like Diana, the goddess of the moon...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com



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