Monologue In 'Romeo And Juliet'

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Sodelys Rios May 25, 2015 English II / Period 6 Ms. Orozco Romeo and Juliet Monologue This monologue is from Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet found in Act II Scene 2 of the poem. During this monologue, Romeo Montague speaks in the balcony scene, when, hiding outside of the Capulet's house after a feast, he sees Juliet leaning out of a high window. Though it is late at night, Juliet’s extraordinary beauty makes Romeo imagine that she is the sun, transforming what is dark into light. He is confessing According to Sparknotes.com, when Romeo uses the words “envious moon”, he is referring to Diana, the goddess of the moon and of virginity. Romeo is implying that Juliet is a maid, or a servant to the moon as long as she is a virgin. According…show more content…
According to Romeo, she’s talking, but she’s not saying anything, which means that even though she is not literally talking, she is figuratively talking to him. He then continues by saying that two of the brightest stars in the whole sky had to go away on business, and they’re asking her eyes to twinkle in their places until they return because of the fact that “her eyes shine so brightly”, according to Romeo. In this next few lines, Romeo is basically saying that the brightness of her cheeks would outshine the stars the way the sun outshines a lamp and that if her eyes were in the night sky, they would shine so brightly through space that birds would start singing, thinking her light was the light of…show more content…
This monologue adds to that effect. Even though in this monologue, the light and dark themes are not about bad or good situations, they are about ugly vs beauty. He adds certain objects, abstract or not to enhance the light and dark moods that he is trying to portray. In this monologue, Romeo imagines Juliet transforming darkness into light. He compares her to a couple of abstract things that symbolize the light such as the sun and the stars. The things that symbolize the dark in this monologue are envy or moon, which signifies nighttime as opposed to the sun that symbolizes light and beauty. For this purpose, is why Shakespeare includes the lines: “Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon who is already sick and pail with
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