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"But soft! What light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief that thou her maid art far more fair than she." When Romeo says, "Arise, fair sun" right after saying "Juliet is the sun" you can tell that he is not talking about Juliet so much as talking to her, even though she cannot hear. Thus the "thou" in "thou her maid art far more fair than she." is Juliet; it is Juliet who is far more fair than "she", that is to say, the moon. So the reason that the moon is envious, sick and pale with grief is that Juliet is prettier than the moon. Makes sense, right?
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∙ 8y ago
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∙ 11y agoHe wants the sun to kill the envious moon (Rosaline), because he compares Rosaline to the moon goddess,Diana, and then says that the Sun (Juliet) must destroy the moon (Rosaline).
Actually, seeing Juliet in the window in her nightie with the light streaming through it, I'm pretty sure that Romeo had totally forgotten that there ever was such a person as Rosaline. The moon is "envious" which Rosaline never was or would be; she couldn't care less who Romeo liked. No, the moon is the real moon, which is envious of Juliet because she is more brilliant and more sexy than the moon. She is more sexy than the moon because it is associated with the virgin goddess Diana and the Vestal virgins. Romeo wants Juliet to triumph over and kill virginity by losing hers to him.
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∙ 8y agoThis is in his monologue just after saying "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?" Primarily, the moon is associated with the goddess Artemis or Diana who was the goddess of virgins. Romeo refers to this when he talks about 'her vestal livery"--the "vestal virgins" were a set of virgin priestesses. Romeo is not interested in women who are into virginity in a big way--he already had to deal with that with Rosaline--and describes this virgin goddess as "envious" (wishing she had a love life), "pale" (moonlight is paler than sunlight and pale people were thought of as being dominated by phlegm, the humour which made you dull and listless), "sick" (not having a healthy appetite), and "green" (see envious above).
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∙ 12y agoHe says it is the east and Juliet is the rising sun because her beauty lights up everything else.
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Where in the play does romeo compare Juliet to the sun?
Balcony scene
Is there a metaphor in the Romeo Romeo Wherefore art thou Romeo soliloquy in Act II Scene II of Romeo and Juliet?
juliet is the sun
Where is Juliet is the sun found in Romeo and Juliet?
It is from Act II Scene 2. Romeo's full line is "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."
What heavenly bodies does Romeo compare Juliet's eyes to?
Romeo compares Juliet's eyes to the stars in the night sky, because they sparkle and shine.
When Romeo sees Juliet at her window he compares her to?
The sun. The window is the east and Juliet rises out of it like the rising sun. What Romeo actually says is the famous line "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun."
When Juliet appears on the roof what does romeo compare her to?
the sun
What does Juliet compare romeo to in the balcony scene?
The sun!
Where in the play does romeo compare Juliet to the sun?
Balcony scene
Who does Romeo and Juliet compare themselves to?
Romeo compares Juliet to the sun, saying she is so bright that she outshines the moon and stars. Juliet compares Romeo to a rose, stating that his name is her enemy but he would still be just as perfect even if he had a different name.
What is a example of a metaphor in Romeo and Juliet act two?
One example of a metaphor in Act 2 of Romeo and Juliet is when Romeo refers to Juliet as the sun, saying "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." In this metaphor, Romeo is comparing Juliet's beauty and presence to the brightness and warmth of the sun.
What does Romeo compare Juliet's love to?
Princess Diana
Is there a metaphor in the Romeo Romeo Wherefore art thou Romeo soliloquy in Act II Scene II of Romeo and Juliet?
juliet is the sun
Where is Juliet is the sun found in Romeo and Juliet?
It is from Act II Scene 2. Romeo's full line is "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."
Who is the authors of A Raisin in the Sun and The Scarlet Letter and Romeo and Juliet?
Williams Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet.
Romeo compars Juliet to the?
He compares Juliet; the sun to Roseline who is the moon.
When Romeo sees Juliet at her window he compares her to?
The sun. The window is the east and Juliet rises out of it like the rising sun. What Romeo actually says is the famous line "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun."
When Romeo sees Juliet on the balcony he compares her to a?
In Shakespeare's play 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo makes various comparisons in the balcony scene when he is talking to Juliet. In this scene in the play, Romeo refers to her variously as * the Sun * an angel * a fair saint Shakespeare also wrote many sonnets. His Sonnet number 18, which conceivably could have been spoken by Romeo to Juliet in the balcony scene, begins "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?"
