This line from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" portrays Juliet's desire for Romeo to be transformed into daylight so he can do away with the darkness of the night, symbolized by the moon's envious and sorrowful presence. It conveys Juliet's longing for Romeo to overcome barriers and bring an end to their feuding families' strife.
Romeo compares Juliet to the sun. "But soft, what light through 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 (Shakespeare)." Juliet is compared to the bright, warm sun that will chase away the sick, pale creature who is the moon. The moon is very jealous of the sun.
Start at the beginning of Scene II. "Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon." Do you think that the sun can kill the moon? Or is this something a person might do? Oh, and by the way, do you think the moon feels envy? The moon is apparently "sick and pale with grief". People feel grief, not rocks out in space. And it goes on and on and on. This scene is personification after personification.
Romeo uses the words "envious moon" in his famous speechBut, soft! what light through 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:The moon is envious because Juliet is "far more fair than she", she is more beautiful than the moon and the moon envies her.
Grief means sadness. To die of grief is to use hyperbole to describe the intensity of the sadness as capable of causing death.
Sorrow.
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I don't think that Shakespeare has a poem with those exact lines. However, the lines are very similar to some lines from Romeo and Juliet, Act 2: ''But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? lt 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.''
feeling or expressing great sorrow or distress. It is derived from the Latin word 'dolor' meaning pain or grief
The quality or state of being poignant; as, the poignancy of satire; the poignancy of grief.
crocodile tears (മുതലക്കണ്ണീ൪) ( insincere grief)
"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?
Grief; sorrow; misery; heavy calamity., A curse; a malediction., Woeful; sorrowful.