The phrase "two of the fairest stars in all the heaven" is from William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet." It is spoken by Romeo in Act 2, Scene 2, during the famous balcony scene, where he compares Juliet's beauty to bright stars. This imagery emphasizes her radiance and importance in his life, highlighting the theme of love and idealization in the play.
I am. I am the fairest of them all. But if you insist... You are... Sigh...
The witch in the popular fairytale Snow White said: Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, Who is the fairest of them all? Vain bugger.
The Fairest of Them All - album - was created on 1970-02-01.
Fairest of Them AllThough the wicked queen wanted to be fairest, her mirror could not tell a lie. It was Sleeping Beauty who was fairest of them all.
Stars are a recurring theme in Romeo and Juliet. Many of Shakespeare's plays have a key word which runs through the play: "moon" in Midsummer Night's Dream, "blood" in Macbeth, "honest" in Othello. In R&J, the word is "stars". It symbolizes fate ("star-crossed lovers", "I defy you, stars", "some consequence yet hanging in the stars") and also pure light, uncorrupted by the mundane, in which sense the lovers often imagine each other, as in "Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return", and "when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night".
Stars symbolize a number of things. Primarily, fate, as in "star-crossed lovers", then I defy you stars", "some consequence yet hanging in the stars", or "the yoke of inauspicious stars". But they are also symbolic of the light and brightness which exists at night, the time of love. Thus Capulet says "Look to behold this night earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light." Juliet will take Romeo and "cut him out in little stars, and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun." Romeo uses the starry-eyed symbolism too: "Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, having some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return."
the French version of "Blanche-Neige" says "miroir, miroir [magique] sur le mur, dis-moi qui est la plus belle de toutes"
The line "There's husbandry in heaven; Their candles are all out" is spoken by Banquo in Act 2, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's play "Macbeth." Banquo uses this metaphor to describe how the stars have disappeared from the sky.
The word "star" appears frequently in Romeo and Juliet, in the same way as "moon" appears in A Midsummer Night's Dream and "blood" in Macbeth. Sometimes Shakespeare seems to have employed the image of stars as an image of beauty, and sometimes as an image of fate (due to their astrological connection). Use of the word in connection with fate include:"star-crossed lovers" in the prologue"some fearful consequence hanging in the stars" in 1,4"I defy you, stars!" in 5,1"The yoke of inauspicious stars" in 5,3Use of the word in connection with beauty include: "Earth-treading stars that make dark heaven light" in 1,2"two of the fairest stars in all the heaven" in 2,2"Take him and cut him out in little stars" in 3,2
Refers to the failrytale Snow White. "Snow White is the fairest one of all".
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