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Sun

Explanation #1

Shakespeare presents an image of light coming through a window. We associate the light from the sun as hope, strength, and comfort. Romeo then connects Juliet as the sun because she seems to be the hope for his future due to his recent loss with Rosaline. Through this imagery, we envision Juliet as the virtue that can come out of love, and the overall happiness of them.

Moon

Example #2

While on the balcony, both Juliet and Romeo notice each other and start discussing the vice of their unconditional love. While Juliet tested Romeo's love for her, she states,

"O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb, lest that thy love prove likewise variable." (Act II, Scene II).

Moon

explanation #2

While Juliet explains her doubts to Romeo, she explains how he shouldn't promise on the moon because it is inconsistent in its cycle. When we think about the moon, we associate it with suspicion, but also the goodness that can come from the dark. Romeo tries to connect the brightness that can come from the moon to illuminate the purity and sincerity of his promise; however Juliet sees this as something not as concrete because the moon is "inconstant" in its cycle. Overall, this shows how Juliet feels about the vice of Romeo's love.

Sun and Moon Imagery is repeated throughout Romeo and Juliet

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Example #3

Example #1

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Sun

After the party that the Capulet's had, Romeo comes across Juliet's balcony, in which Juliet does not seem to notice him yet. Romeo notices Juliet's beauty and says,

After Romeo has been declared as exiled from Verona, he vists Juliet through her window. However, Juliet becomes worried about him because she didn't want him to be caught while she says,

"But soft! What light through yonder wndow breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun..." (Act II, Scene II).

'Yon light is not daylight, I know it, I. It is some meteor that the sun exhales to be to thee this night a torchbearer," (Act III, Scene V).

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In the begining of Friar Lawrance's soliloquy, he describes the joyful morning covering the mounrful night. In this imagery, we depict a sun bringing happiness to the darkness of the world when it covers over it. The "drunkard reels" represents the evilness in the world, while the streaks of light shows the goodness. This portrays how good and evil are always in a constant cycle with each other by balancing them out. When Friar mentions virtue and vice, he tries to show that something meant for goodness, such as love, can be turned into something unhealthy through wrong actions; however, something that may seem unacceptable to society can be turned into something virtuous through the right acts.

During Friar Lawrance's soliloquy, he states that,

"The gray-eyed mourn smiles on the frowning night, checkering the eastern clouds with streaks of light, and fleckled darkness like a drunkard reels... Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, and vice sometime by action dignified," (Act II, Scene III).

Through the imagery presented by Shakespeare, he tries to exemplify the vice and virtue of love, but can also be applicable to other aspects of life.

Explanation #3

The imagery presented in this scene was a meteor illuminating the night. When we think of a meteor, we usually associate it with hope, but you can only see it during the night. The light emitted from the meteor represented what seemed to be the sun's light; however, it was all false hope because it showed the reality of Romeo's departure and exile.

Shakespearean Imagery Analysis

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