| Front | Romeo's celestial vocabulary in the balcony scene |
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| Back | 'It is the east and Juliet is the sun' (A2S2) Figurative language compares Juliet to the sun, she is bright and her beauty is stunning. Link to the metaphor that for Romeo, love is shown using the metaphor of light. 'Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief' (A2S2) Darkness represents Romeo's depression over Rosaline. Juliet is outshining Rosaline. Allusion to Diana goddess of vigrinity and the moon, implying that Juliet will not remain a virgin. |
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