- When Juliet appears on her balcony, what does Romeo compare her to?
Romeo compares Juliet to many things. The first is that he
compares her to the sun. He compares her to the sun because of her great
beauty. He also says that her beauty causes other people to be jealous.
"Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon" (Act 2. Sc. 2. Line 4).
He also compares her eyes to stars, saying they are the brightest and the
fairest stars in all of heaven. He says that her eyes are so bright that birds
would sing because they would think it was day. He also compares her to an
angle. He says that she is a "winged messenger" and that any mortal
would fall instantly in love with her.
Does Juliet think that Romeo is equally as beautiful?
ReplyDeleteI think that she might, because she obviously feels attracted to Romeo, but Juliet hasn't made any speeches like Romeo did in II.2, so I think that we can't really tell yet.
DeleteI think so because when he says "Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon" the moon might be Rosaline, so he is saying that Juliet's beauty far surpasses Rosaline's.
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