Allusions In Romeo And Juliet

Juliet uses many metaphors and allusions to demonstrate or describe her thoughts and lust for Romeo. She begins her riddle of allusions by asking phaeton’ s carriage to bring in the dark of night for Romeo to arrive in this quote(3.2.2) “ Toward Phoebus lodging such a wagoner driver.” . She then thinks of how fast the night will come and how much she wants the night to come in this following saying of Juliet (3.2.4)“ bring in the cloudy night immediately.” . Romeo is supposed to come to Juliet at night, by climbing up the ladder. She hopes when he climbs up the ladder he will do what Juliet says in this following line (3.2.7) “ Leap to these arms untalked of and unseen.” She is anxiously dreaming and thinking of her husband arrival.