Impatience Examples In Romeo And Juliet
Shakespeare, the author of Romeo and Juliet, uses imagery to show Juliet’s impatience and he uses connections to the afterlife to show her self-absorbed attitude, furthermore telling the audience that Juliet is thirteen.
Juliet talks about the god of the sun and his chariot to describe the day turning to night while waiting for Romeo to come to her room. She wants Phaëton, the sun god’s child, to drive the chariot west instead of Phoebus, the actual sun god, because “Phaëton would whip {the night} to the West,/And bring in cloudy night immediately” (3:2:3-4). Juliet’s wanting for the sun to set and the sky to darken as soon as it can shows her impatience. Juliet also shows her impatience through her imagery of night. In her fit of impatience,
Juliet talks about the god of the sun and his chariot to describe the day turning to night while waiting for Romeo to come to her room. She wants Phaëton, the sun god’s child, to drive the chariot west instead of Phoebus, the actual sun god, because “Phaëton would whip {the night} to the West,/And bring in cloudy night immediately” (3:2:3-4). Juliet’s wanting for the sun to set and the sky to darken as soon as it can shows her impatience. Juliet also shows her impatience through her imagery of night. In her fit of impatience,