romeo and juliet

Ahzam Kasam English 9, Mr. Russo
Romeo and Juliet
In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are many tragic scenes of bloodshed and gore but there are also very romantic scenes that make your heart pump ten times quicker. In act 2 scene 1, the author expresses true love and passion. Act 2 is said to the happiest and least tragic act in the play. Further more, scene 1, is one of the most famous scenes in all of theater, it has beautiful and evocative poetry thank bring smiles to everyone’s faces. Shakespeare undergoes the depths of the young lovers, and captures the details of their interaction. Romeo’s figurative language that was said to Juliet was very powerful in many ways.
“I am too bold, 'tis not to me she speaks. Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes. To twinkle in their spheres till they return.”(56-66) In this scene Romeo says that he is a daring lover therefore she doesn’t speak to him. He says that two of the brightest stars in heaven compare with her eyes. He is thinking and complimenting Juliet so dearly and deeply. He uses metaphoric language to compare her eyes to the stars.
“The brightness of her cheeks would shame those stars, as daylight doth a lamp; her eye in heaven would through the airy region stream so bright, that birds would sing and think it were not night” (60-64). In this scene romeo continuous to compliment her beauty. He says that her cheeks are brighter that her eyes which was, before, was related to a star. Her eye and cheek were so bright that in the night a lamp wasn’t needed and her cheeks would shine up the night for the birds to sing and forget its night.
“She speaks.
O speak again, bright angel, for thou art
, as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as is a winged messenger of heaven. Unto the white-upturned wond'ring eyes Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him.” When Juliet speaks Romeo quickly and confidently replies by calling Juliet a bright angel, as is a winged messenger of heaven. When he says the mortal he is referring to the mythical creature that cannot die and he relates this to Juliet. In conclusion, In the play, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are many tragic scenes of bloodshed and gore but there are also very romantic scenes that make your heart pump ten times quicker. In act 2 scene 1 more commonly known as the famous balcony scene. Romeo and Juliet exchange many kind heart warming and passionate things that touch each other’s hearts. Romeo’s figurative language that was said to Juliet was very powerful in many ways.