sad, depressed and associated her with darkness. When Romeo uses light.
imagery it stands in contrast to the imagery of darkness used earlier and.
shows how powerful and true his love is for Juliet. His love for Juliet.
kills the sick love and gives new life with its radiance.
"Two of the fairest stars in all heaven having some business, do entreat.
her eyes To twinkle in their spheres . That birds would sing and think it.
were not night.".
Here Romeo describes Juliet's eyes as stars and not just any stars but the.
"fairest stars" in the heaven. He also says that her cheeks would be so.
bright and full of light that the surrounding stars would feel ashamed, and.
the brightness of her eyes would make the birds on earth think that its day.
time. Romeo here exaggerates Juliet's beauty to a great extent.
Later, he speaks of her as a "bright angel" who, as a "winged.
messenger of heaven", is far above ordinary mortals on earth. Unlike.
Rosaline, Juliet is not compared to a pagan goddess. Romeo's and Juliet's.
speeches are full of the religious register. Juliet uses the religious.
register when she says.
"Or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self, Which is God by. believe.
thee.".
Juliet here takes Romeo as her Lord as it was a practice in those days to.
consider their husbands as Gods. Thus Juliet refers to Romeo as her God.
The use of religious register elevates their love to a higher plane. The.
use of religious terms also gives dignity to their love and elevates their.
experience of love to a spiritual level.
Juliet speaks about her love for Romeo unaware that he is beneath.
her window. She does not care whether he is a Montague. She believes that a.
name does not make any difference to a person's character.
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell.
as sweet".
Even though these words are simple they are poetic in thought. These words.
show that Juliet is unprejudiced and fair. When she hears Romeo's voice she.