Romeo

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In Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 2 to 34 of Romeo and Juliet from the greatest writer ever known. William Shakespeare displays his god given talent for imagery and figurative language, which makes this excerpt one of the most remembered in history, In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare, paints vivid images of the tragic love of two star crossed lovers. As his saying“ The course of true love never did run smooth” (William Shakespeare)

The balcony scene is the birth of Romeo and Juliet’s love it takes place at nighttime an allusion that Romeo and Juliet’s love toward each other exists in a universe far from the brutality of the feud. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet love grows and flourishes at night, which is also an allusion to the prohibited nature of their relationship. Nighttime is a time for Romeo and Juliet to act like themselves and their love grows more at night rather than the morning. Romeo then expresses his desire of being with Juliet. “O that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek!” (William Shakespeare); Romeo is jealous from the glove being able to touch Jul...

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