Romeo quotes analysis

• "But soft what light through yonder window breaks? It is east and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon"

  Juliet is being described metaphorically as the 'fair sun' illustrates Romeo's growing obsession and infatuation, as the sun is the source of life; Juliet vitalises Romeo. Modern interpretation may allude to the solar system, thus Juliet becomes the centre of Romeo's world. Romeo wishes to 'kill' the moon, suggesting his carnal desires to have Juliet
• "O she doth teach the torches to burn bright! As a rich jewel on a Ethiop's ear"

  the regular rhyming couplets add energy to the dialogue, reinforcing the excitement of Romeo. Juliet is metaphorically portrayed as transcendental as she 'teaches the torches'. Shakespeare establishes the lexically cohesive conflict between light and dark. This alludes to the "artificial night' in scene 1 which emphasises the weight of Juliet's presence in the characters narrative arc. It also portrays the objectification Juliet which the metaphor 'As a rich jewel"
• "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars'

  Shakespeare continues to form his image of Romeo as someone who is lacking control of his own life "the stars" indicate the heavens, and the idea that life on earth is dictated
• "O I am fortunes fool"

  simple sentence underlines Romeo's subjugation to 'fortune', Romeo's language prowess have been diminished to an unimpressive syntax. Romeo makes himself the object 'fortunes fool', which communicate his passive stance on life and his inability to accept responsibility for his actions. 'fortune', was perceived as a women during the Elizabethan era, thus 'fortune' may also refer to Juliet in this instance
• "Thy tears are womanish, thy wild acts denote. The unreasonable fury of a beast"

  "unreasonable fury of a beast' is a metaphor used to describe Romeo's irrational nature. "womanish" conveys the patriarchal society in which the text is set. Friar Lawrence exposes Romeo's loss of self by describing him as "womanish', describing his actions 'wild', and drawing an analogy to beast, implying the level of dehumanisation