The Sun. The Moon and The Stars

Throughout Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare makes effective use of imagery that is related to the sky. This imagery helps the audience gain a greater understanding of the characters and central themes. A significant quote from the book explaining love is; “The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars, as daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven”(II, ii, 19-20). The importance of this quote is that Romeo is explaining about how he sees Juliet as bright and star-like. This is significant as Romeo refers to himself as darkness earlier on in the play. This quote ties in with the theme that Juliet, with her love, brings Romeo to the light. Another central theme being discussed in this quote is that everyone’s lives are written through-out the stars. “Is it even so? Then I defy you, stars!” (v.i.24). This quote is explaining how Romeo thinks that everyone’s destiny is in the stars and how he is trying to defy his fate and change it.