Sunday, August 28, 2011

What simile does Romeo use to convey Juliet's beauty in Romeo and Juliet?

Whenfirst arrives at the Capulet party in act

1, the sight ofcaptivates him immediately, and he provides these
lines:


O, she doth teach the
torches to burn bright
It
seems she hangs upon the cheek of
night
As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear

(I.v.42€“44).

The fullextends through
the last
two lines of this quote. Juliet's beauty is so stunning that it
dazzles. Thehere relies on a
person of dark complexion (an Ethiopian) in the
night. This image of darkness upon darkness is
broken by a "rich jewel,"
which would visually stand out by contrast. Juliet's beauty
is the same. She
stands out and dazzles visually, and his eyes are immediately drawn to her.
She
is visually stunning. It is also a rare beauty, a rich jewel that is not
commonly found. Romeo
immediately follows this simile by also providing a ,
comparing Juliet to a "snowy
dove" in a flock of crows.


Romeo's language makes it clear that he is
utterly captivated by
Juliet's rare beauty and considers all others "crows" by

comparison.

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