What are some examples of allusion in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet?

An is a moment
when an author makes a reference to another work of literature. The
reference can include "a person, place, event, or another passage" found in another
piece of literature (Dr. Wheeler, "Literary Terms and Definitions").
is most definitely full of allusions. Several
different allusions can actually be found in the very fist scene. Most of Shakespeare's
allusions refer to either Greek or Roman mythology, and these serve
as allusions because Greek and Roman mythology was recorded in writing. Therefore, any reference
to Greek or Roman mythology is a literary reference. Below are a few allusions explained to help
you get started.

After Prince Escalus breaks up the whole-city riot, we
seetalking withabout how he is concerned about his son . One thing Montague says is that Romeo
has been seen at dawn crying morning after morning. He also says that at dawn, Romeo finally
retires to his room to sleep, drawing the curtains. Montague describes the
dawn in the lines:

... But all so soon as
the all-cheering sun
Should in the farthest East begin to draw
The shady
curtains from Aurora's bed... (I.i.130-32)

The phrase
"draw the shady curtains from Aurora's bed" refers to
Roman mythology and is therefore an example of allusion.
Aurora was the Roman goddess of the dawn. The image portrays the
sun drawing the curtains from the goddess of the dawn's bed.

Romeo later
makes two more allusions to Roman mythology. Romeo refers to Cupid
in the lines, "Alas that love, whose view is muffled still, / Should without eyes see
pathways to his will!" (169-70). Cupid is the Roman god of erotic love and is always
portrayed as being blind folded. Hence, we know that this reference to love with a
"muffled" view, or blind view, is actually an allusion to Cupid. Later, when talking
about Rosaline, he says:

She hath Dian's wit,

And, in strong proof of chastity well arm'd,
From Love's weak childish bow
she lives uharm'd. (211-13)

Diana was the goddess of both hunting and childbirth.
However, ironically, as the goddess of childbirth, she was also a sworn virgin. Hence, Romeo is
saying here that, like Diana, Rosaline has vowed to remain chaste. Therefore, we see that this
reference to "Dian" and "Chastity" is an
allusion to the goddess Diana of Roman
mythology.

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