It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!"(II ii 2-3)

Context: After the feast, Romeo breaks into the Capulet orchard, and watches Juliet at her window.

Literary Device and Significance: Romeo uses a metaphor to compare Juliet to the sun. The development of the light/darkness motif reveals that he feels she is bright, beautiful, and life-giving. Romeo's extreme comparison reveals his romantic and impulsive character.  Her love has transformed his darkness into light.

By any other name would smell as sweet"(II ii 43-44).

Context: After the feast,  Juliet is speaking to herself on the balcony about her love for Romeo, and her frustration about the family feud.

Literary Device and Significance: Juliet uses a metaphor to compare the nonsensical and puzzling nature of names and identity. She reveals a character change, as she starts to question her family's decisions. This emphasizes the message that people can allow hatred to destroy relationships, without a rational cause.

-Young love is not true love; it's merely infatuation.

-Youth are too immature and emotionally ill-equipped to cope with love in a rational manner.

-Impulsive and reckless decisions lead to disaster.

-Good intentions, if not applied correctly, can lead to destruction.

-Fate is inevitable: there is no such thing as free will.

-Loyalty to family can lead to irrational hatred and moral blindness.

Context: Romeo begins speaking to Juliet while she is on her balcony, she asks who is there and he replied that his name is hateful to himself because he carries the name of her family's enemy.

Literary Device and Significance: The literary device used is hyperbole as he is over exaggerating

 the hate for his name. This is significant as it adds to the theme of sacrificing for love.

Context: Romeo breaks into the Capulet's orchard, and sees Juliet at her balcony. he talks to her about their love for each other.

Literary Device and significance: Juliet uses a metaphor to compare their love to nature. Juliet emphasizes the fact that they should not rush their love, like they should not rush a flowers growth. love grows with natures time, as their love will grow with trust and time. rushed decisions could lead to disaster.

"The clock struck nine when I did send the nurse; In half an hour she promised to return."

Context

Juliet is waiting in her room in the tower and has sent the nurse out to make preparations with Romeo about the marriage.

Significance

Juliet is very inpatient because she cannot wait for an old brittle women to come back with good or bad news. she will not give the nurse a chance to come back. How does this relate to theme?

-what happens in the play (context)

-the characters and their major character traits

-how to explain the significance of a poetic device, in relation to a theme, or a character's development

Context: Romeo is underneath Juliet's balcony. Juliet asks him how he got there; Romeo replies that he just needed the power of love. It is not a real response. He sort of just avoids the question.

Literary Device + Significance: Romeo is comparing his love to a boat on stormy seas, and that he would be willing to go through ridiculous hardships just to earn Juliet's love. It shows that he's being rather hasty in his declarations of love towards Juliet, and that he would be reckless just to get with her. He also shows that he's rather passionate by pledging his unconditional devotion.

"my bounty is as bountless as the sea,

My love as deep; the more I give to thee...adieu" (II2 133-136)!

Juliet describes her love to Romeo

This simile compares the depth of the sea to the depth of their love. This quote shows that Juliet loves romeo a lot and is using words to express her love in depth.

(II ii 15)

Context: In this scene Romeo is watching Juliet in her window.

Literary Device; Metaphor