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Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 2.
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ESSAY ABOUT THE BALCONY SCENE (Act2 Scene 2). WHAT DO YOU LEARN ABOUT THE CHARACTERS OF ROMEO AND JULIET FROM THIS SCENES AND HOW DOES IT DEVELOP THE THEMES OF THE PLAY AS A WHOLE? HOW IS THIS EXPLORED IN THE MODERN FILM VERSION DIRECTED BY BAZ LUHRMANN? The scene opens with Romeo's glorifying monologue to Juliet's beauty. Romeo's many comparisons of Juliet to the sun, stars and heavens, suggest that he is looking upwards, and that Juliet appears at an upstairs window. The images of bright light that he uses to describe her: " But soft, what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun!" or " Two of The fairest stars in all the heaven, having some business, do entreat her eyes to twinkle in their spheres till they return.", show Romeo's unqualified love for Juliet. The images of bright light are represented differently...
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