When Romeo calls Juliet "the sun" in the "Balcony Scene," it is one of many references to his belief that she brightens every environment she appears in. How do Romeo's comparisons shape his and readers' view of Juliet?

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Elyse Love

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8 April, 14:25

When Romeo calls Juliet "the sun" in the "Balcony Scene," it is one of many references to his belief that she brightens every environment she appears in. How do Romeo's comparisons shape his and readers' view of Juliet?

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Trevin Zavala · Answer 1

When Romeo calls Juliet "the sun" in the "Balcony Scene," it is one of many references to his belief that she brightens every environment she appears in. How do Romeo's comparisons shape his and readers' view of Juliet? His comparison of Juliet to the sun could also mean that she provides warmth to the world and from my memories of the West Side Story which is a modern day Romeo and Juliet, he counteracts the stereotype of her ethnic or clan upbringing that in the case of Maria in West Side Story, she is not violent as the Puerto Ricans are portrayed as but is a person with a big heart that does not just see a person's skin color and ethnic background but can love their essence as a human being.