Thursday, March 13, 2014

Explain the quote, "When he shall die, take him and cut him out into the little stars, . . . and pay no worship to the garnish sun."

Juliet is explaining how physically attractive she finds
Romeo.  She is saying that if his body was the stars in the sky, people would love the
night time as much as she loves Romeo.  In general, day time would have been considered
better than night time.  Juliet is saying this would change if the stars were as
appealing as Romeo.  Of course, Juliet is speaking of Romeo's physical attributes
because she doesn't really know him at this point in the play.  Keep in mind that Juliet
is about 14 years old at this point.  As a teenager, her mind is easily infatuated with
an attractive boy.

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