1917 (Film)

romeo and juliet

lines 1-25 of act 2 scene 2 in a small group discuss how romeo expresses his love for juliet to what does he compare her eyes to

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Romeo is idolizing Juliet here. Many of Shakespeare's male protagonists tend to be obsessional about how they see a romantic interest; Romeo is no different. He personifies Juliet's eyes as heavenly and divine: a light that is unattainable.

Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven, Having some business, do entreat her eyes To twinkle in their spheres till they return. What if her eyes were there, they in her head? The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars 20As daylight doth a lamp. Her eye in heaven Would through the airy region stream so bright That birds would sing and think it were not night
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