Romeo uses subtle personification to describe, to the audience, Juliet "the sun" in more detail. “The most beautiful stars” is an example used in his soliloquy. The literal meaning of "envious moon" is a moon, however its metaphorical meaning is of Diana, the moon goddess and the reason she is "envious" is because all virgin women "belong to her". This was believed by everyone during the Elizabethan era. Furthermore, Shakespeare compares Juliet to the "sun" because the bond around the sun means that you could not live without it and therefore this could indicate that Romeo could not live without Juliet. The language is a little different from the previous act because Romeo was with his friends and he was very rough, like Mercutio saying 'And I wish his mistress were that kind of woman'.
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