These highly subjective sonnets are wonderful tales full of love, deception, and betrayal. ... The first quatrain introduces the theme with the image of reflected beauty, "Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest" (ll. 1). ... The final portion of the sonnet tells how Shakespeare's beloved differs from the summer in various respects. ...
He invites Paris to the feast, hoping that Paris will begin to win Juliet's heart. ... Romeo hurries to see his friend and confessor Friar Lawrence, who, though shocked at the sudden turn of Romeo's heart, agrees to marry the young lovers in secret since he sees in their love the possibility of ending the age-old feud between Capulet and Montague. ... The Nurse enters, and, after some confusion, tells Juliet that Romeo has killed Tybalt. ... After first kissing Juliet, she tells him "you kiss by th' book,"" meaning that he kisses according to the rules, and implying that while...
Immaturity and Love Displayed in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a timeless tale of lovers who's misfortune and immaturity was a cause of their own destruction. ... Juliet is shown to be immature in a opening scene where her father tells the bride-seeking Paris his daughter is not old and grown-up enough to marry. ... "Did my heart love till now? ...
