Romeo and Juliet

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1. 
   brendawm Teacher
   High School - 9th Grade

   From the balcony scene:Act I, scene ii

   Romeo:

   But soft! what light through yonder window breaks?
   It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!--
   Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
   Who is already sick and pale with grief,

    R&J is filled with personification.  Hope this helps.  Brenda

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   http://www.enotes.com/romeo-text/3380

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   Posted by brendawm on Sunday September 30, 2007 at 5:16 PM
   
   

2. 
   alittlecurious2593 Student
   High School - 9th Grade

   Personification is when a nonliving thing is given human or living traits.

   An example from Romeo and Juliet is in Act 3, Scene 5, Line 9-10

   It says, "Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day/Stands tiptoe on the misty mountaintops." Since it can't stand on tiptoe and is a lifelike characteristiic this is personification.

   Hope this helps!

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   http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/page_186.epl

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   Posted by alittlecurious2593 on Monday June 2, 2008 at 6:41 PM
   
   

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