The balcony scene is the most important part of the play. It is the place where Juliet declares her love for Romeo at the window only to be overheard by Romeo

Give an account of the Balcony Scene

This scene constitutes a highlight in the play. The dialogue between the lovers is characterized by passion and ecstasy which make it highly romantic. Both speak with genuine feelings and are aware of the risks they ate taking but the risk doesn’t dampen their spirits

The balcony scene is about ‘love is blind’. Juliet carries on a conversation with herself not knowing that Romeo is just a few steps from her. She asks “art though not Romeo and a Montague”. Romeo replies “neither fair maid if either thee dislike”. Juliet also asks how Romeo finds her and climbs over the wall. She tells him that he would die “if any of my kinsmen find thee”. Romeo replies that he “with love’s light wings do I o’erperch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out” and continues to say that he can risk his life to see her.

This scene is also about love in conflict. The main internal conflict is that, Juliet struggles with the fact that she is a Capulet and the person she loves (Romeo) is a Montague. From the 1st time that Juliet appears in the balcony this conflict is evident. Juliet says “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore are thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name” and she says that if the conditions require it, she will renounce her name in order to be with Romeo. This theme is prevalent throughout the act in many of the lines that Juliet delivers. As Romeo and Juliet ...

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This scene is one of the romantic peeks of the play. Romeo in s soliloquy dwells upon the beauty and charm of Juliet. He says “what light through yonder window breaks. It is east and Juliet is the sun. Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon”. He compares her eyes to two stars in the sky. The brightness of her cheeks he says puts stars to shame; he regards her as a “winged messenger of heaven”. Juliet on the other hand, describes her feelings towards Romeo as “true-love passion”. She describes him as “the god of my idolatry”. She den expresses her wish that the newly sprung love between them, should “by summer ripening breath, may prove a beauteous flower when we next meet”. Finally she tells him that “my bounty is as boundaries of the sea, my love as deep; the more I give thee, the more I have for both are infinite”

This scene is about the point of light and dark imagery too. It’s been written in very fine lyric poetry and it’s served in another function. It illuminates what is happening in Romeo and Juliet. The image that Romeo first used to describe Juliet that of teaching “the torches to burn bright”. He is reintroduced here and is richly embroidered. Light and dance arises an indication of their separation. Romeo feels safe to talk to Juliet when it is dark because darkness is the sanctuary that comforts them. When light shines the guards wake up and petrol the mansion. Juliet becomes independent in this scene she is in short or anxious during their conversation this also shows her maturity. The fact that Romeo hears Juliet expressing her love for him makes it possible to proceed without delay in their plans. Romeo’s artificial expression to sentiments gives way to genuine feeling.

The balcony scene is the most famous scene of the play based in the garden of the Capulet mansion, where Romeo and Juliet exchange their love and agree to marry.