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- Nay, that's not so: Romeo makes a little joke by taking the word "daylight" literally; it's not daylight, so they can't be burning daylight.
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To “burn daylight” means to waste the daylight hours, which is the only time work can be done. But Romeo thinks he means burning candles or torches during daylight, which would be a waste of resources, not a waste of time.
we burn daylight, we are wasting time; originally used of burning candles by daylight, as Mercutio explains in answer to Romeo's literal acceptation of the words. 46. light lights .
Nay, that's not so: Romeo makes a little joke by taking the word "daylight" literally; it's not daylight, so they can't be burning daylight.
Light. When Romeo initially sees Juliet, he compares her immediately to the brilliant light of the torches and tapers that illuminate Capulet's great hall: "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" (1.4.46). Juliet is the light that frees him from the darkness of his perpetual melancholia.
Romeo and Juliet complicates traditional notions of light versus dark and day versus night. Light is typically a symbol of openness, purity, hope, and good fortune, while dark often represents confusion, obscurity, and doom. Shakespeare, however, turns these commonplace associations on their heads and inverts both symbols.
‘O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright’ is a famous speech spoken by Romeo in Act I Scene 5 of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. But what does he mean by this speech? Although the meaning may appear to be straightforward, when viewed in the context of the play Romeo’s words shed some considerable light on his character.
Jun 4, 2020 · Romeo breaks into the gardens of Juliet’s parents’ house and speaks to her at her bedroom window. The two of them pledge their love for each other, and arrange to be secretly married the following night. Romeo goes to see a churchman, Friar Laurence, who agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet.
