In Act 2 Scene 2 Lines 2 to 34 of Romeo and Juliet by the greatest writer ever known. William Shakespeare displays his God-given talent for imagery and figurative language, making this passage one of the most remembered in history. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare paints vivid images of the tragic love of two star-crossed lovers. As his saying goes "The course of true love never ran smooth" (William Shakespeare) The balcony scene is the birth of Romeo and Juliet's love and takes place at night, an allusion to the fact that love Romeo and Juliet's mutual existence exists in a universe far from the brutality of the feud. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet love grows and blooms at night, which is also an allusion to the forbidden nature of their relationship. Night is the time when Romeo and Juliet act like themselves and their love grows more at night than in the morning. Romeo then expresses his desire to be with Juliet. “Oh, that I were a glove on that hand, that I might touch that cheek!” (William Shakespeare); Romeo is jealous because the glove can touch him Jul...