"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!"

who is romeo talking to while saying this

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"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?  It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!"

who is romeo talking to while saying this

anonymous · Answer

Juliet

happykiddo · Answer

i thought it was himself when he was under juliets balcony

anonymous · Answer

Himself. Juliet is not yet within earshot.

anonymous · Answer

but whoah is this guy crazy ? He talks to himself as a theatrical device, eliminating the need for a commentator. The original staging would have been very simple. There wouldn't have been a balcony nor a light as props, so to convey the presence of some-one at the window Romeo talks to himself; a theatrical device