Romeo does not say this line to Juliet. He is hiding behind a bush in her backyard, hoping to get a glimpse of her. He knows that if he is found in her backyard he is dead meat. Suddenly, the curtains of one of the rooms part, and in the light from her room she steps out onto her balcony in her jammies. He is awestruck by her beauty, but he is not about to let on that he is there, in case she calls the security guards. To himself he says, "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." and he settles down to eavesdrop on her.
He didn't call the window anything. He said, "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." So he called the light that shone from the window "the east."
The sun. The window is the east and Juliet rises out of it like the rising sun. What Romeo actually says is the famous line "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun."
It is from Act II Scene 2. Romeo's full line is "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."
One thing that he compares her to is the sun. He says "Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon." He then goes on to say that she is way prettier than the silly moon."Hark, what light by yonder window breaks? / It is the East, and Juliet is the Sun."
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun." (Act 2, Scene 2, Lines 2-3)
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He didn't call the window anything. He said, "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." So he called the light that shone from the window "the east."
What light through yonder window breaks; it is the East and Juliet is the sun.
"Whoa, that girl is hotter than the sun!"
But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!
The sunrise. "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." This is saying she is like the sun.
Please turn off the light. The aluminum bolt will require a light touch when snugging it up tight. What light through yonder window breaks?
But soft, what light through yonder window breaks. It is the east and Julia is the sun! -Romeo (Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet)
Ever hear of "What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
The sun. The window is the east and Juliet rises out of it like the rising sun. What Romeo actually says is the famous line "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the east and Juliet is the sun."
It is from Act II Scene 2. Romeo's full line is "What light from yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."
Shakespeare would disagree with categorizing this phrase as redneck. "What light through yonder window breaks"? Yonder is a reference to something in the distance. Down is the direction indicated. So, down yonder means something off in the distance in the direction indicated. This isn't an idiom or slang. It is literal. Even a redneck knows that.