Question

What does the phrase Face of heaven signify in romeo and juliet?

Answer 1

The phrase Face of heaven comes in scene three, Act two of William Shakespeare’s 'Romeo and Juliet'.

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) was a great English dramatist and the greatest English writer. He has written many works and one of his famous work is the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ a symbol of the romance of all times.

The signification of the phrase 'Face of heaven'

Juliet is waiting for Romeo to arrive and in the meantime, she looks at the sky and soliloquizes.

She personifies the sky with the stars and the moon, to be a face, with which the earth may fall in love when Romeo cuts and makes the stars very beautiful.

Answer 2

Juliet spoke these lines while longing to be with  Romeo. She  wanted to  share Romeo’s beauty with the world. As such if he is cut into little stars it would form  a constellation  and that his face  will turn the sky so beautiful that the entire world would fall in love with night and no one will worship the bright and showy sun