What is love? Love is a strong bond of friendship between two people. Love is something that can not be seen, only felt, but there are ways to see love. In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, love is amplified through the use of imagery. In this play, William Shakespeare uses many types of imagery to show love. He uses garden imagery, light and dark imagery, and ship imagery to show Romeo and Juliet's love for each other. The garden imagery used in this play is that of a rose.
             A rose can portray the meaning of love. This is shown when Juliet first falls in love with Romeo. His personality shines through so much, that his name does not matter. In fact, when Juliet discovers that Romeo is a Montague, she loves him regardless: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet," (II,ii.43-44). In this scene, Juliet uses a metaphor to compare Romeo's name to a rose. When she says, "By any other word would smell as sweet," (II,ii.44), she is saying Romeo's name is like a rose. All roses smell beautiful, and Romeo is still beautiful to Juliet. It does not matter what his name is. Romeo's name would not change or alter Juliet's everlasting love for him. It is this imagery of a rose that helps the audience better understand the love Romeo and Juliet share. They also share their secret under the darkness of night.
             ` Romeo and Juliet rely on the night to keep their secret. They feel safe with the night's blanket to cover them. When the sun's first light begins to creep through the sky, Romeo and Juliet begin to feel insecure about being together. After they spend the night together Romeo says:
             It was the lark, the herald of the morn;
             No nightingale. Look, love, what envious streaks
             Do lace the severing clouds in yonder East,
             Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day
             Stands tiptoe on the misty mountaintops.
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