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"will I endart mine eye"
Metaphor
Act 1,
Scene 3
Lines 99-101

This is a metaphor comparing Cupid shooting his arrow to a beautiful woman casting her gaze as if projecting darts upon a man in myShakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Act 1, Scene 3.

Juliet

I'll look to like, if looking liking move.
But no more deep will I indart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly.

This metaphor is similar to that of Cupid shooting someone in the heart with his arrow. Here, when a beautiful woman casts her penetrating gaze upon a man, it’s as if her eyes were projecting darts that stabbed the young man’s heart, causing him to fall in love. Being an obedient daughter, Juliet is not going to cast her seductive gaze on Paris without her mother’s consent.