In “Sonnet 18,” Shakespeare sees outward beauty beyond the years of youth. He reveals the eternal beauty of his friend by comparing him to the elements of nature. Although the poet realizes that “physical beauty inevitably disappears,” he uses this sonnet to increase his friend's lasting physical attraction (Jungman 18). Robert Jungman stated that “the thing 'every beautiful', in turn, can be understood as the physical beauty of the young friend” this was the clue that the poet was talking about outward appearance (Jungman 18). Shakespeare saw youth as a courageous and radiant quality that radiated in the likeness of other individuals and could never be dimmed by obstacles. Shakespeare uses personification to state that the sun “has his golden complexion dimmed” (6). Robert Ray translated this phrase as “the face of the sun is sometimes obscured by the clouds, and thus the beauty of his countenance is destroyed, in contrast with the beauty of the youth” (Ray 10). In Romeo and Juliet, the poet strategically makes the character Romeo a teenager. Phyllis Rackin states that “that same youthful impetuosity is necessary if Romeo is to commit himself wholeheartedly to romantic love” (Rackin 19). Shakespeare believed that the deep love shared by Romeo and Juliet was due to their youthful characteristics. Phyllis Rackin claims that their youth saved them from “any involvement in worldly practical matters” that “should have diluted the intensity of their passion” (Rackin