Duality In Romeo And Juliet

In Romeo and Juliet and Jekyll and Hyde, a common theme is the idea of duality. Good and Evil or, love and hate are prime examples that duality is used in the two literature classics. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare hints at that nature is the source of life and destruction, he talks about duality most commonly in the line.”In man as well as herbs,grace and rude will.” This means that humans, like plants, have good and evil in them. He uses the example of a plant that which can be used for medicine, but it can also be used as a poison. In Jekyll and Hyde, Stevenson uses duality on one’s appearance and personality.Later in the book, Utterson goes to meet Hyde and is greeted by his maid. She is described as having an “evil face, smoothed by hypocrisy” however her manners are excellent.

In the scene of the Nurse, Lady Capulet and Juliet, it shows that the Nurse knows more about Juliet than Juliet’s own mother when Lady Capulet didn’t know her age. Even though Juliet and Lady Capulet are related by blood, the Nurse is more of a mother to Juliet than her. Another significant thing about this is that Lady Capulet looks at Juliet like an object just to get

Baz Luhrmann's 1996 film, Romeo + Juliet effectively appropriates the Shakespearean 16th century love tragedy. So why has Luhrmann decided to appropriate Romeo and Juliet? By changing the context, Luhrmann effectively makes the play relevant, discussing his contextual concerns of the 1990’s. This is done through the use of themes in the film, love, family disputes and hate which have remained similar to the original play, although the way they have been presented are different, in particular the form and characters. The form has had an obvious change as the original play has been adapted into a film. Characters in the film have also been appropriated to correspond with Luhrmann's contextual concerns. Hence, Luhrmann successfully appropriates the original Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet by maintaining similar themes, but altering the form and characterisation to fit his contextual concerns.

When Juliet hears that the wedding has been moved up to the next day, she drinks the

Duality is having two parts or sides. An example of this would be in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; the book portrays that there are two sides to the human nature, good and evil. Jekyll is portrayed as the good, and Hyde is the evil. Jekyll wants to keep that side of him as a respected man, but when he wants to do things that might not be respected he can turn into Hyde. Romeo and Juliet also have dualities including the duality of light and dark. Romeo and Juliet both start out in the dark, as Romeo endures failed love and Juliet has to deal with forced marriage and rules enforced by her parents. When they see one another they compare each other to light. Robert Louis Stevenson’s book The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

When Juliet finds out that Tybalt has been killed and Romeo is in exile, for killing Tybalt, Juliet feels both passionate about Romeo and disappointed in both Romeo and herself, which reveal her inner struggle. In Act 3, Juliet’s Nurse comes back with this news that Tybalt is dead and that Romeo is such an awful person for killing him. Juliet fights back at the Nurse, and herself, for speaking bad about Romeo. She claims, ““Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband? Ah, poor my lord, what tongue shall smooth thy name, When I, thy three hours' wife, have mangled it? But wherefore, villain, didst thou kill my cousin? That villain cousin would have killed my husband.” (3.2.99-101). This shows that Juliet is passionate about Romeo, because first of all, she says that she was wrong to say bad things about her husband.

n literature duality is anything that has two sides mostly dealing with good and evil. In many different books, duality plays an important role in showing who the characters are and how the story occurs. Books such as Dr. Jekyll and Mrs.Hyde, Romeo and Juliet, and the Bible are books that duality plays a huge role in.

Simile (balcony scene): O, speak again, bright angle! For thou art As glorious to this night, being o’er my head, As a winged messenger of heaven (Rom. 2. 2. 26-28). Juliet is compared to a winged messenger of heaven. Given that the comparison uses the word "as," this comparison is a simile.

events all fueled by hate serves as a stark contrast to the romance between Romeo and

Have you ever heard the word Juxtaposition? Sounds different doesn’t it. The meaning of it is crazy and makes a lot of sense. A juxtaposition is the comparison of one thing to another. For an example light to darkness. It is put in ways or forms that may or may not be noticeable or easy to find. Juxtapositions are used in many books and novels that are popular or well known. The play by William Shakespeare “Romeo and Juliet” uses the juxtaposition of light and darkness repetitively. One thing about juxtapositions are they help a writer a lot for writing novels and books to show the lesson that is shown at the end of the book. They could also give hints early in the story or open your eyes to a different point of view the book is showing. There

Can you agree that a writer’s diction is what draws the audience into a piece of literature? Why is this true? Well often times writers will do this to keep the attention of the audience. Shakespeare the poet of Romeo and Juliet is one author who is known to use various literary devices to grab the audience attention. Shakespeare focuses on the character’s Romeo and Juliet, a couple that fell in love they belong to the two houses that are against each other. Throughout his play Shakespeare uses three literary devices to reach his audience: foreshadowing, Indirect characterization,Imagery.

Just like in the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are actual true events very simaler to some of the parts in the story. In 2005, 2 families by the name of Soliz and Ortiz had a violent breakout including guns, injuring 6 people. You will find that the story of Romeo are relateable to the article, “Six Wounded in Fla. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ Firefight”.

The entire conversation between Juliet and her mother was brilliant and hilariously written. In the few lines between them, Juliet had said many things that had very subtle hidden meaning. For example, when Juliet said “dead is how my poor heart feels when I think about my poor cousin”, it could be taken from either perspective of loving Romeo or hating him. I really enjoyed this part because Juliet had truthfully told her mother have she felt and Lady Capulet doesn’t understand any of the double meanings. This part of brilliantly done, being able to connect to the audience who understands what was going on but still keeps the characters clueless.

“The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson and “Macbeth” by Shakespeare are novels that involve the theme of duality through good and evil aspects. Duality refers to having two parts, often with opposite meanings, like the duality of good and evil. In both the novels, the theme of duality is portrayed through setting, sleep, human nature and appearance. This literary technique is used to show the extremes of good and evil, and by using these elements, authors are able to cover an entire spectrum of good and evil through the several themes.

William Shakespeare wrote the play Romeo and Juliet, which is about the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are forbidden to see one another, due to their families’ feud. The Capulets, Juliet, and Montagues, Romeo, are the enemies in this feud. The question is, were the parents against them? Or were they just trying to protect and make them happy? Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616. When he was eighteen years old, he married Anne Hathaway and has three children, Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet.