Romeo And Juliet Dark And Light Analysis

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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is one of the greatest love stories ever told. This is evident in today’s society, with the story being retold again and again in theatre productions, books, and movie spinoffs. The story is of two lovers, whose love was doomed from the start due to their disputing families, the Capulets and Montagues, who would never see a marriage between the two. Romeo and Juliet eventually take their own lives, ceasing their families’ fighting. William Shakespeare, the playwright who wrote Romeo and Juliet and likely the most famous playwright ever, uses light and dark imagery within the story to highlight the lovers’ affection for one another against the backdrop of their lives. The motif of light and dark is used, with

As the play continues and the continues and the conflicts become more complicated, light vs. dark illustrates that love cannot be conquered by hate. “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks!/it is the East, and Juliet is the sun.” (Romeo, 2.2.3-4). This quote relates to light vs. dark because it shows that Romeo is happy when he sees Juliet and compares her beauty to the sun, which is like the light which the light is also representing that he is happy at the same time

Other words that are being compared, are the words Earth and Heaven that are basically opposite of a spectrum, where Earth represents mortals and Heaven represents God. Thus, It is clear that the light vs dark is there, and there is a reason why it is in the play. The night of the party, the party that Capulet was describing as a marvellous event with the best people of the city, is the occasion where Romeo and Juliet meet, fall in love and kiss for the first time. It is a really crucial evening for the story because is where everything starts. The light vs dark archetype has been used in this quote to foreshadow the greatness of the party and how it is going to be important for the course of the story. It has been used to enhance the significance of the night and the conflicts that the party is going to bring. The last example, is in Romeo’s line, right after he met, fell in love and kissed Juliet: “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon”(2.2.4). Before explaining the light vs dark element in this quote, is better analyse the quote itself to learn the meaning behind it. Romeo compares Juliet, to the sun and its infinite

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, light initially portrays positive feelings in the young lovers’ lives and interactions, but later brings sadness and despair, which reinforces an overarching theme in the play that all things have good and bad sides to them, including Romeo and Juliet’s love.

Within the play, Shakespeare uses metaphors and imagery to show the contrasting nature of Romeo’s sadness and how Juliet is his light inside his dark depression. In Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo uses the metaphor of “It is the east and Juliet is the sun / Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon,”(16). This is important because it shows how Romeo views Juliet. When we first meet Romeo in the play he is downcast and miserable, mainly because of the unrequited love he has for Rosaline. It puts him in a dark depression of which he sees no way out of. Thus, when he says “O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!”(13). He is saying that she is his only light in his darkness and he feels that without her light he cannot possibly continue on living. She means that much to him. Juliet is very similar in this regard, however she compares him to something else,

William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the play of which was so elaborated that it could have infinite central ideas. The author’s great use of word choices and literary terms helps readers better understand the play. The play utilized many different motifs but light vs. dark stuck out to me the most. The things that people you care about the most do, can affect you a lot. Love can put you in serious situations that require serious decisions. The motif light vs. dark in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is developed by figurative language and imagery to prove how love can make people do crazy things.

The key point of light and darkness in William Shakespeare’s classic, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet accentuates how the mystery of prohibited love has consequences. Shakespeare uses imagery of light and darkness to express the uncontrollable love between the two. In the beginning of the play, the subject of light and darkness signifies new upcoming adoration. Amid the beginning meeting of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo exclaims,” The torches to burn bright(1.5.42).’’Shakespeare utilizes light in this statement by expressing the sudden love he first experienced while meeting Juliet.

  Shakespeare contrasts light and dark as a form of disunion in Romeo and Juliet's’ love. Through Romeo’s dialogue Shakespeare is able to make a connection to his love with Juliet: “But soft, what light through yonder window

In William Shakespeare’s most familiar work, Romeo and Juliet, the age old tale of star crossed lovers is explored for the first time. The young teenagers are battling against their families’ hate in an attempt to experience love for the first time. They struggle between light and dark forces, pulling at them from either side. However, they themselves are also symbolized by brightness and gloom. Their love is shown as a powerful influence, both light and dark. Destructive and favorable. Deadly and beneficial. Love is a force that can change the world through the slightest gesture or glance and Shakespeare’s use of light and dark imagery in Romeo and Juliet showcases the changes that love can bring upon lovers, family, and friends, for better

Before it is day, Juliet alerts Romeo, “‘O, now be gone. More light and light it grows’”, consequently, Romeo claims, “‘More light and light--more dark and dark our woes!’” (Shakespeare 3.5.35-37). After murdering Tybalt, Romeo must leave Verona before daylight arrives. Many times, Romeo and Juliet refer to each other as light in the dark. However, in this case, Romeo reveals that light is their enemy. Unfortunately, Romeo and Juliet are forced by society to hide their love until nighttime. Therefore, when day comes, they are miserable without each other. The dark night reveals how mysterious, dangerous and emotional their love is. Finally, night is the couple’s friend, meanwhile, day is their enemy.

In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses the motif of light and darkness to represent newly found love and depression to enhance the characterization of Romeo and Juliet. In the beginning of the play, Shakespeare immediately uses to motif of daylight to represent Romeos’ emotion towards Juliet. “But Juliet's light shows best against the darkness; she "hangs upon the cheek of night / as a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"”

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare’s landmark works. In this perilous story of two “star crossed lovers”, he explores the deepest meanings of love and how we perceive it- it’s wonders and delights, as well as its trickery and misfortunes. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses different symbols to enrich the content of the play. One of the most prevalent of the different symbols that Shakespeare uses to show the contrasting, baffling path that love can take is the concept of lightness and darkness.

He uses light references to present their passionate and powerful love towards each other, such as ‘’o she doth the torches to burn brighter’’ which infers that juliet’s beauty outshines the torches that light up the party. But also Romeo says that Juliet’s eyes are ‘’two of the fairest stars in all heaven’’. Near the end, Romeo also states that he will ‘’defy you stars’’ the use of celestial imagery emphasises the power of their love. But also this quotations portrays his willingness to fight if it results him being with Juliet, even if its against the unstoppable force of fate. On the other hand, Shakespeare uses images of darkness to symbolize the negative aspects of their love.

Romeo and Juliet, a classic play by William Shakespeare, is known to many as a tragedy. But what makes this play tragic? Audiences favor this story because of the emotions evoked from a tale of love that sees two young souls torn apart. However, Romeo and Juliet when under my own definition of tragedy, does not resemble a tragic play. While the death of Mercutio and the deaths of Romeo and Juliet seem tragic, the story does not show one failing when trying to reach their full potential, instead the audience sees a forbidden love and death as a result, which does not demonstrate tragedy. Instead, Romeo and Juliet face flaws from within their families and society, forcing them to stay apart due to conflict. While both Romeo and Juliet try to reach the goal of being together and fail, the flaws of others cause the conflict, not the flaws of themselves. My definition surrounds the idea that the flaws of oneself leads to his or her demise, meaning that the play misses a key characteristic of the definition of tragedy. Both characters seem to die a “tragic death,” however, their death can only be considered sad or upsetting, especially to the audience. This play instead consists of somber scenes that show aspects of a tragedy, but not enough to place this play in a tragic category in the classic definition or in my own definition because the flaws of the main characters do not cause the fall of the characters as they try to reach their full potential. If a character who fell as a