Romeo And Juliet Light Vs Dark Quotes

The Opposing Themes of Love and Hate in the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

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 act 1 scene 5 as Romeo breaks out into a rhyming sonnet that are often well known in Shakespeare’s plays as a way to empathize any important situations of love or any arguments. During this sonnet, there is use of light lexis. First of all, Romeo describes Juliet as a source of light, as he states in an oxymoron, “o she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” By using

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light,” (Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). This exemplifies the true beauty that even in the hardest times of anyone's life, there is always light somewhere, to restore. Many struggle with something that rests upon them throughout their life and never seem to have a way to cope with whatever the challenge may be. Nevertheless, many should put forth effort to seek for those concealing glimmers of hope that illuminates anyone's heart. Similarly, within Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” two family rivals, the Capulets and Montagues, clearly resemble this quote, however in this case Juliet and Romeo’s relationship represents

In addition, when Romeo expresses his feelings about Juliet’s light, it is dark outside. Because their relationship is secret, they have to meet with each other in the dark; they can only see each other at night. This shows that their relationship has an unhealthy aspect, since it is being kept a secret, and readers may think negatively about secrets, which also says that the dark is negative, which then leads us to believe that their relationship is not well managed and unhealthy. This assumption foreshadows their death. Romeo perfectly explains the use of light and dark through the sun and moon and relating concurrent situations.

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light” ( Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban). This exemplifies the true beauty that even in the most distressing times of anyone's life, there is always light somewhere to restore. Many struggle with things that rests upon them throughout their life and never seem to have a way to cope with whatever the challenge may be. Nevertheless, many should put forth effort to hunt for those concealing glimmers of hope that illuminates anyone's heart. Similarly, within Shakespeare’s “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” two family rivals, the Capulets and Montagues, clearly resemble this quote. However in this case Juliet and Romeo’s relationship

Upon seeing Juliet Romeo exclaims, “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear; Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” Romeo compared her to a torch because seeing her made everything come into focus. Juliet also compares Romeo not only to the sun but calls him even more mighty than the sun when she says, “Give me my Romeo. And when I shall die,Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine. That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.” So with Romeo and Juliet one goes on a rollercoaster full of references to the light and dark of a situation, but the very last line of the play the Prince says darkness has returned and everything will return to what it once was. The Prince addresses the whole community when he says, “A glooming peace this morning with it brings.The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head.Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things.Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd.For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare makes it bluntly undeniable that fate was in control and whether the light or dark would

The second scene primarily consists of Romeo and his remarks for Juliet, as seen here: “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun/Arise, fair sun, and kill the moon” (2.2.4-5) It is evident that this quotation by Romeo has examples of both light and dark imagery. Romeo metaphorically compares the sun and moon to Juliet and Rosaline,

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A shadow mirrors someone but does not show the full detail and potential of one. Romeo and Juliet were never fully together and complete, which is why they always shadowed each other throughout the development of the play. In Juliet’s monologue, when she waits for the nurse to return, she states, “Driving back shadows over louring hills”(2.5.6). Juliet uses a metaphor here to describe that her message of love should be powerful enough to move the shadows over the rising, dark hills. The concept of shadows displays darkness in the sense that the love that Juliet is trying to get across to Romeo is being restricted by the dark, louring hills. In this scene, the shadows act as a barrier and an obstacle that the Nurse cannot overcome which signifies the main conflict present in their relationship. Romeo proclaims, “Have they been merry, which their keepers call/A light’ning before death! O, how may I/Call this a light’ning?” (5.3.89-91). Romeo is explaining that men are always happy before death. Romeo is not satisfied playing the figurative role of Juliet’s shadow and not being able to die himself being comfortably happy about his love for her. Romeo dies in the light of Juliet and is the darkness of the relationship. Over the progression of the story, Romeo and Juliet failed to express their idiosyncratic feelings of love and sympathy for each other, but instead revealed a shadowed form of each other which led to an incomplete ending to a relationship’s

Once Juliet caves in and accepts that Romeo must leave, they bid their final goodbyes with Romeo agreeing that “more light and light- more dark and dark our [their] woes”. The pair’s pain increases the brighter it gets because the rising light is casting a shadow over, or darkening, their emotions. Dark and light imagery are used in conjunction to reveal how the role of light has become dark and Romeo and Juliet’s dislike towards this change. To Romeo and Juliet’s pleasure, darkness maintains its role in easing their love, while only for the duration of this scene, light becomes an obstacle impeding their

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that,” said Martin Luther King, Jr. Romeo and Juliet is a classic piece of literature written by a famous poet and writer, William Shakespeare. This piece is known to be a love tragedy. It takes place in Verona, Italy, and is about two families embroiled in conflict: the Montagues and the Capulets. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and get married in secret. Neither family is aware that Romeo and Juliet are in love. Within this expressive writing, many people experience death: Tybalt, Mercutio, Romeo’s mother, and Paris. The play concludes with Romeo and Juliet both dying in the name of love. Throughout the poem, many characters

Even if, I love Romeo more than anyone, he is the biggest idiot on Earth. He’s so stupid. He just had to show everyone he is an enemy to my family by killing Tybalt. No matter what, he is my husband and I love him very much.

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare continually uses the contrasts of dark and light to signify the love Romeo and Juliet had for each other. The day is described using the sun while the moon is used to describe the night. Using the light and dark imagery Shakespeare expressed the feelings and emotions of love that coursed through Juliet as well as Romeo. The night represents a burning passion. Juliet awaits the night as she will give herself to her husband.

Juliet: Will I let this feud between the Dark and the Light side end our lust or will I follow my heart. Since birth I have been told to hate yet I have never been given a reason why. What precisely is the difference between the Dark and the Light? These two paradox could not exist without one another.