Yin And Yang: A Comparison Of Romeo And Juliet

In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, impetuosity between Romeo and Juliet will ultimately be the cause of their deaths. The passion between the two caused them to rush into foolish adolescent events. Romeo's and Juliet's burning love is to blame for their fast yet fatal marriage. Shortly after the unpublished wedding it all goes down hill, Romeo kills Juliet's faithful cousin, Tybalt, in a brutal sword fight. With Romeo's action his punishment is exile from Verona, and to leave his unseen faithful wife.

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.

Shakespeare in the tragedy Romeo and Juliet replaces the impact of it is the east and Juliet is the sun Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon in the play. William shakespeare states there is a juliet is romeo's sun his light that setting the same of what's to come in the play and engaging the audience in the impact of love on Romeo and Juliet for each other. Love is like light dark , daytime , nighttime ,stormy day and sunny. The idea of strong love is effectively developed in the

Shakespeare proves this theme when Romeo uses the metaphor in the quote “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun”(2.2.3). When Romeo uses this metaphor, he shows his affection for Juliet and the role she plays in his life. He describes her as the sun, which is essential to life of all living things and by saying that she

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In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses many motifs to develop the main central idea. One motif he used is light versus dark. The motif of light versus dark in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is developed by figurative language to demonstrate all of the emotions the two characters have experienced during the play. In the beginning of the play, the motif of light versus dark is displayed through figurative language.

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The story of Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare and the text West Side Story written by Arthur Laurents both approach the two main themes of love and violence. Both stories are much the same in numerous of ways, though their conditions are generations apart. Similarly, the two authors both deal with (other themes,) such as Fate, Honour and Death. Romeo & Juliet and West Side Story separately teach a lesson of how conflict can cause you to learn to hate others instead of learning to love. But the main two characters of each story defy it.

After Romeo kills Tybalt, Juliet is completely appalled by how Romeo killed her kinsman: “O serpent heart, hid with a flow’ring face!/ Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?/ Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!/ Dove-feathered raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!. . ./O, that deceit should dwell/ In such a gorgeous palace!” (III.2.79-91). However, even after Juliet describes Romeo by using oxymorons, a literary device made out of dualities, Juliet goes on to say that even though Romeo killed Tybalt, it was in self defense (III.3.111). Juliet’s love for Romeo is enhanced by the fact that Tybalt tried to kill Romeo because of their families’ feud, attesting to how dualities fuel our esteem for certain aspects of life. Not only this, in the article “The human mind and duality: How we understand the world” by Hanan Parvez, Parvez talks about how “[if] there were no opposites, everything would lose its meaning” (Parvez para 7). Without the hate that their families felt for each other, Romeo and Juliet would not have felt their love as strongly as they did because there would be no forbidden aspect and they would be able to love freely. Thus, their love loses its meaning as both are free to do whatever they wish without having to worry about one another being killed. So, their parents’ hatred for one another powers Romeo and Juliet’s love, additionally, making their love for each other

In the play Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare used a fair amount of figurative language to express the feelings between Romeo and Juliet. The young minded individuals start to fall in love at a quick pace. Juliet and Romeo have uncontrolled feelings for each other and this causes them to make irrational decisions. Romeo uses metaphors and similes to compare Juliet to some of earth’s most beautiful things. Romeo declares that “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun”, by doing this he is showing Juliet’s beauty. He persuades her to come out of her bedroom by saying “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon.” He used the moons credibility to show how he feels towards Juliet and manipulate her to come out onto the balcony to see him. While

Romeo and Juliet appear to be conflicting characters as shown in a scene where Romeo finds himself outside Juliet’s window. Juliet asks Romeo “[h]ow comest thou hither, tell me, and wherefore? [t]he orchard walls are high and hard to climb” (2.2.67-68), but Romeo replies “[w]ith love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls” (2.2.71). Juliet acts in a more realistic and mature manner, whereas Romeo’s unrealistic behavior contrasts with Juliet’s character. By portraying the characters as opposites, Shakespeare conveys the idea of balance. This idea can be found in a certain character as well. Romeo’s character of good and evil is depicted during the fight with Tybalt. When Tybalt instigates Romeo by saying “thou art a villain” (3.1.62), Romeo remains calm and declares “Villain am I none. Therefore farewell” (3.1.65-66), displaying his good character. Later on, after Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo craves revenge and decides to avenge his friend, allowing his negative side to take over. This internal conflict of good and evil in a character is another example of the idea of equilibrium in the play. Characters and their characterization are significant additions to the idea of harmony.

Romeo and Juliet is a drama by William Shakespeare, in this drama it shows love and conflict. Love and conflict is also shown in My Shakespeare by Kate Tempest and Love’s Vocabulary by Diane Ackerman. Love is a great thing and it comes in many different ways, but it also comes with some conflict, like someone not liking the person or the other person being from an opposing family.

The Yin Yang is one of the primary principles of Taoist teachings. The concept of two forces present everywhere, completely opposite to each other yet balancing and enhancing each other. They cannot be separated because they exist together in comparison, and splitting one apart will only create the other anew. Although one force can take prevalence over the other for a short time, anything that is in a state of imbalance for long will cease to exist. The universe is composed of and held together by the tension of these two forces, and this concept is in Taoist writings on Abstraction. (A2)

According to information gathered from the online source, Taoism or the Tao Religion (Our Ultimate Reality), the Yin and Yang represents two breaths or the chi life force. This Yin life force is the feminine principle of darkness, coolness, and dampness, while the white, the Yang, is the masculine principle of brightness, warmth, and dryness. They are not opposites, not all good, or bad, but both needed to maintain universe stability. Defined through opposition, Taoists believe in the virtues of balance and understanding.

Yin and Yang is the most universally recognizable symbol for Taoism. The symbol is a circle with one half black and the other half white. Both halves have a spot with the opposite color which represents being part of the other. Yin and Yang are two complementary, interdependent principles or phases alternating in space and time; they are emblems envoking the harmonious interplay of all pairs of opposites in the universe. (Taoism, 2007) Taoist believe yin and yang exist in all aspects of life. Some believe the white represents good and the black represents evil. If there is good there is bad, if there is wealth there is poverty and if there is woman there is man. In other words there is an opposite to everything. The universe flows in harmony without ever stopping. In chapter 42 of the Tao-Te-Ching there is a reference about yin and yang. The Tao is one, from the one come yin and yang, from these two creative energy (chi), from energy, ten thousand things, the forms of all creations, all life embodies yin and embraces yang, through their union achieving harmony. (Tao-Te-Ching, Ch. 51)