“Romeo and Juliet” is one of the most well known plays of all time. The two main characters, Juliet Capulet and Romeo Montague, fall in love, but their love for each other ends in tragedy. Shakespeare uses certain imagery to enhance the feeling of their love. In Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet”, the use of light and dark imagery is used to add effect and enhance the reader’s image of Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other. It not only sets the mood, but also symbolises each other’s love. Shakespeare first uses light and dark imagery during the party scene. This is where Romeo and Juliet meet each other for the first time. After seeing Juliet, Romeo says,” O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright. It seems she hangs upon the cheek of
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Before he met Juliet, Romeo was deeply in love with Rosaline, a girl he didn't know that well. However, she was practicing to become a nun, who aren’t allowed to marry. This causes Romeo to be very depressed and heartbroken. While Benvolio and Montague talk, they speak of how Romeo is heartbroken. “And private in his chamber pens himself. Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out. And makes himself an artificial night.” Montague tells Benvolio how Romeo shuts his windows closed and sits in his bedroom alone. He creates this artificial night by refusing light to enter his room. Montague and Benvolio worry about Romeo. This use of light and dark imagery really sets up this depressing and melancholy mood for the …show more content…
After meeting Juliet at the party, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet garden to meet Juliet again. While Romeo is hiding in the garden, he looks up at the balcony and sees someone walk out. This would be Juliet. “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks. It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick with grief that thou her maid art far more fair than she.” While it is night, Romeo describes Juliet as the sun. Once again, he is describing her as the only light, while the rest is darkness. He even tells the actual sun to kill the moon, who is sad that Juliet is more beautiful than itself. This really shows how Romeo views Juliet as the most charming person in the
Before he met Juliet, Romeo was deeply in love with Rosaline, a girl he didn't know that well. However, she was practicing to become a nun, who aren’t allowed to marry. This causes Romeo to be very depressed and heartbroken. While Benvolio and Montague talk, they speak of how Romeo is heartbroken. “And private in his chamber pens himself. Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out. And makes himself an artificial night.” Montague tells Benvolio how Romeo shuts his windows closed and sits in his bedroom alone. He creates this artificial night by refusing light to enter his room. Montague and Benvolio worry about Romeo. This use of light and dark imagery really sets up this depressing and melancholy mood for the …show more content…
After meeting Juliet at the party, Romeo sneaks into the Capulet garden to meet Juliet again. While Romeo is hiding in the garden, he looks up at the balcony and sees someone walk out. This would be Juliet. “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks. It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick with grief that thou her maid art far more fair than she.” While it is night, Romeo describes Juliet as the sun. Once again, he is describing her as the only light, while the rest is darkness. He even tells the actual sun to kill the moon, who is sad that Juliet is more beautiful than itself. This really shows how Romeo views Juliet as the most charming person in the