Romeo And Juliet Light Vs Dark Essay

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In this essay that I will be writing, I will be writing about a story that is called Romeo and Juliet. It will be using motifs of Light vs. Dark. “Light” will be for the happy scenes and “Dark” will be for the sad parts of the story. I will also be writing about each act and scene. Now I will be beginning. In act 1 of the story, it had started off with Mercutio having a sword fight with Tybalt at the gas station. Then after that the cops had showed up and got both of them. Then Mercutio get let from jail be Lord Montigue. Which then they go to see Romeo in his little town. Then they all wanted to get Romeo a girl friend. In act 2 of the story, Romeo and his friends get invited to the Caplet Ball. So there was this girl that Romeo had liked …show more content…
But then Romeo had to leave the party. When he was leaving the party, he had snuck out of his ride and into the castle by going over the wall. Love helped him get over the wall. After that, they had started kissing each other and then Romeo had to leave for good so that he wouldn’t get caught. So after all there loves had happened, they had gotten married. In act 4 of the story, they were finally married. Then Juliet had found out that her parents had wanted her to marry a boy named Paris. She didn’t want to but she was forced because Paris is a wealthy boy not a poor boy. So then that had got her mad. Then Tybalt killed Mercutio and then Romeo had kill Tybalt. So then Romeo was vanished and couldn’t see Juliet. So Juliet went see the friar to get a fake death potion to drink the night before the wedding so that she wouldn’t have marry Paris and Romeo could just go and retrieve her. And in act 5 of the story, the prince of Juliet finds her dead in her bedroom. So she then gets buried. The Friar then sends letters to Romeo. Romeo showed up late not when he didn’t read any of the letters. So he thinks she is dead. He then kills himself then she waked up and kills herself to after seeing him. So then they both got buried and that was the

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