Light and dark

Question 1

Act 2 scene 2- Romeo uses light imagery to describe Juliet

Answer 1

‘Juliet is the sun … kill the envious moon’

Question 2

Act 3 scene 2- Juliet uses light imagery to describe Romeo. This is the scene after Romeo has killed Tybalt.
It implies the innocence and purity of their love. Creates dramatic irony

Answer 2

‘Take him and cut him out in little stars’
‘And he shall make heaven so fine’
‘That the world will fall in love with night’

Question 3

Act 2 scene 2- Romeo uses light imagery to describe Juliet’s eyes and face

Answer 3

‘The brightness of her cheek would shame the stars’
‘Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven’
‘her eyes in heaven, Would through the city region stream so bright’

Question 4

Act 3 scene 2- Juliet uses dark imagery to show her desperation to consummate her marriage in her soliloquy. Also, only during the night can she meet Romeo without getting caught.

Answer 4

‘Romeo come thou day in night’

‘Whiter than the new snow on a raven’s back’