Light/Dark Imagery Flashcards

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  • At the beginning, when Romeo is depressed, he surrounds himself with darkness and he hates the daytime.
  • When he meets Juliet, he uses numerous metaphors in which he refers to her as light or bright.
  • She lights up his life and makes him happy.
  • The only time Romeo and Juliet are together are together in the daytime is when they get married.
  • Their relationship takes place mostly at night.
  • It cannot exist in daytime under society’s strict social rules.
  • When the sun is up, their lives are marred by the feud and fighting.
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Light/Dark Imagery 1.5

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‘(Romeo) O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.’

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Light/Dark Imagery 2.2

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‘(Romeo) It is the east and Juliet is the sun.’

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Light/Dark Imagery 3.2

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‘(Juliet) 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.’

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Light/Dark Imagery 3.2

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‘(Juliet) If love be blind, it best agrees with night.’

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Light/Dark Imagery 3.5

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‘(Romeo) More light and light, more dark and dark our woes.’

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Light/Dark Imagery 5.3

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‘(Romeo) For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes this vault a feasting presence full of light.’

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