Light/Dark Imagery Flashcards
1
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General:
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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.
2
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Light/Dark Imagery 1.5
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‘(Romeo) O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright.’
3
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Light/Dark Imagery 2.2
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‘(Romeo) It is the east and Juliet is the sun.’
4
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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.’
5
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Light/Dark Imagery 3.2
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‘(Juliet) If love be blind, it best agrees with night.’
6
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Light/Dark Imagery 3.5
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‘(Romeo) More light and light, more dark and dark our woes.’
7
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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.’