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2 days ago · In A Dictionary of Images and Symbols in Counselling, the rose is attributed to Venus. 12 Venus is the goddess of love, beauty, lust, and sexuality, and the image of the ‘rose’ in Juliet's monologue hints at her desire to renounce her virginity and embrace her passionate lover. Her desire echoes with Romeo's secret wish that Juliet should no longer be the maid of the ‘envious moon’ (2. ...
Night is a key symbol in the play because it protects the characters. When Romeo is in Juliet’s garden he tells her 'I have night’s cloak to hide me from their sight'. Night makes him feel safe. We also see Romeo sneaking into Juliet’s room at night time to consummate their marriage.
Light in Darkness. (Click the symbolism infographic to download.)Like a candle in the darkness, the imagery of light in dark comes up a lot in Romeo and Juliet. "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright," Romeo s...
Figure 3: Cover of Rosen and Ray’s Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In the scene where Romeo finds Juliet in a deathlike state, he intimately holds her head and a tear drips down his cheek. Unlike some illustrators who either portray Romeo as stoic or Juliet as physically distant from Romeo, Ray shows an intimate connection between the two.
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In his first appearance, in Act 2, scene 2, Friar Lawrence remarks that every plant, herb, and stone has its own special properties and that nothing exists in nature that cannot be put to both good and bad uses. Thus, poison is not intrinsically evil, but instead it's a natural substance made lethal by human hands. Friar Lawrence’s words prove true...
In Act 1, scene 1, the buffoonish Samson begins a brawl between the Montagues and Capulets by flicking his thumbnail from behind his upper teeth, an insulting gesture known as biting the thumb. He engages in this juvenile and vulgar display because he wants to get into a fight with the Montagues but doesn’t want to be accused of starting the fight ...
In Act 1, scene 4, Mercutio delivers a dazzling speech about the fairy Queen Mab, who rides through the night on her tiny wagon bringing dreams to sleepers. One of the most noteworthy aspects of Queen Mab’s ride is that the dreams she brings generally do not bring out the best sides of the dreamers, but instead serve to confirm them in whatever vic...
Romeo and Juliet complicates traditional notions of light versus dark and day versus night. Light is typically a symbol of openness, purity, hope, and good fortune, while dark often represents confusion, obscurity, and doom.
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2 days ago · Bird imagery in "Romeo and Juliet" provides insight into characters and their relationships. Benvolio's bird references reflect his dismissive attitude towards women, while Juliet's references ...
