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   Who seems less impulsive and more realistic—Romeo or Juliet? Why does Friar Lawrence decide to marry Romeo and Juliet? Why does Mercutio say, “a plague o’ both your houses”?

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   Light/Dark Imagery. One of the play’s most consistent visual motifs is the contrast between light and dark, often in terms of night/day imagery. This contrast is not given a particular metaphoric meaning—light is not always good, and dark is not always evil.

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   A short summary of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of Romeo and Juliet.

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   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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   Poison. Poison plays a significant role in the play both literally – the poison is what catalyzes the double suicide of Romeo and Juliet – and figuratively. In Act Two, Friar Lawrence notes that poison is not an inherently fatal substance, but that it was instead made dangerous by human hands.

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   The beautiful and impersonal forces of the heavens are a constant note in Romeo and Juliet. From Romeo’s first impassioned speech in which “Juliet is the sun” to Juliet’s “take him and cut him out in little stars” (II.2.3, 3.2.22), the lovers see each other in celestial terms.

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   What does Romeo & Juliet symbolize?

   • 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. Shakespeare… In Romeo and Juliet, potions represent emotional escape.

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   Why is poison a symbol of human intervention in Romeo & Juliet?

   • In Act Two, Friar Lawrence notes that poison is not an inherently fatal substance, but that it was instead made dangerous by human hands. When poison reappears at the end of the play, it becomes a symbol of this human intervention: Juliet's poison did not actually kill her, but Romeo misinterpreted what he saw and killed himself because of it.

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   What are the motifs of Romeo & Juliet?

   • One of the central motifs of the play is the interplay between light and darkness. Romeo and Juliet are consistently comparing one another to different forms of light, including the sun, the stars, and the moon, emphasizing the sense of "illumination" they get from each other.

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   What does the moon symbolize in Romeo & Juliet?

   • Associated with both virginity and changeability, the moon holds both Romeo and Juliet’s deepest fears: Romeo that Juliet will deny him, and Juliet that Romeo will fall out of love with her as easily as he fell into love with her. The symbolic weight of the sun, moon, and stars also relates to the roles that day and night play in the story.

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   How do Romeo and Juliet see each other?

   • The beautiful and impersonal forces of the heavens are a constant note in Romeo and Juliet. From Romeo’s first impassioned speech in which “Juliet is the sun” to Juliet’s “take him and cut him out in little stars” (II.2.3, 3.2.22), the lovers see each other in celestial terms.

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   How does Shakespeare evaluate Romeo & Juliet?

   • Shakespeare includes numerous speeches and scenes in Romeo and Juliet that hint at alternative ways to evaluate the play. Shakespeare uses two main devices in this regard: Mercutio and servants.

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   Explanations of Romeo and Juliet's symbols, and tracking of where they appear. Romeo and Juliet: Literary Devices Romeo and Juliet 's key literary devices explained and sortable by chapter.