When you first consider Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the first thing to come to mind is, more often than not, the theme of love. ... "Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, /Which mannerly devotion shows in this; /For saints have hands that pilgrims" hands do touch, /And palm to palm is holy palmers" kiss." ... One of the major themes of Shakespeare's imagery is that of light. ... For example, when Paris appeals to Capulet for his consent of marriage to Juliet ("But now my lord, what say you to my suit?")... For the majority of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the most ...

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After reading William Shakespeares' Romeo and Juliet, you have a better understanding of the characters then when we are first introduced to them. ... She constantly questions his love for her and rushes him into marriage by saying things like, "If...thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow," . Secondly, like Romeo, she kills herself over what could be just infatuation. ... Through language, Shakespeare presents these changes as well as foreshadowing the eventual tragedy Romeo and Juliet's death.   ... Shocked Juliet says, "Speakest thou from you heart?" ...

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