The darkness of the night is intensified in the forest; the dark is intense enough for the characters to fear being alone. ... When Lysander abandons Hermia, she is convinced that being alone in the dark could lead her to death: Speak, of all loves; I swoon almost with fear. ... Either death or you I"ll find immediately. (Act II, Scene 2, 153-155) The night symbolizes darkness and a state of blindness. ... Shakespeare includes the aspect of vision and its relation to darkness. ...

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Previously when Romeo was in love with Rosaline he always sad, depressed and associated her with darkness. ... My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued , wanting of thy love." Romeo unwittingly foretells his own death here, surrounded by the imagery of darkness. ... Romeo's love for Juliet becomes so strong that not even death can keep them apart. ... Her image is ironic as it is prophetic, just as Romeo's words were when he foretold his own death using the imagery of darkness . ...

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The forbidding of Romeo and Juliet's love proceeds through a chronological process that eventually coerces them into the waiting arms of death in hope that they would be together peacefully in the afterlife. ... In an attempt to prevent any further conflict between the two families, he stated that any individual who disturbs the peace in the future would be sentenced to death. ... The passionate love between Romeo and Juliet is linked from the moment of its inception with death. ... Though it is late at night, Juliet's surpassing beauty makes Romeo imagine ...

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There is also the idea that death brings about peace this is reflected in the bible where the death of Christ was for peace on earth. ... When Romeo arrives the music changes and everything is calm again it also starts to get darker gradually. ... Throughout the film death or the idea of death is always re-occurring. Both Romeo and Juliet dream of death. ... The use of requiems emphasises the idea of death. ...

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William Shakespeare purposely contrasted these two themes to convey an idea that one cannot exist without the other, a balance in all things in nature, for instance, the correlative use of a light/dark polarity. ... The lovers have a fair share of both, yet in the end it is their intense longing to be together, united in death, that consolidates the point Shakespeare wishes to make about the nature of true love. ... Although Juliet does not return Paris's love, he continues with gestures such as grieving during her "death" and is slain by Romeo during a duel in Juliet's tomb in ...

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Towards the end of "Romeo and Juliet," the mood becomes even darker than previously, as the Montagues and Capulets encounter each other. ... Due to the death of Mercutio, Romeo wants revenge on Tybalt, even though Tybalt would have been Romeo's future cousin. ... Leonato then states that "Death is the fairest cover for her shame." ... He also expresses remorse for Hero's death and states, "He deceived even you own very eyes," meaning he fooled even you, the Prince. ...

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The sky was dark. I was sure that a rain's about to come. I had no choice but to settle inside my room. I was watching the hands of the clock move as time passed by. Raindrops were loudly pouring outside. The day was awfully boring. I suddenly felt the urge to write a story. There's a music video I'...

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Romeo acts out of hateful passion and rage when he kills Tybalt to avenge Mercutio's death. ... What she means by this quotation (on the last night her and Romeo spend together, as he is slipping into the darkness) is that she wants Fortune to be inconsistent like it has been before, so that Romeo's fate can change and he can come back to her. ...

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Romeo feels that the brightness of Juliet, the sun, brightens his negative dark life. ... The audience is then told more about the setting. " The orchard walls are high and hard to climb, and the place death, considering who thou art". Juliet is concerned about Romeo getting hurt but Romeo is still in his strange imaginary land. " With love's light wing did I o"erperch these walls, for stony limits cannot hold love out" and "..let them find me here; my life were better ended by their hate, than death prorogued, wanting of thy love". ... This is also revealed by how he is so desperate to s...

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The Chorus says that so great is the feud between the Montague and Capulet families that only the death of their children could bring them together. ... Heathcliff (he has only the one name), a gypsy boy with dark skin, is brought to live at Wuthering Heights by Mr. ...

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The movie begins with a local news anchor as the narrator, reporting the deaths of Romeo and Juliet while the logo "Star Crossed Lovers" displayed on the upper right hand corner of the news telecast. ... Comparable to the Montague boys, Abram and Tybalt (of the Capulet household) also have tattoos and are wearing dark clothing. ...

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