On the hot, dusty streets of Verona, two young Capulets are engaged in a boastful conversation, full of bawdy banter and light-hearted humour. ... In the opening scene, a jocular, light mood is shattered by the introduction of members of the rival family and quickly, the air turns dark. ... Tybalt is involved again in this transition from light to dark in Act Three. ... By portraying Romeo as a dark, sullen character in the opening scene, I believe Shakespeare does set us up for the rest of the play. We can see the contrast between the feelings he has for each woman - with Rosaline he feels tr...

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The walls of my living room will be a dark rich color, my furniture on the other hand will be the complete opposite. ... The books will sit on simple dark stained bookshelves. ... This makes me realize that a house is not just a house, It is truely a look into the heart and soul of its owner. ...

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The walls of my living room will be a dark rich color, my furniture on the other hand will be the complete opposite. ... The books will sit on simple dark stained bookshelves. ... This makes me realize that a house is not just a house, It is truely a look into the heart and soul of its owner....

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"Did my heart love till now?" ... In contrast, though, there is also the recurring theme of dark imagery. ... "More light and light, more dark and dark our woes." Here, the significance of light is as their enemy, and darkness their friend. ... "But woo her gentle Paris, get her heart, /My will to her consent is but a part. ...

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During Elizabethan times, 1550-1625, a great writer's explosive way of writing brought forth a new life to poetry. This outstanding poet, author and playwright, was William Shakespeare. These highly subjective sonnets are wonderful tales full of love, deception, and betrayal. Although it is presumable that Shakespeare did write these sonnets about his own life, some experts are still puzzled by the possibility of the poetry being based in fiction. However, if one man can so exquisitely write fictional stories about love and still include a controversial issue in them, then where do we...

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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. ... Cupid will make someone go against the "everything in moderation" rule, use their heart over their head, and use their passion over their reason by making them fall into an unreasonable amount of love. People in the Elizabethan era thought that Cupid was a bad omen because of this; everything should be in moderation, one should their head ...

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He just expects her to meet Paris once, then agree to marry him whether she loves him or not: 'But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart.' ... His words later become ironic because in his conversation with Paris, he says he will not force Juliet into anything and it's up to Paris to capture her heart and if she agrees to marry him, he will give his consent: 'And she agreed, within her scope of choice, Lies my consent and fair according voice.' ... Falling in love should be a good thing and Juliet should be delighted at how things went with Romeo, at first she enjoy...

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He invites Paris to the feast, hoping that Paris will begin to win Juliet's heart. ... Romeo hurries to see his friend and confessor Friar Lawrence, who, though shocked at the sudden turn of Romeo's heart, agrees to marry the young lovers in secret since he sees in their love the possibility of ending the age-old feud between Capulet and Montague. ...

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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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However, after he saw Maria, he fell in love at the first sight, "As if he were being led, Tony Wyzek approached Maria Nunez, looked into her dark eyes, stretched out his hands, and was led by her into another land.?... However, the most important lesson that both tragic love stories us give is that true love is from the heart and nothing can stop it. ...

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Montague and Capulet, too self-absorbed to see the light, drove their children into darkness. ... With the Friar to marry them and Juliet's Nurse to give Juliet's hand for Romeo to marry, two hearts were united at the highest level. ...

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Love Conquers All Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet has been seen as the most tragic love story in history. But many people don't look past the text and read between the lines. This story is full of contrasts. Joy and sorrow, light and dark, youth and age, love and hate, life and death. Love is a d...

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To which Romeo responds, "More light and light- more dark and dark our woes." ... She holds fast to her heart's desire despite the foreshadowing threats of her father, "Hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, For, by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee."" ... Shocked Juliet says, "Speakest thou from you heart?" ...

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When Romeo arrives the music changes and everything is calm again it also starts to get darker gradually. ... The use of an old seventies song "young hearts run free" is very effective at the party scene. ...

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Romeo and Juliet! Why was fate to blame? Romeo and Juliet is a well-known Shakespeare in which fate plays an important part. Tragedy is defined as something with a serious theme that usually ends in death or defeat. Fate is a power, which is thought to make things happen and is out of anyone's control. ...

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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. ... Romantic love between Romeo and Juliet is the intense passion that springs up at their first sight (Did my heart love till now? ...

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Comparable to the Montague boys, Abram and Tybalt (of the Capulet household) also have tattoos and are wearing dark clothing. ... Mercutio hands Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) a small box containing a white pill inside that has engraved a heart with an arrow. ...

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We are looking at the language in Act 2 Scene 2 and examining how it educates the audience about the characters and setting. When Shakespeare presented Romeo and Juliet in front of an audience around 1595 he had few props so therefore limited setting. Shakespeare's Elizabethan audience created what ...

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