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    Light and darkness fuels the world as it is now, and in Romeo and Juliet, this is clearly displayed through the characters. Light and darkness is also extremely literal in the book, and in the tragic ending of the book, both characters die at night. Some may say that Juliet represents light, while Romeo represents not only light, but darkness as well, and through this, both lovers out shine the darkness.

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    Light and darkness fuels the world as it is now, and in Romeo and Juliet, this is clearly displayed through the characters. Light and darkness is also extremely literal in the book, and in the tragic ending of the book, both characters die at night. Some may say that Juliet represents light, while Romeo represents not only light, but darkness as well, and through this, both lovers out shine the darkness.

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    Light and darkness fuels the world as it is now, and in Romeo and Juliet, this is clearly displayed through the characters. Light and darkness is also extremely literal in the book, and in the tragic ending of the book, both characters die at night. Some may say that Juliet represents light, while Romeo represents not only light, but darkness as well, and through this, both lovers out shine the darkness.

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    DanielShemesh
    Mr.Elrod
    English9
    10March2015
    RandJ
    Lightanddarknessfuelstheworldasitisnow,andin
    RomeoandJuliet
    ,thisisclearly
    displayedthroughthecharacters.Lightanddarknessispresentedinalmosteveryscene,whether
    isissomethingasinconsiderableasLadyCapuletaskingforlight,orasconsiderableasRomeo
    literallycomparingJuliettothelightandstarsinthenightsky.Lightanddarknessisalso
    extremelyliteralin
    RomeoandJuliet.
    RomeocanonlyseeJulietatnight,andinthetragic
    endingofthebook,bothcharactersdieatnight.Lightanddarknessisoneof
    RomeoandJuliet
    s
    greatestmotifs,andsomemaysaythatJulietrepresentslight,whileRomeorepresentsnotonly
    light,butdarknessaswell,andthroughthis,bothloversoutshinethedarkness.Thisis
    representedwhenShakespearecomparesRomeotothestars,whenRomeoandJulietcanonly
    meetatnight,andfinally,whenShakespearesuggeststhatJulietissobright,thatshewouldput
    thestarstoshame.

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    Inactthreeofthetragedy,ShakespearecomparesRomeotothestars.RomeoandJuliet
    obviouslyloveeachother,eventhroughhardtimes.Justbeforeherlovingnursewalksintotell
    JulietofthebadnewsinregardtoRomeo,Julietbegantalkingoutloudabouthertrueloveto
    Romeo.Julietstatedthatwhen[she]shalldie,take[Romeo]andcuthimoutinlittlestars,and
    hewillmakethefaceofheavensofine,thatalltheworldwillbeinlovewithnight,andpayno
    worshiptothegarishsun(3.2.2327).ThisquotesuggeststhatRomeoisamassoflightthathas
    thepotentialtobecutintogleamingstars,butevenstarshaveanexpirationdate.Whenastar
    diesout,itvanishesforever,andallthatisleftisgasandremnants,whichrepresentsthetalethat
    bothfamiliescantell,andthestatuesthatwerebroughtupinmemoriumtoRomeoandJuliet.
    Thisquotealsomentionsthatthewholeworldwilllovethedarkness,whichsuggeststhatRomeo
    isdarknessaswellaslight.
    AnotherfactoristhatRomeoandJulietcanonlymeetatnight.WhenRomeofirstmeets
    Juliet,itisatamasqueradeparty,whichtakesplaceatnight.TheythenmeetlaterinJuliets
    gardenatnight,andevenlater,onthenightoftheirhoneymoon,whereRomeostatesmorelight
    andlight:moredarkanddarkourwoes(3.5.36),suggestingthattheonlytimethattheloverscan
    seeeachotherisatnight.Thisbringsupthetopicofwhatisconsideredtobebetter.Whetheris
    islightofdarkness,noreaderscantell.RomeoandJulietareconsideredstars,yettheyonlysee

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    eachotheratnight.WithRomeoandJulietbothrepresentinglight,anddarknessrepresentingthe
    twoloversreuniting,onewouldsaythatbothofthemareacombinationoflightanddarkness.
    ShakespearesuggestingthatJulietwouldputshametothestarsalsohasabigimpacton
    theroleoflightanddarknessin
    RomeoandJuliet.
    Lightismentionedmanytimesthroughoutthe
    drama,butthemostsignificanttimeiswhenRomeostatesthatthebrightnessof[Juliets]cheek
    wouldshamethosestars(22.1920).ThiseasilysuggeststhatJulietwouldoutshinethestars,
    whichpreviouslymentioned,willeventuallydieout.Thelongerastarburns,thelongeritlives,
    andthisquoterepresentsthatcompletely.ThisisrepresentedwhenJulietlivesminutesoreven
    secondslongerthanRomeo.WhenRomeodies,Julietisdevastated,andkillsherself,outshining
    Romeobyahair.
    Shakespearerepresentslightanddarknessthroughcharacterdevelopmentincluding
    whenShakespearecomparesRomeotothestar,whenRomeoandJulietmeetatnight,andwhen
    hestatesthatJulietwouldoutshinethestars.JulietisobviouslyveryfondofRomeo,andinthe
    play,shecompareshimdirectlytothestars,becauseheshinesbrightandeventuallydiesout,but
    earlierinthedramathereisacontradictingstatement.RomeosaysthatJulietoutshinesthestars,
    andputsthemtoshame,whichdirectlycorrelatestotheloversrelationship,becauseRomeois
    thestars,andJulietoutshinesthem,butevenstillthereisacontradictingstatement.Julietherself

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    isalsocomparedtothestars.ThisrepresentsthatJulietoutshinesherself,representingher
    suicideandthelastingeffectontheMontaguesandCapulets.FinallythefactthatRomeoand
    Julietcanonlymeetatnighttiesintothefactthattheyoutshineeverythingaroundthem,and
    leaveafootprint,whichinthiscaseisthetheirowntragicdeaths.

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