ROMEO AND JULIET

1) In Verona.
2) The characters of Romeo and Juliet develop because of their love for one another. Both find a
stronger sense of personal identity through their love.
3) Juliet was Romeo’s true love, which shows when he describes the light she emanates even
after death. 
4)  Love is naturally the play’s dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on
romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and
Juliet. 
Much of Romeo and Juliet involves the lovers’ struggles against public and social institutions
that either explicitly or implicitly oppose the existence of their love. 
Moreover, the sense of fate permeates the play.
5) Metaphors, symbols and dramatic irony.
6) Romeo and Juliet is characterised by elements both of comedy and tragedy.