R+J Themes/ Ideas
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- Created on: 26-01-17 18:04
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- Romeo and Juliet Ideas
- The Forcefulness of Love
- Love is describe as a sort of magic that influences that characters in a certain way
- Love as a Cause of Violence
- The play portrays the chaos associated with love
- Individuals vs Society
- Most factors that prevent R+J from wedding are social inconveniences
- The lover's suicide can be seen as the ultimate privacy
- Fate/ Inevitability
- The firsts lines of the play descibe R+J as being "star- crossed"
- This sets the idea that fate controls the characters
- The firsts lines of the play descibe R+J as being "star- crossed"
- Light/ Dark Imagery
- Romeo’s lengthy mention of the sun and the moon
during the balcony scene
- Juliet is described as the sun; banishing the “envious moon” and transforming the night into day
- Romeo’s lengthy mention of the sun and the moon
during the balcony scene
- Poison
- Act 2,Friar Lawrence
remarks that every plant, herb, and stone has its own special properties
- poison is not intrinsically evil, but is instead a natural substance made lethal by human hands
- poison is not intrinsically evil, but is instead a natural substance made lethal by human hands
- Act 2,Friar Lawrence
remarks that every plant, herb, and stone has its own special properties
- The Forcefulness of Love
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