R+J Themes/ Ideas

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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
    • 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
    • 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

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nezrinbadalov

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can somebody please add in the theme of religion please xoxo

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