William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet delves into the major themes of destiny and love, using imagery of light and darkness to express them. The theme of destiny is exposed throughout the entire play by omens that hint that the stars have predetermined the lover’s future. However, love is the dominant theme in the play; it is the passion of love that united Romeo and Juliet; that also took their lives. This tragedy is inundated with images of light and darkness, which aids the characters to express their true emotions. Destiny is the hidden power believed to determine what will happen in the future.
The word “O” shows exactly how taken aback Romeo first is. He is lost for words, which is often a sign of love. He, Romeo uses a metaphor to convey his feelings about Juliet. “She doth teach the torches to burn bright!” exaggerates his feelings over her. It is followed by the line “It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night”.
Romeo decides that whatever happens is up to fate and it’s completely out of his control. Also, after killing Tybalt, he calls himself “Fortune’s fool” and realizes he will be punished severely (3.1.142). Romeo is basically says he is a subject to the whims of fate. He thinks fate is playing around with him and not taking responsibility for what he himself did. However when he hears of Juliet’s “death” Romeo tries to “defy the stars” and kills himself (5.1.25).
‘Good Capulet, which name I tender as dearly as my own.’ The audience know the reason why Romeo won’t fight Tybalt, which is because Romeo and Juliet are now married. ‘The reason that I have to love thee.’ The audience know that Romeo must love Tybalt because they are now related. The other characters did not know about the wedding and are confused by what Romeo is saying. The dramatic irony in this scene makes it such an intense scene to watch. It is also a significant scene because it leads to Mercutio fighting Tybalt and Mercutios death.
Romeo is saying that he cannot believe in a God if they could take his beautiful wife from him. When the reader/audience interprets the thought of stars, the normal reactions are imagines of beauty, light, heaven, and other holy images. This perception of stars to the heavens is used by Juliet when she says, "When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars and he will make the face of heaven so fine that all the world will be in love with night and pay no worship to the garish sun." (Act II, Scene 2, Lines 20-25). This passage is also foreshadowing Romeo’s death later in the play.
I believe the answer is yes, and I will explain with examples later on. The next character to show a sign of jealousy is Othello, but his jealousy is awakened through the craftiness of Iago who is trying to make Othello believe his wife is cheating on him with Cassio. In these few lines Othello tries to say that he will not be jealous.”Why, why is this?/ Think’st thou I’ld make a life of jealousy,/ To follow still the changes of the moon/ With fresh suspicions? No; to be once in doubt/ Is once to be
Friar Laurence, Mercutio and Juliet are all embroiled in his love. Moreover, the love within Juliet was an overpowering force that caused her to make risky decisions and blinded her from her other emotions. Romeo’s and Juliet’s love is a catalyst for the impulsive decision characters make resulting in tragic consequences. Undoubtedly Romeo’s love for Juliet initiates a series of events that implicates Friar Laurence in his climacteric scheme of good intentions, not to mention his best friend Mercutio and Juliet his love. In the first place Friar Laurence was a strong element in theses events because he was one of Romeo’s most important friends and helped him marry Juliet.
When looking at the play Romeo and Juliet, it is made apparent that this love the characters speak of is just simply an illusion they have of love. Nonetheless, this illusionary love has a major effect on their character. Some characters jump quickly into what they believe is love and let it become a huge force of their life to the point where they change who they are and eventually let it take force of their life. Romeo and Juliet is known for its theme of love all around the world. It has a powerful focus on the intense passion between the character of Romeo and Juliet first sight of each other.
Shakespeare uses a contradiction of idea to really show weather Macbeth really loves her. ‘From this time such I account thy love’ The reader may feel that there love may fall apart or that she is thinking about what he has done and the affects. He is using a contradiction this is stating several ideas – which she thinks she has given more of her love and affection to this than he has, which in this instance is unusual as he is going to be king not her. Secondly, this shows how that lady Macbeth is desperate for the power which will come from this. Shakespeare shows how brutal
Romeo later leaves the party after knowing that Juliet is a Capulet and returns to find Juliet's balcony were Romeo releases many figurative language and imagery in the famous balcony scene to compare Juliet to a sun, and uses personification to kill an envious moon. Shakespeare reveals the theme "Beauty can say a thousand words", since Romeo and Juliet fell in love with each other’s beauty within a few hours of knowing each other. One example of Shakespeare use of metaphor to reveal the theme appears when Juliet goes outside to the balcony. In (Act ll, scene ll, line ) Shakespeare uses a metaphor to compare Juliet to the sun and an angel . The line, “But soft!