Romeo and Juliet theme guide
Light begins as a way to reveal hidden feeling, then becomes the language of Romeo and Juliet’s idealised love. their secrecy, so “more light and light” also brings “more dark and dark” to their hopes.
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Juliet truly a symbol of hope, or does it make love more vulnerable? Romeo sees Juliet as “the sun”, yet the lovers depend on night to remain unseen, and each dawn pushes them apart. Could Shakespeare be suggesting that love shines most brightly when society refuses to let it exist openly?
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