Light in Darkness
Light in darkness – this is the image that constantly recurs in Romeo and Juliet. "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright...Verona, Italy
Many of the scenes take place in the streets of Verona, where the young men of the Capulet and Montague families hang out and get into fights wi...Though all works of literature present the author’s point of view, they don’t all have a narrator or a narrative voice that ties together and presents the story. This particular piece o...
Tragedy
Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy. But for the first two acts, it doesn’t seem like a tragedy. It unfolds like a classic comedy: dirty jokes,...Romantic, Passionate, Violent
"Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love," Romeo says at the play’s beginning, and the dynamics of extreme e...Epic, Passionate, Poetic
From the Prologue we know Shakespeare wants to make this play a big deal. Besides the fact that he employs the Greek tragedy-esque Cho...This title is pretty much as self-explanatory as titles get. Although some might wonder why it’s not "Juliet and Romeo."