Light+and+Dark+Imagery

**__Light / Dark Imagery__** //Write about Shakespeare's use of light and dark imagery.//

__General Meanings__

Light and dark is a commonn theme that has been demonstrated throughout the play and the Light vs. Dark is an aspect of good vs. bad. (Jason Fromal)

Light and Dark represents good and bad and can also represent opposites. Light is good and Dark is bad while Light is pure and Dark is corrupted. (Harrison Butker) They both are completely opposite colors and do not go well with eachother. (Harrison Butker)

Light stands for everything positive or good, while dark is bad or negative. I think the reason Shakespeare puts this theme in his play is because Romeo and Juliet's love is both good and bad. -ryan

In Act 5 there is a lot of different people with different knowledge of what is happening at the churchyard. Some people carried torches or lanterns, giving them light, and some people hid in the shadows giving them darkness. All three people without any light source ended up dead. Romeo entered the tomb alone, Juliet was already there, and Paris was weeping by himself in front of the tomb. All the people with torches, the guards, Paris' page, Friar Lawrence, and Balthasar all lived through because they had the light. (Zander)

__Quote Collection__ Act 1 Scene 5 Line 137 "My only love sprung from my only hate! (Harrison Butker)

In the bird imagery swan vs. crow (light vs. dark) (Jason Fromal)

Recurring Themes and Images (Harrison Butker)