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Romeo And Juliet: Night - Rejoice Or Rebel? - Research Paper

Romeo And Juliet: Night - Rejoice Or Rebel?

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Night can be seen in two contrasting ways. The first can be summarized
as a time for celebration and love. The second, and most commonly associated
with night, is a time of darkness and horror. Two shining examples of the
different emotions and reactions brought on by darkness are the books Night by
Elie Wiesel and Romeo and Juliet by well-known author, William Shakespeare. In
Romeo and Juliet night has a positive image, a welcomed time for love,
protection and exchanging of covenants, while in Night the image is portrayed in
a negative way, a time for fear, suffering, and death.
Night in the great romances is a greeted time of romance and in
Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet a time ...

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of vows. "Lady, by
yonder, blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver all these fruit tree tops --
-". (Shakespeare Act II Scene ii:106-107) After Romeo's vow Juliet later
promises during the welcomed night to be loyal to him throughout his life.
Under the cloak of darkness she is unafraid to pledge, "And all my fortunes at
thy foot I'll lay, And follow thee my lord throughout the world." (Shakespeare
Act II Scene ii:146-147)
Night has a third important role of protecting Romeo at first when he
trespasses to the Capulet Mansion and later when Romeo, then banished, meets
Juliet for the final time. "I have night's cloak to hide me from their
eyes..." (Shakespeare Act II Scene ii:74)
Night, although it can be a time of love and happiness, can also be the
complete opposite --- fear, suffering, and death. Elie Wiesel uses
stunning, vivid descriptions to show the readers the negative side of night,
the side probably most metaphorically associated with night. Night can ...

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Added: 9/22/2004 11:54:29 PM
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