How Does Shakespeare Present Low In Romeo And Juliet

The motif of high vs. low in the William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet emphasizes how the secrecy of forbidden love has dreadful consequences. The author use youth vs. age imagery to show the emotional extremely that Romeo and Juliet toward one another thought the play.

In the story William Shakespeare Romeo AND Juliet the use the motif of high vs. low. There are two balcony scenes, the long one on the night of Romeo and Juliet's first meeting, and a very brief one the morning the lovers last see each other alive. In the first Romeo speaks as though he would fly up to Juliet; in the second, Juliet speaks as though he has fallen into a pit from which he may never return. In addition to these striking stage-pictures, the contrast between high and low is often made metaphorically. When Romeo sees Juliet at her window, he said but soft what LIGHT through yonder window breaks it is the east and Juliet means then sun Act 2 Scene 2 and 3. After telling her the arrangements he has made to marry Juliet, Romeo tells the Nurse that within an hour she is to meet his servant, who will

Juliet, looking down at him, says methinks is see thee now thou art below as one dead in the bottom of the tomb either my eyesight fails or thou looks pale Act 3 scene 1 55-57. Carrying the body of Paris into Juliet's grave, Romeo says, ill bury thee is triumph grave scene 3 act 5 83, then Romeo sees Juliet and say A grave O no a lantern lightered youth. For here lies Juliet and her beauty makes the vault a feasting presence full of light act 5 scene 3 84-85. A "lantern" is a turret room with many windows through which the light can shine, and a "feasting presence" is a reception chamber in which festivals are held. For Romeo, Juliet's presence transforms the dark, gloomy, underground grave into its opposite -- a room high in the air, full of light and