Introduction

Shakespeare is a master of his craft. He has cleverly positioned light and dark and love and hate in his characters' thoughts and words. He uses contrasting images to clearly describe the irony of the situations presented in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare also knows that in the absence of light there is darkness, and in the absence of love there is hatred. These images speak not only to what is present but also to what is absent.

Instructions

For this guided practice, identify the quotes as images of light and dark, or as themes of love and hate.