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  • What do the characters in Romeo and Juliet strive to express?
    The purity of their love
  • How does the play link opposed terms?
    To show love is shadowed by its opposite
  • What metaphor does Romeo use to describe Juliet's beauty?
    She hangs upon the cheek of night
  • How does Juliet compliment Romeo's beauty?
    By contrasting it with the wings of night
  • What does brightness in the play symbolize?
    It is linked to darkness and hatred
  • What is significant about Romeo and Juliet's wedding night?
    It is also their last moment together
  • What does the tomb symbolize in the play?
    It is where they come together, not a home
  • What does the phrase "all things change them to the contrary" imply?
    Life's nature opposes their love
  • How does rhyme function in Romeo and Juliet?
    It emphasizes pairs and couples
  • What are the fourteen-line rhyming poems called?
    Sonnets
  • What do the sonnets in the play emphasize?
    It is about romantic ideals
  • How does Shakespeare modernize the sonnet form in the play?
    By allowing Juliet to share the poem
  • What imagery do Romeo and Juliet use to describe their love?
    Stars, moons, and suns
  • What does the imagery of stars signify in the play?
    It reflects their tragic fate
  • How is Romeo's view of Juliet expressed?
    Juliet is the sun
  • What does Juliet imagine about Romeo?
    He is cut out in little stars
  • What does the term "star-crossed" imply?
    Their fate is predetermined and tragic
  • How does the language of stars change throughout the play?
    It shifts from love to tragic fate
  • What does the final speech about the sun signify?
    The sun will not show his head for sorrow
  • How does the language of the lovers contrast with that of Mercutio?
    The lovers' language is romantic, Mercutio's is aggressive
  • What type of jokes do Mercutio and Romeo exchange?
    Sexual jokes with verbal aggression
  • What leads to Mercutio's death?
    Verbal aggression with sexual overtones
  • How does Mercutio respond to Tybalt's word "consort"?
    He takes it as a punning accusation
  • What role does humor play in Mercutio's character?
    It traps him into his tragic fate