Throughout the play there is a contrast between light and dark images. Rosaline becomes associated with darkness and Juliet with lightness. The imagery of light is illustrated by such comparisons as Juliet’s beauty to the brightness of ‘torches’, ‘ jewels’ , and a ‘snowy dove’. The white key colour symbolises Juliet’s purity. The first conversation between Romeo and Juliet uses religious overtone to clearly imply that
Throughout the play there is a contrast between light and dark images. Rosaline becomes associated with darkness and Juliet with lightness. The imagery of light is illustrated by such comparisons as Juliet’s beauty to the brightness of ‘torches’, ‘ jewels’ , and a ‘snowy dove’. The white key colour symbolises Juliet’s purity. The first conversation between Romeo and Juliet uses religious overtone to clearly imply that