Romeo and Juliet: Night - Rejoice or Rebel?


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 to hide from the harsh reality of the
outside world. Juliet greatly yearns for the coming of night. "And bring in
cloudy night immediately. Spread thy close curtain..." (Shakespeare Act III
Scene ii:4-5) Juliet is very eager for night to come as she......

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