Romeo and Juliet was a play which involved two lover with an intimate relationship with death. The setting of this play takes place over a five-day period in Verona, Italy in 1593. Many times Shakespeare has used symbolism and foreshadowing to show what will happen to the lovers. Symbolism is a representation of one thing for another. And foreshadowing is an indication of what will happen afterwards. The main characters in the play are Romeo and …showed first 75 words of 1351 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1351 total…introduces with love at the end of the play to explain the workings of fate. The theme of hatred involves more than opposition of the two private families; because of the street brawls, because of the murderous intrigues of the two opposed parties, it involves the whole state. Romeo and Juliet, whose love would unite the two houses, are forced apart by quarrel which they seek to avoid (Dickey469). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Vik daxinfamous@aol.com