Importance of the Night in William Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet :: Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet

Importance of the Night in Romeo and Juliet         Night nominate be seen in two contrasting ways.  The first notify be summarized as a duration for celebration and love.  The second, and most commonly associated with dark, 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 banish way,  a time for fear, suffering, and death.         Night in the great romances is a greeted time of romance and in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet a time to hide from the harsh veracity of the outside world.  Juliet greatly yearns for the coming of night.  And bring in cloudy night immediately.& nbsp Spread thy close curtain... (Shakespeare Act III facet ii4-5)  Juliet is really eager for night to come as she uses the word immediately, which is very bullocky and demanding.  Her true love, Romeo, is also associated with night.  Come, night, come Romeo, come thou day in night. (Shakespeare Act III fit ii17)         Shakespeare uses night also as a time for exchanging of vows.  Lady, by yonder, blessed moon I vow,  That tips with specie all these fruit tree tops -- -. (Shakespeare Act II thought ii106-107)  After Romeos vow Juliet later promises during the welcomed night to be faithful to him throughout his life. Under the cloak of darkness she is unafraid to pledge, And all my fortunes at thy foot Ill lay,   And follow thee my lord throughout the world. (Shakespeare Act II Scene ii146-147)         Night has a third important role of defend Romeo at first when he trespasses to th e Capulet Mansion and later when Romeo, then banished, meets Juliet for the utmost time.  I have nights cloak to hide me from their eyes... (Shakespeare Act II Scene ii74)         Night, although it can be a time of love and happiness, can also be the complete opposite --- fear, suffering, and death.  Elie Wiesel uses stunning, vivid descriptions to show the readers the ban side of night,