0:10 daggers and swords symbolize the external force of violence in Romeo and Juliet weapons are representations of masculinity rage hatred and sometimes sexuality their symbolic meaning is mostly constructed in scenes involving a large group of people such as the servants fight Mercutio and Tybalt fight and Romeo and Tybalt fight plants and poisons as Friar Lawrence tells the audience have either medicinal or poisonous qualities in this way plants to
0:41 symbolize humanity a plant's goodness like people's can be dominated by its evil nature Romeo and Juliet for instance are virtuous loyal honourable and kind but their passionate nature also corrupts their purity Romeo allows his passions to take him over when he kills Tybalt and Paris when Juliet gives in to her passions she becomes deceitful with her family having lost their internal struggle to the negative side of their natures they can only come to a tragic end their love
1:13 is ultimately poisonous to them the Sun and Moon symbolize constancy and fickleness the sun's regular rising and setting are a reminder of how people's love should be manifested moderately the moon however waxes and wanes making it a suitable opposite for the Sun Romeo and Juliet's classic scene takes place in moonlight with Juliet on a balcony and Romeo below Romeo says Juliet is like the Sun and when he tries to swear on
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