... Nurse describes Romeo's physical appearance. This echoes Mercutio's earlier description of Roseline. She pauses because a black cat is sitting on the sundial and starts saying "Lord, how my head aches ) The cat is representing bad luck thus over shadows the young lovers' wedding. Juliet is unaware of the black cat and get hold of the Nurse's hand, seats her on the bench again while saying ... her lines. The Nurse and Juliet spends the last part of the scene on the bench talking merrily. Both should exit to opposite parts of the stage. The black cat should jump off the sundial and exit f...

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... this was done deliberatly by Poe so that the reader can make a connection between darkness and death. For example, in the "Pit and the Pendulum", the setting is originally pitch black. As the story unfolds, we see how the setting begins to play an important role in how the narrator discovers the many ways he may die. Although he must rely ... coldness up until the point that you die. he could bring no comfort to his wife the only actual warmth he could give her was from their pet cat. they had a long haired cat at the time that he would lay across her body to offer at least some sort of...

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