One of the main catalysts of Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” are powerful, uncontrollable emotions; love, hate, anger, infatuation and indignation are all apparent in the play and have a direct impact on the tragic events that unfold. In act one, scene two, the strongest emotions conveyed are those of despair, love and sincerity. Shakespeare uses imagery, figurative language, and powerful vocabulary to convey these emotions to the audience. Shakespeare uses dark and light imagery throughout the play to represent death, violence, sadness, and secrecy. In Act One, Scene Two, Shakespeare uses dark imagery to express Romeo's sadness. Montague describes Romeo as creating an "artificial night" which seems to reflect his dark and depressed mood. However, in Act Two, Scene Two, the mood is more optimistic overall and Shakespeare uses a lot of bright imagery, particularly when Romeo is describing Juliet. When he first sees her on the balcony, he compares her to the sun. This clearly expresses Romeo's passion for Juliet, as the sun is a giver of life, a brilliant source of light and has connotations of happiness and joy, which greatly contrasts with Romeo's previous melancholy. Additionally, Romeo exclaims that Juliet's eyes and cheeks are "shining" and later calls her a "shining angel", which suggests the strength of his admiration for her – to him, she is more of a light divine or spiritual; a glimmer of hope.Shakespeare emphasizes the optimism of the scene by using language that creates positive connotations of darkness - to contrast the depressive connotations of Act One, Scene Two. Romeo is grateful for the "night cloak" which allows him to visit Juliet in secret without being captured and killed by the guards. This notion is developed later in the play: Romeo and Juliet meet primarily at night while the main acts of violence occur during the day. this manipulation of stereotypical images, combined with the feeling of contrasting and contradictory emotions. Finally, I believe that the strongest emotion that Shakespeare conveys to the audience is the strength of Romeo's love. This is because he uses a very wide range of devices to represent this emotion; dark and light images, oxymorons, hyperboles, metaphors and similes.