The selection of medium (written version vs. visual image) mostly affects the understanding of a theme. This is because the creator could create a detailed explanation using written medium but not with the visual image medium<span>. But, it all depends on the readers' knowledge to interpret the medium itself.</span>
I would say that the principle means of characterization employed by the author is dialogue. Since Romeo and Juliet is a play, everything we know actually comes from the conversations, be it a dialogue, or a monologue.
It was finally D-day. We were super excited to be visiting the 'R-Zoo' as it was called ('R' for Radioactive). The zoo was the only one of its kind, with its main attraction being its extremely fierce radioactive alligator. That is precisely where we were headed first. As soon as we entered the somewhat dimly lit cavern, we could hear a roar from the crowd, with a preceding crackling sound, something that resembled a burst of lightning and the sharp wham of something very heavy falling onto the ground. It was a huge banyan tree that was lying horizontally at the edge of the water. At first, we didn't notice anything much except the brown wooden log and the glistening water. It was only when the log started moving that we could make out <em>what</em> was moving it - a huge, menacing, scaly creature with jaws powerful enough to hurl the heavy tree out of the water, laser-like eyes glinting with anger at probably being disturbed out of its reverie, and a body that seemed to be emitting sparks at regular intervals, igniting the dry leaves that came in its way.
The impacts of El Nino last 9-12 months but are most heavily felt during Winter. The term El Nino refers to the climate cycle that affects the countries in temperature latitudes, and that is characterized by temperature increase in the ocean, and rainfall due to stormy weather, make a shift to the East.