Question

In at least 100 words, identify a motif from Romeo and Juliet and then explain what it means and how it supports the theme of "love."

Answer 1

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1. Light

When Romeo initially sees Juliet, he compares her immediately to the brilliant light of the torches and tapers that illuminate Capulet's great hall: "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" . Juliet is the light that frees him from the darkness of his perpetual melancholia. "The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars and As daylight doth a lamp"

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Answer 2

Motif: Love as way of freedom .

The way Juliet describes her love for Romeo is expressed trough this quote: "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite."

In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet the freedom to choose  couple to marry is explored. The youth and the liberal elements of the Renaissance society, elevated that right as main. It was one of the most seductive and powerful motifs of the Renaissance, which led to considering love as the sole moral basis of marriage, replacing the spurious material interest of the patriarchal age, that's why the story is about the freedom found in love.