Authors use motifs to deliver the theme to the authors more effectively. In this story Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare used haste, time, and light and dark imagery as a motif to prove the theme of individual versus society. First, Shakespeare used haste as a motif to prove the theme of individual versus society. For example, Romeo and Juliet both committed suicide because Romeo didn’t got the message from friar Balthasar because of his hasty departure (Shakespeare, 5.1). This shows that after they realized that they had to overcome so many obstacles in order to stay together in Earth, one of the fasted way to stay with their lovers forever was committing suicide; on Earth they had to overcome their family and their expectations before they
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For example, Romeo kills Tybalt after Tybalt kills Mercutio (Shakespeare, 3.1). This shows that individual who wants to get something from the society has to give up something; as Romeo kills Tybalt for the revenge for his friend Mercutio who’s dead because of Tybalt which is against the law, Romeo is kicked out of Verona and had to say a farewell to his lover. This also shows that you have to seek for the right timing in order to achieve something through againsting society; by killing Tybalt after the Prince has announced that anyone who starts the fight will be put to death which is a bad timing, he had to lose something and it led to a failure of his plan; achieving love with Juliet and get free from standards and expectations of the society. For another example, Lord Capulet forces Juliet to marry Paris (Shakespeare, 4.1). This shows that trials can come constantly if you are againsting society; after they got secretly married, Juliet’s cousin dies and she had to say farewells to Romeo because he got kicked out from Verona and now she is forced to marry another person even though she’s married to Romeo. This also shows that there might be some pressions from society and might not get agreements of your action when you are againsting them such as Juliet’s family forcing her to marry another guy instead of Romeo. For these reasons, Shakespeare, author of Romeo and Juliet used the
For example, Romeo kills Tybalt after Tybalt kills Mercutio (Shakespeare, 3.1). This shows that individual who wants to get something from the society has to give up something; as Romeo kills Tybalt for the revenge for his friend Mercutio who’s dead because of Tybalt which is against the law, Romeo is kicked out of Verona and had to say a farewell to his lover. This also shows that you have to seek for the right timing in order to achieve something through againsting society; by killing Tybalt after the Prince has announced that anyone who starts the fight will be put to death which is a bad timing, he had to lose something and it led to a failure of his plan; achieving love with Juliet and get free from standards and expectations of the society. For another example, Lord Capulet forces Juliet to marry Paris (Shakespeare, 4.1). This shows that trials can come constantly if you are againsting society; after they got secretly married, Juliet’s cousin dies and she had to say farewells to Romeo because he got kicked out from Verona and now she is forced to marry another person even though she’s married to Romeo. This also shows that there might be some pressions from society and might not get agreements of your action when you are againsting them such as Juliet’s family forcing her to marry another guy instead of Romeo. For these reasons, Shakespeare, author of Romeo and Juliet used the