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• embedded within the societal network of the Montague family, his physical body is his own; his identity as a Montague is not a “hand, nor foot, / Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part / Belonging to a man.”
• When he sees her, he is again struck by her beauty, as he declares that she is “the sun.”
• After the feast ends, Romeo does not journey away from the Capulet’s house along with his friends.
• Juliet is so beautiful that she can transform the night into the day.
• she does not only ask why her love is a Montague, her family’s rival household; she asks why ("wherefore" means "why") he is “Romeo,” inviting the audience into a broader discussion about the power and purpose of naming and language in general. Can verbal expression truly rearrange bonds between individuals

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