I would say that these are the two thesis statements best for a literary analysis essay on recurring themes in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet:
1. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare demonstrates that love comes in a variety of forms, be it romantic, familial, or between friends.
2. Shakespeare explores the struggle for identity through the character of Juliet in his play Romeo and Juliet.
The other theses aren't reoccurring in this play.
Answer: connotation
Explanation:
To answer this question, let us look at the definitions for each of the words given. All these definitions are shortened versions of <em>Oxford Languages </em>definitions.
✗ <u>descriptive</u> - serving or seeking to describe
✗ <u>genre</u> - a category of artistic composition
✓ <u>connotation</u> - an idea or feeling that a word invokes
✗ <u>denotation</u> - the literal or primary meaning of a word
The only word that talks about emotions linked to a word is your answer;
connotation
The piece of equipment that saves his life is in fact his woven mail shirt.
(Sources: http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projf981d/analysis.html)
