What are the motifs in The Romance of the Rose by Guillaume De Lorris?

Reason versus emotion is a recurring idea. In the action of the allegory, the narrator has to choose whether he wants to follow his head (common sense and wisdom, personified by Reason) or his emotions (the way of Courtly Love, personified by Cupid.) These two characters or attributes lay claims to the narrator and plead for his allegiance. In the case of Reason, who is personified as female, Reason offers herself as an alternative lady-love or even bride to the narrator.