Romeo And Juliet
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Romeo And Juliet
Four hundred years ago, William Shakespeare wrote The Tragedy of Romeo and
Juliet, a popular play that continues to capture the imagination and emotions of
people around the world. The drama portrays the passionate, violent and often
desperate lives of the youth of Verona. Even today, the tragedy resembles a
blueprint of the problems that the adolescents of the twentieth century must
face each day. In this play, Shakespeare explores the pitfalls of young love,
and the consequences they receive from their actions. They explained their love
to be true love and they knew that they had to be together, even though their
families were enemies and it was truly forbidden for the two of them to marry.
The whole idea of love in Romeo's and Juliet's thoughts was totally
misunderstood, and they demonstrated in many sections of the play that they
truly did not know what true love was. In this play, Shakespeare shows that love
can cause and finish anything, even love that is not honestly discovered. The
influence of parents played a major part in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. To
start with, the general situation is rather like a family conflict. The feud
between the Capulets and the Montagues had been passed down through the
generations, until the youngest child had been planted with the seeds of hate.
From the beginning of the play, it is learned that the Capulet's held the
decisive judgement of what Juliet's future would have in store. "But saying
o'er what I have said before. My child is yet a stranger in the world. She hath
not seen the change of fourteen years. Let two more summers wither in their
pride Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride." (I,ii,7-11) This
demonstrates Capulet's intent of choosing Juliet's husband. Romeo and Juliet
kept their relationship secret from the start, in fear that their love affair
would be rejected by their feuding families. That is what led to the death of
both lovers. Had they held a more open relationship, eventually, both families
would have accepted it. However, considering the circumstances, the street brawl
and the later death of Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet felt that their parents would
not have been able to understand the love between the two youths. In today's
society, youth are constantly advocating the change from total dependence on
family, to their own independence. Young people often think they know better
than their parents, often believing that instead of helping them, they are only
punishing them. ...
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