Guilt & Blame: Who Is at Fault for the Deaths of Romeo & Juliet?
The whole Romeo and Juliet thing has got somewhat out of hand.
So I’m forced to intervene, as this age old saga rears its ugly head, yet again. Everyone knows of the great debate over this tale of love, lust and tragedy.
Well, it’s happened again. People are at loggerheads over who is to blame. The Capulets? The Montagues? Or one of those small characters in-between? On internet forums and online discussion sites there’s numerous Baz Lurhmann fans clamouring to add their opinion.
Admittedly, they’re quite well done. Of course, you have the odd drongo who couldn’t be bothered to give the matter any thought: Shakespeare’s fault, he wrote the play in the first place *smiley face*. But quite often you’ll come across a rare gem among the bad spelling and emoticons, someone with a lot of time on their hands, who have their arguments well thought out and well structured.
This brings us to the crux of the matter. Who is right? Which one of those numerous bloggers has it all figured out? Maybe we’ll never will get to the bottom of the matter, and thus dub it all Shakespeare’s fault.
As it is, in the end, a crime of passion, let’s start with the main suspects: Mummy and Daddy. As every romantic, love-struck teen will tell you, the Capulets and the Montagues didn’t realise that true love conquers all. If it wasn’t for their feud, our teen lovers wouldn’t be lying in a crypt. They should have put aside their differences long ago, and started wearing brightly coloured t-shirts with ‘Pick Flowers, Not Fights’ printed in bold on the front.
I’m sure middle-aged melancholics with families of their own would strongly disagree. While those dramatic Italians were wrong to drag out their argument for so long, to that the point no one knew what it was about, Romeo and Juliet were too young. They were too immature to have such a relationship, and didn’t think through decisions and consequences. They were annoyingly deluded, especially Romeo, who from the looks of
So I’m forced to intervene, as this age old saga rears its ugly head, yet again. Everyone knows of the great debate over this tale of love, lust and tragedy.
Well, it’s happened again. People are at loggerheads over who is to blame. The Capulets? The Montagues? Or one of those small characters in-between? On internet forums and online discussion sites there’s numerous Baz Lurhmann fans clamouring to add their opinion.
Admittedly, they’re quite well done. Of course, you have the odd drongo who couldn’t be bothered to give the matter any thought: Shakespeare’s fault, he wrote the play in the first place *smiley face*. But quite often you’ll come across a rare gem among the bad spelling and emoticons, someone with a lot of time on their hands, who have their arguments well thought out and well structured.
This brings us to the crux of the matter. Who is right? Which one of those numerous bloggers has it all figured out? Maybe we’ll never will get to the bottom of the matter, and thus dub it all Shakespeare’s fault.
As it is, in the end, a crime of passion, let’s start with the main suspects: Mummy and Daddy. As every romantic, love-struck teen will tell you, the Capulets and the Montagues didn’t realise that true love conquers all. If it wasn’t for their feud, our teen lovers wouldn’t be lying in a crypt. They should have put aside their differences long ago, and started wearing brightly coloured t-shirts with ‘Pick Flowers, Not Fights’ printed in bold on the front.
I’m sure middle-aged melancholics with families of their own would strongly disagree. While those dramatic Italians were wrong to drag out their argument for so long, to that the point no one knew what it was about, Romeo and Juliet were too young. They were too immature to have such a relationship, and didn’t think through decisions and consequences. They were annoyingly deluded, especially Romeo, who from the looks of