Shakespeare Represents The Young Couple In Romeo And Juliet
Ah, Young Love...
A Discussion on how well Shakespeare Represents the Young Couple
Many teens nowadays can sit down and criticize how everything looks. Weather it’s themselves or each other, teenagers have a talent in being judgemental. Teenagers criticize how other teenagers look, when reading novels or watching plays or movies. They’ll say, “That’s not how teenagers act, at all.” It’s a horrible thing though, when you take a look at the young couple in Romeo and Juliet. They do act just like teens from today, minus the heavy accent and correct usage of large words, the couple acts exactly how a couple from today’s age would act.
Romeo is pretty much your typical guy. He is head over heels in love with Rosaline. But when he is about to take his life because of her, he meets Juliet, daughter of the Capulets. Like a typical teenage boy, Romeo leaves his fantasies of Rosaline behind and says that he is in love with Juliet instead. In this way, the teen is much more like a guy from today. He can love someone so deeply and suddenly pick up and leave for someone completely different and, not to mention, his “enemy”. Romeo is a perfect example of the youth of today. …show more content…
With her being the daughter of a Capulet, surely she would marry into another rich family. Nope! She denies a marriage to Paris and goes for a mystery man that she met at a party, just because he was hot and they made out. Just like a typical teenager. When a guy comes to you and uses all the right words and actions, the teenage girl can forget about her own personal good, just so that she can focus on the boy. Juliet forgets that she needs to marry rich and that arranged marriages were the thing back then. The gives up everything, including her own life, just because she fell in love with a boy at a
A Discussion on how well Shakespeare Represents the Young Couple
Many teens nowadays can sit down and criticize how everything looks. Weather it’s themselves or each other, teenagers have a talent in being judgemental. Teenagers criticize how other teenagers look, when reading novels or watching plays or movies. They’ll say, “That’s not how teenagers act, at all.” It’s a horrible thing though, when you take a look at the young couple in Romeo and Juliet. They do act just like teens from today, minus the heavy accent and correct usage of large words, the couple acts exactly how a couple from today’s age would act.
Romeo is pretty much your typical guy. He is head over heels in love with Rosaline. But when he is about to take his life because of her, he meets Juliet, daughter of the Capulets. Like a typical teenage boy, Romeo leaves his fantasies of Rosaline behind and says that he is in love with Juliet instead. In this way, the teen is much more like a guy from today. He can love someone so deeply and suddenly pick up and leave for someone completely different and, not to mention, his “enemy”. Romeo is a perfect example of the youth of today. …show more content…
With her being the daughter of a Capulet, surely she would marry into another rich family. Nope! She denies a marriage to Paris and goes for a mystery man that she met at a party, just because he was hot and they made out. Just like a typical teenager. When a guy comes to you and uses all the right words and actions, the teenage girl can forget about her own personal good, just so that she can focus on the boy. Juliet forgets that she needs to marry rich and that arranged marriages were the thing back then. The gives up everything, including her own life, just because she fell in love with a boy at a