Teenage crushes are a big deal. They are so great a matter that “parents must not take [them] lightly or make fun of [them],”(Pickhardt). When teenagers are under the influence of crushes, they are under a lot of stress. Many authors and playwrights have shown this through their works, and Shakespeare is one of them. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare uses both romantic and identity crushes to show that parents should take teenage crushes seriously. The most commonly recognized crush is the romantic crush. Teenagers’ “Romantic crushes are formed by finding someone whom they find powerfully attractive, who they feel excited to be around, and with whom they want to spend a lot of time,” (Pickhardt). Romeo and Juliet were teens who felt a very …show more content…
. ./ In the meantime, against thou shalt awake,/ Shall Romeo by my letters know our drift,/ And hither shall he come, and he and I/ Will watch thy [waking,] and that very night/ Shall Romeo bear thee hence to Mantua . . ./ If no inconstant toy nor womanish fear/ Abate thy valor in the acting it,” (Shakespeare 4.1.94-100, 115-119, 121-122). Friar Lawrence was trusted by the Montagues, he was a friar after all. Though his intentions were in the right place, he failed to secure the safety of the child who looked up to him. Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet shows the highs of teenage crushes, but also how they are dangerous if not taken seriously by parents: “And Romeo dead, and Juliet, dead . . .” (Shakespeare 5.3.204). Romantic and identity crushes play a big part in deciphering the values the crusher likes in a person; however, “growth is advanced by this influential experience, most often for the good, but sometimes not. This is why parents need to pay attention to the crush relationship, not just leave it to their son or daughter and look the other way,”
Love, an intense feeling of deep affection. Love is dangerous, especially in Romeo and Juliet. Love can cause extremely impulsive decisions, such as Romeo and Juliet’s decision to get married. If they hadn’t of gotten married, they probably would not have died in the end. When you love someone, you dont think about the consequences you will end up facing in the future, which is much like teenagers today. Teenagers may think they’re in love and make stupid decisions like not listening to the more experienced people who have gone through all of the same issues. I think this because of several articles and Romeo and Juliet have confirmed my thoughts. They also inspired me to write this synthesis on Romeo and Juliet, and teenagers. Teenagers are
Teenage crushes are explored through the middle school and high school years. The two most important crushes are romantic and identity. Most of these crushes are seen as jokes by parents. However, experiencing these types of crushes ultimately lead to the discovery of one's true identity. Shakespeare uses romantic and identity crushes to show how parents need to take teenage crushes more serious.
In the play entitled Romeo and Juliet, two people named Romeo and Juliet fall in love with one another. They are obsessed with one another that they feel as if they should be together all the time regardless of the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Being obsessed with one another is a type of romantic crush, not an identity crush which is explained in the article Adolescence and the Teenage Crush. Not only does Shakespeare use romantic crushes in the play, but he also uses identity crushes in the play to show what may happen if parents do not pay close attention to their teens’ relationships.
In some instances Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is becoming more and more revelant in daily life. Expecially with depression and suicide because of love. For the boys and girls that do not feel the need to read or watch the story will never know Juliet and Romeo’s story and how it could affect their lives. Parents should look back through not only Shakespeare’s books and sonnets, but other classics. In many situations, when teens are expected to read Shakespeare's’ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, teens think that Shakespeare is pointless, however his stories help parents and officials learn about teen depression, love, and thoughts. Finally, the tragic story of Juliet and Romeo will forever play a part in the lives of teens all thanks to Shakespeare’s wonderful tragedies and
Throughout William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers fall in love. In the end, they kill themselves over one another. Between these two teenagers, only physical attraction was present. The “star-crossed” lovers faced many trials, and ultimately lost. The lack of Amor doomed Romeo and Juliet’s relationship.
The love story Romeo and Juliet is regarded worldwide as the pinnacle of western literature, but were the two in deep love, or were they hormonal teenagers infatuated with each other? William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet has attracted debate from opposition sides for centuries. Some claim that Romeo and Juliet were nothing but two melodramatic teenagers while others believed that everyone should aspire to their level of love. When utilizing Ann Lander’s article “Love and Infatuation” for definitions on love and infatuation, it becomes clearly apparent that the two were nothing but infatuated teenagers. Thus, it is irrefutable that the love story of Romeo and Juliet was actually
Midterm Extended Response Question How does Shakespeare use both romantic and identity crushes to show that parents should take teenage crushes seriously? Use text evidence from both sources to answer the question. In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare used many examples of romantic crushes and identity crushes. One of the things that he showed while using these were that all types of teenage crushes need to be taken seriously by the parents, and that teenagers need to tell the parents about them, otherwise it may not end up well as seen in Romeo and Juliet.
Its clear to see that Shakespeare uses both romantic and identity crushes in the story Romeo and Juliet but not only did Shakespeare show the different types of crushes but he revealed the danger of neglect through the main characters parents. He got his audience thinking through his plays. One might wonder if the parents neglect could have ultimately lead to the star crossed lovers death. The answer to that would of course be yes and those inactive parents could have done as little as taking their children's relationships seriously to have saved the doomed teenagers.
Approximate twenty percent of teenagers will experience depression. How would you deal loving someone that your family hates, or hate someone in your family who used it to hate, but now accept. These are experiences many teenagers are having to deal with today. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet illustrate how Juliet deals with love and Tybalt deals with anger; although these are strong emotions, they can be overcome with simple communication. Juliet is a thirteen year old girl who has found love with Romeo Montague, a son of the rival of her family,.
Most teenage relationships don’t last. Yes there may be that one couple that blows everyone away and stays together forever, but 9 times out of 10 teenage relationships don’t work out at all. Shakespeare portrays love in a different way though. Some, like Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, go out of hand. Making people do stuff no one should do.
An identity crush is someone who you look up to and want to be like, and try to be like them as much as possible. Romantic crushes are finding someone very attractive, who you get nervous around, or excited to see, and want to be with the majority of your time. Shakespeare uses both romantic and identity crushes to show that parents should take teenage crushes seriously. Parents should be able to talk with their kids and the kids should be open to talking about their crushes to their parents. The parent should be able to respect the teens decision and give them advice or make the child feel comfortable talking about this.
Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are the typical type when people think about teenagers. They see each other at first sight and are in love. This hasn’t happened before with Juliet but it certainly has with Romeo. For Romeo this isn’t the first, but second time he has fallen deeply in love with a girl. Romeo is a boy of depth.
A romantic crush is liking someone because of their appearance or personality. An identity crush is aspiring to be someone, not necessarily having feelings for that person. Shakespeare uses both romantic and identity crushes to show that parents should take teenage crushes seriously.
Romeo & Juliet is the classic story of love. The idea and message of love reverberates through the story, and because of the perfect writing by Shakespeare, it is often considered one of the greatest pieces of literature in history. Throughout the story, many people mistake true love for lust. It is one of the most commonly made mistakes with teenagers. Many people have mny different opinions and definitions of what true love is and in short, my definition of true love is this. Love is the loyal dedication to another that grows over time. And the definition of lust is the want or need for something. And with teenagers, there is often confusion between
The forcefulness of love in this book shows to be a romantic and desperate thing to the characters Romeo and Juliet. In the book, Shakespeare very well gives an example of how the decisions of people (let alone teenagers) can be greatly influenced by love. The characters Romeo and Juliet are clearly madly in love and determined to be together. The things love can do to the minds of people are very impressive. And this is shown by Shakespeare when he writes about how Juliet is asking Romeo to change his very name to help them have a better chance at love.