Dating In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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

Juliet and Lord Capulet at first have a caring relationship but soon after Tybalt’s death this changes. It was planned that she would marry Paris when she was fifteen but after her cousin’s death, the marriage is brought forward. In Shakespearean times, it is not unusual for girls to have marriages arranged by their parents and also to

In the book Romeo and Juliet, two young people fall in love and end up getting married in the first week they meet, and eventually end up killing themselves over each other. The problem with this is that they have only known eachother for barely a week which means that they don’t know a whole lot about eachother so they are just basing their love life on their physical appearance. In this little time together having to avoid their parents seeing them together because their family hates each others guts, Romeo and Juliet do not have a lot of time together to get to know the real them. The difference between physical attraction and dating is that dating is where you know each other well and don’t just date them because of their looks. Physical Attraction is where you just met someone and you think that they look good and you think that you would date the person.

In order to understand Romeo and Juliet, it must be remembered that these two heralds of love were little more than children. In Renaissance England, the category of adolescence was not recognized (Cox 391). A person went from childhood to adulthood without the liberty that is allowed to modern adolescents. Nowadays, the teenage years are accepted as a turbulent period in which defiance of authority and assertion of "self" are not only allowed, but also expected. Adults explain away even the most inexplicable behavior of teenagers as "just a phase". However, as this was not done in Shakespeare’s England, both Romeo and Juliet were expected to take on the roles of adults, and were chastised for their refusal to enter in the adult world as their parents would have them. Juliet is first presented to the audience as a young woman who has come to marrying age: “Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, / Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, / Are made already mothers…Thus then in brief: / The valiant Paris seeks you for his love”(1.3.69-74). Juliet is presented with the idea of marrying Paris with

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.

Marriage in the Renaissance was dramatically different than that of today. Generally, marriage was used for personal gain, such as a gain of wealth or social status or for sexual pleasure. The idea of marrying for love and happiness was infrequent, but not inexistent in the Renaissance. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers share a passionate and powerful love that was rare in the time period, which resulted their tragic demise. Romeo’s irrational actions, such as going to the Capulet’s party, killing Tybalt, and his own obsession with love drives Juliet’s and his own suicide.

The emotion of love is an incredibly complex feeling, as displayed in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare.

In Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo & Juliet’, the 13-year-old protagonist is faced with the tempting idea of forbidden love. The true factor, which inevitably leads to Juliet’s demise, was her lack of experience in love, life, and marriage. Juliet’s lack in experience was what brought her to meet her end. But problems always originate from how one was raised, brought up, and grown into the world by surrounding adults.

The love that Romeo and Juliet had was very intense they weren’t supposed to be together because of family feud. The capulets and montagues are two different families that have different things that aren 't common on each other. Due to this Romeo and Juliet are conscious that what they have can 't happen but true love can cause people to take many risk. For example Romeo and Juliet can’t be together but they can decide to be together without there parents knowing that they feel in love and that they are planning to get married without their parents permission because their love is more important than what their families think about the difference and

"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare and the movie "Rudy" directed by David Anspaugh share the theme of individual desired versus society's norms. This narrative will explain what the two have in common, and why the theme is still around today. "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet" has the theme of individual desires versus society's norms. Romeo and Juliet do not have a big wedding celebration, although they come from wealthy families. This is breaking society's norm of wealthy family's having a big wedding ceremony, versus Romeo and Juliet having a very small one.

A lot of families have a lot of different ways they raise their children. While some parents are laid back and let children make their own mistakes, a lot of parents want to make sure their child does what they are supposed to do. Dating is a sensitive topic for teenagers, because a lot of what they do and how they act can be influenced by who their with. Letting teenagers make their own choices can be beneficial to them, but can also hurt them. Being around certain bad influences in a teens life can be long-term changes. Parents should have the right to control who their child dates.

In modern times Romeo and Juliet is irrelevant due to the fact that society has changed. We are more technologically advanced, also social status does not decide to whom a person can marry, and as well as people are not as cultural suppressed as in Shakespeare’s time. Modern society is light years away from the closed minded ways of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This story does not correctly depict life lessons in modern times. It is very outdated and old fashioned to say the

The life and struggles of a modern teenager are very similar to that of a teenager who lived in the 1300s. Although this statement may seem inaccurate, if you really look at the struggles Romeo and Juliet faced, and common struggles today, you may find this statement to be very true. Romeo and Juliet is a romantic tragedy play set in 1300s. Shakespeare clearly gives the age of Juliet by having her father, Capulet say “She hath not seen the change of fourteen years” (Romeo and Juliet 1.2.9), leading to the conclusion she is 13. Although Shakespeare doesn’t come right out and say how old Romeo is, it is assumed is not much older than Juliet. Romeo and Juliet met and “fell in love” instantly, even though their parents were feuding with each other. This can be similar to a circumstance today where you might see someone at a party and have a “love at first sight”, “sparks and rainbows” moment. So, I believe Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet transcends time by addressing the issues of change in love, love of beauty, and reckless love, themes that modern teenagers face.

Social norms differ greatly between now and the age of Romeo and Juliet. The two young lovers would have thought it completely normal to marry at such a young age as they did. Juliet’s own mother said it herself, with the words “Well, think of marriage now. Younger than you / Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, / Are made already mothers” (I.iii.75-77). At only thirteen years of age, a girl today may dream of marrying, but would not actually plan on marriage until she grew much older. However, many young girls in fourteenth-century Italy had already found husbands, and some had even had children. Also, many families arranged their children’s marriages, and rarely did men and women marry for love, as Romeo and Juliet decided to. This went against the social norm, but the two did not care, because they had fallen in love and wanted to stay together forever.

It’s easy to see how Romeo and Juliet are still relevant in today’s society. Of course, it may be true that the language is quite confusing, it doesn’t change the meaning of their words. Moreover, just because arranged marriages are not a normal practice in America doesn’t mean the larger issues presented in Shakespeare’s tragic tale are not. So, from the forbidden love to the instability in youth to feuding, this 400 plus year old play is still relevant in today’s society. In fact, considering our track record, I’m willing to bet it always will