The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a tragic love story written by playwright and poet William Shakespeare should be eliminated from the ninth grade curriculum because it is has a large impact on the students that read it. This piece of literature discusses topics such as influencing self harm, being disobedient and uncooperative with your parents, and young teens that are not able to tell the difference between love and lust because of their very young age categories.
To begin with, self harm is a very large problem that today's society has to deal with. Juliet felt as if she couldn’t find a solution to her problems so she threatened to kill herself if she did not receive the help she was looking forward to so that she could escape …show more content…
Due to instinct, parents always seem to choose what they think is best for you. Juliet, considering that her choice was more of a wise idea, ended in a tragedy. An article with the name Why Do I Fight With My Parents states, “...kids need this kind of protection and assistance because they aren't mature enough to take care of themselves and make careful decisions on their own.” (Lyness, 2). When ninth graders read they they will get the idea that disobeying your parents is a good thing, or something you can …show more content…
In the play we were told that Romeo was a bit older than Juliet but the age wasn’t said. Since Juliet was still very young she could have been under peer pressure to be in love only because Romeo was said to be. Juliet and Romeo both were not fully developed as adults so saying that they were in love so they could have confused their love for lust at first sight. Many ninth grade high school students may take this as a literal piece that you can control who you love and lust for and that, love is more important than anything else, even life.
Although there are some things in this play such as self harm, disobedience, and lust, this play also has some lessons that can influence the students to learn a lesson from the plot. All of these topics can show the students what it is like to be in love with someone at a young age and all of the consequences. It can make you think about how you don't want to be in the same tragedy as the characters in the play. Many of the students who read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet won’t want to make the same mistakes they did, and it helps us understand more of the olde english, and
To begin with, self harm is a very large problem that today's society has to deal with. Juliet felt as if she couldn’t find a solution to her problems so she threatened to kill herself if she did not receive the help she was looking forward to so that she could escape …show more content…
Due to instinct, parents always seem to choose what they think is best for you. Juliet, considering that her choice was more of a wise idea, ended in a tragedy. An article with the name Why Do I Fight With My Parents states, “...kids need this kind of protection and assistance because they aren't mature enough to take care of themselves and make careful decisions on their own.” (Lyness, 2). When ninth graders read they they will get the idea that disobeying your parents is a good thing, or something you can …show more content…
In the play we were told that Romeo was a bit older than Juliet but the age wasn’t said. Since Juliet was still very young she could have been under peer pressure to be in love only because Romeo was said to be. Juliet and Romeo both were not fully developed as adults so saying that they were in love so they could have confused their love for lust at first sight. Many ninth grade high school students may take this as a literal piece that you can control who you love and lust for and that, love is more important than anything else, even life.
Although there are some things in this play such as self harm, disobedience, and lust, this play also has some lessons that can influence the students to learn a lesson from the plot. All of these topics can show the students what it is like to be in love with someone at a young age and all of the consequences. It can make you think about how you don't want to be in the same tragedy as the characters in the play. Many of the students who read The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet won’t want to make the same mistakes they did, and it helps us understand more of the olde english, and