“Romeo and Juliet”, a history of two lovers who deal with the difficulties of time, is one of the richest textual records of human history. Shakespeare one of the astonishing western writers, creatively and smartly tell us a story of two lovers who aimed to break a negative practice of a society, they aimed to break a taboo. Although changing a society does require a long range of change and reform. Romeo and Juliet, two brave teenagers, aimed to break the chain of taboo by getting married despite their families did not have consent on the issue. This story remains of such a change in Afghanistan. In this paper I would briefly describe the possible social impact of “Romeo and Juliet” story on the issue of breaking taboos in a society.
At the very beginning of the story, Shakespeare describes the conflict between two families and the situation on how Romeo and Juliet first meet each other. Despite Juliet is young with not sufficient life experience, she aimed to follow her heart rather than following the norms of her society. If we analyze the story in depth we can conclude that she proclaimed her anger to this issue by committing, so called, social sin.
If we compare Juliet situation with today’s Afghanistan, one can find many …show more content…
The fear of breaking taboo is one of the major concerns of many societies that those practices and cultures may cause them with devastating consequences. Afghanistan, a country with high rate of self-immolation and suicide among women is a relatively good example to show the scarifies of women to break the chain of taboo, which caused them life with no happiness. The story for me has three major issues relevant to current situation of Afghanistan. Force marriage, suicide and self-immolation, and standing against negative forces of society are the three main themes I found relevant to current
At the very beginning of the story, Shakespeare describes the conflict between two families and the situation on how Romeo and Juliet first meet each other. Despite Juliet is young with not sufficient life experience, she aimed to follow her heart rather than following the norms of her society. If we analyze the story in depth we can conclude that she proclaimed her anger to this issue by committing, so called, social sin.
If we compare Juliet situation with today’s Afghanistan, one can find many …show more content…
The fear of breaking taboo is one of the major concerns of many societies that those practices and cultures may cause them with devastating consequences. Afghanistan, a country with high rate of self-immolation and suicide among women is a relatively good example to show the scarifies of women to break the chain of taboo, which caused them life with no happiness. The story for me has three major issues relevant to current situation of Afghanistan. Force marriage, suicide and self-immolation, and standing against negative forces of society are the three main themes I found relevant to current