Depression In Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespeare’s play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the idea of suicide is expressed constantly because the two teens’ forbidden love caused problems and depression for both of them. Depression is not the only reason teens commit suicide. Depression is often why teens commit suicide, but teens that have committed suicide always have a deeper cause of their depression.
Love is a topic commonly talked about in Shakespeare’s plays. A great example is the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. Like a lot today’s teens Romeo and Juliet got into a relationship that their families did not approve of, resulting in their deaths, “And Romeo dead; and Juliet, dead before, Warm and new killed,” (Shakespeare v.3.196-197). Their story is not unlike the real life …show more content…
In the play Romeo and Juliet when Montage offers to build a statue of Juliet to remember and honor her, “For I will raise her statue in pure gold, that while Verona by that name is known there shall no figure at such rate be set as that of true and faithful Juliet,” (Shakespeare 5.3.310-313). When someone had a relationship with someone who commits suicide, it leaves them with a completely different feeling. When someone had some sort of connection to a person who committed suicide, it can take a toll on him or her. Riley Winters was a girl who would always smile and was always cheerful, but something had changed when a girl, who had shared mutual friends with Riley, and a boy, who was in her Christian youth group, both committed suicide. All around her suicide was spreading and watching all of it happen was just devastating. Soon Riley could not take it and decided to end her own life. This is not the usual kind of peer pressure people hear about, but it is the worst kind of peer