Romeo And Juliet Falling In Love

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Does Romeo and Juliet sound familiar? References of Romeo and Juliet are well-known throughout the world. It has been the inspiration for songs, movies, poems, stories, etc... It has been portrayed in various ways and yet the depth of the story is unfamiliar to many people. A common perception of the “star cross’d lovers of Verona”, is that it is unpretentiously thought to be a love story, of a young couple who committed suicide at the despair of their rivaling families. It’s a crude grasp on an ample cognizance. When the play is read and then analyzed the deeper aspects are conceded. It is acknowledged that William Shakespeare was far from being solely a hopeless romantic. In the following paragraphs a few greater meanings of the play will …show more content…
The following content does not express that you shouldn’t love someone, just because it doesn’t fit into the standards of convention, but it does imply that one should always consider the consequences, those being favorable or disadvantageous, and how it affects others. Romeo persona comes off as a troubled person, his relationship with Juliet is not what causes his dismay and fatal self-destruction. Before he even met her, he was already miserable, and many question if Rosaline was even the cause of that. Romeo was simply a dispirited, young juvenile. Juliet on the other hand, is simply naive. She is younger than Romeo, and although she has more enthusiastic view on life, she’s too immature to know what she truly desires. She is merely a privileged child incapable and forced into making difficult decisions. Romeo and Juliet’s fiasco created a large turmoil and eventually led to it ending in their suicides. After meeting for the first time, they find out that their families are sworn enemies. Juliet finds herself being attracted to Romeo, since meeting at the ball, but is conflicted after finding out the truth about Romeo, and the family name he bears. Juliet expresses her frustration to her nurse, and says that “[her] only love [has] sprung from [her] only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known to late! Prodigious birth of love it is to [her]. That [she] must love a loathed …show more content…
He was fervent and filled with tormented infatuation. First he demonstrated that with Rosaline and then with Juliet. When the surface is examined deeper, it is clear that Romeo coveted “feelings” conceivably too deeply and when someone who showed a slightest, romantic, allure such as Juliet, entered his life, his addiction to zeal became too overbearing. His suicide does not come as a surprise to many. Since the beginning of the play, Romeo carried a complicated, pessimistic, and depressed soul. He didn’t know how to handle the barriers life threw at him. His suicide was unambiguously his “solution” to all of his problems. Juliet’s appeal toward him was a bit more pure, but she was still so very guileless. Romeo was her first “love”. He made her feel special and loved. He was her alternative to a life she was not yet ready to lead. She liked the rush and defiance. She committed suicide because she was scared to never experience that again, even though she had only lived a relatively short

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