Romeo and Juliet Identity Crushes
Shakespeare uses both romantic crushes and identity crushes in plays. These romantic crushes and identity crushes are shown multiple times through Romeo and Juliet. Most examples of these crushes are shown mainly through large events in the plays. Examples of such would be Romeo and Juliet dying as a result of their love and Friar Lawrence telling Juliet to take a poison and she does so because she looks up to Friar Lawrence. Identity crushes and romantic crushes are examples of what can happen when Romeo and Juliet’s parents are not involved in their affairs. One example of a romantic crush going bad because of the lack of involvement from the parents is when Romeo finds Juliet supposedly dead and he …show more content…
These kinds of crushes are not exactly when someone has a romantic crush because they do not involve anything sexual or relationship like. The article written by Pickhardt also has information on identity crushes such as: “Of course, the risk with following an admired leader is that the young person with the identity crush may be lead astray, which is what some parents fear” (Pickhardt). The information presented by the author on identity crushes is important because it pertains to Romeo and Juliet when Juliet is lead astray by Friar. If any parent saw what they were doing they would stop them because taking poison to get to a boy that they want isn't the best idea. In conclusion, there were many romantic and identity crushes that influences Romeo and Juliet to make the decision that they did. If a parent was involved none of the lives lost would have occured. First with the romantic crushes that caused both of the children to make bad decision that led to their demise. And second with identity crushes that led Juliet to make a bad decision that led to Romeo’s death which caused Juliet’s suicide. The ending of Romeo and Juliet is for the most part because Romeo and Juliet’s parents were not involved in their romantic and identity
Shakespeare uses both romantic crushes and identity crushes in plays. These romantic crushes and identity crushes are shown multiple times through Romeo and Juliet. Most examples of these crushes are shown mainly through large events in the plays. Examples of such would be Romeo and Juliet dying as a result of their love and Friar Lawrence telling Juliet to take a poison and she does so because she looks up to Friar Lawrence. Identity crushes and romantic crushes are examples of what can happen when Romeo and Juliet’s parents are not involved in their affairs. One example of a romantic crush going bad because of the lack of involvement from the parents is when Romeo finds Juliet supposedly dead and he …show more content…
These kinds of crushes are not exactly when someone has a romantic crush because they do not involve anything sexual or relationship like. The article written by Pickhardt also has information on identity crushes such as: “Of course, the risk with following an admired leader is that the young person with the identity crush may be lead astray, which is what some parents fear” (Pickhardt). The information presented by the author on identity crushes is important because it pertains to Romeo and Juliet when Juliet is lead astray by Friar. If any parent saw what they were doing they would stop them because taking poison to get to a boy that they want isn't the best idea. In conclusion, there were many romantic and identity crushes that influences Romeo and Juliet to make the decision that they did. If a parent was involved none of the lives lost would have occured. First with the romantic crushes that caused both of the children to make bad decision that led to their demise. And second with identity crushes that led Juliet to make a bad decision that led to Romeo’s death which caused Juliet’s suicide. The ending of Romeo and Juliet is for the most part because Romeo and Juliet’s parents were not involved in their romantic and identity