Romeo and Juliet: the story of two star-crossed lovers. The play is one of William Shakespeare’s most well-known pieces of writing. It’s the story of a boy and a girl who fall in love but are forbidden to be together and tragically lose their lives in the end. The story appeals to a wide range of audiences and is a timeless piece. Romeo and Juliet has even been made into movies multiple times as well as being rewritten using modern day slang.
Shakespeare can appeal to every type of audience with his writing in this play. For example, he appeals to the romantics at heart. Romeo and Juliet is the story of two teens who fall in love even though they are forbidden to be together. The Montagues, Romeo’s family, and the Capulets, Juliet’s family, have bad blood between …show more content…
To the selfish, Shakespeare shows that by coveting something, the person is more likely to lose it. In the play, Juliet’s parents have already promised her to Paris and they won’t give her any freedom to love whom she wants to love. They are having her marry for the title and money that Paris will have for her, but this drives Juliet away and in the end, Juliet dies and her parents lose her anyway. Shakespeare also teaches the selfless that being selfless isn’t always good. Romeo and Juliet are so in love that they would do anything for each other and this is what leads to their demise. The lovers are foolish and quick in their matrimony and don’t think things through. One might say they are in the “honeymoon stage” of their relationship where they are completely infatuated with each other and would do anything. This is the case after Romeo mistakes Juliet for being dead, which results in him killing himself. When Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead, she kills herself. The two don’t believe that they can live without the other and therefore, commit the selfless act of sacrifice for one
Shakespeare can appeal to every type of audience with his writing in this play. For example, he appeals to the romantics at heart. Romeo and Juliet is the story of two teens who fall in love even though they are forbidden to be together. The Montagues, Romeo’s family, and the Capulets, Juliet’s family, have bad blood between …show more content…
To the selfish, Shakespeare shows that by coveting something, the person is more likely to lose it. In the play, Juliet’s parents have already promised her to Paris and they won’t give her any freedom to love whom she wants to love. They are having her marry for the title and money that Paris will have for her, but this drives Juliet away and in the end, Juliet dies and her parents lose her anyway. Shakespeare also teaches the selfless that being selfless isn’t always good. Romeo and Juliet are so in love that they would do anything for each other and this is what leads to their demise. The lovers are foolish and quick in their matrimony and don’t think things through. One might say they are in the “honeymoon stage” of their relationship where they are completely infatuated with each other and would do anything. This is the case after Romeo mistakes Juliet for being dead, which results in him killing himself. When Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead, she kills herself. The two don’t believe that they can live without the other and therefore, commit the selfless act of sacrifice for one