Should Romeo And Juliet Be Allowed To Read

Oregon City High School should give the students’ an option whether or not to read the well known ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare. Students have their own opinions and should be allowed to vote if they want to read the book. I can see why teachers want to read the book because it is a piece of history and the story plot is very dramatic, this is proven by 450 years of teaching this tragic story. On the other hand, I see the students point of view. This story was very hard to follow without some guidance and the reading level was very advanced. Also, when will we ever need Shakespeare in our lives, it won’t solve anything in life. Unless you take his stories as life lessons and are willing to learn from them, like in Romeo and Juliet, when Romeo make the quick decision to kill himself for Juliet. Romeo assumes his life is basically over and he can’t live without his new wife. Instead, Romeo should have thought how his life would be in the future even without Juliet. He would still have Rosaline to potentially marry, however the grief took over and ended with Romeo resulting in him killing himself. …show more content…
Or it could even be an AP class if teachers wanted to get even further in detail with kids that are interested in Shakespeare’s writing. Even if students are still required to read and study Shakespeare, they should have the opportunity to watch the movie while reading the story or go to a local play to see it acted out. Watching the movie for me was much easier to understand, without it I would have been totally lost, and I was also able to see the dramatic parts in action. Whereas, just reading the book in a regular tone of voice, everything seemed really