Young love is a common subject used by teenagers lately. They may understand the definition from reading out of a dictionary, but at such a young age you cannot fully comprehend the emotion of love. Romeo and Juliet are a strong example of young love, for they may think they're in love. In reality, they were truly an example of being infatuated with each other, leading to their demise for each other. Between Juliet saying how she wishes to no longer be a Capulet or Romeo and Juliet getting married in the few hours they knew each other, this is young love.
In Act I Romeo spots Juliet from across the room, describing her as a “Rich jewel in an ethiop ear” and, “Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” (750). Romeo had a crush named Rosaline …show more content…
The only reason for him to go to the party was to spot other “beauties” and find someone else. Comparing the relationship Romeo and Juliet to relationships between others nowadays, being emotional is normal when freshly getting out of a relationship. The difference in Romeo and Juliet is, Romeo is said to be around eighteen, which is considered an adult. Juliet is said to be around fourteen. The time this is written, getting married at such a young age was common for girls, so this couple can still be compared to daily relationships between teenagers. Romeo's exact words when seeing Juliet were “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (750). When reading this it sounds like a typical crush on the pretty girl, but then it’s taken up a notch because of …show more content…
Right on that balcony, they use phrases like “Refuse thy name, sworn my love, I'll no longer be a Capulet” (760) from Juliet meaning if she was to marry Romeo she would be a Montague. Juliet is saying she wishes to marry Romeo, therefore there is no feud between the two which are considered forbidden lovers. After a heartfelt conversation, Romeo wishes to forswear his love to Juliet which she replies with “O, swear not by the moon that changes..th’exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine” (762-763). These two quotes make it seem like the two lovers are saying how eternal their love will be, and how vows of marriage will be enough then the moon that changes every night. Every young relationship starts out with the same mindset that they will never break up and will stay together forever which is not the case. Like Romeo and Juliet, their love was thought to be eternal yet everything out of their control caused their so-called love to break. All in all, this marriage is blinded by the infatuation of the two lovers who upon seeing each agreed to be married, convinced of their eternal
In Act I Romeo spots Juliet from across the room, describing her as a “Rich jewel in an ethiop ear” and, “Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!” (750). Romeo had a crush named Rosaline …show more content…
The only reason for him to go to the party was to spot other “beauties” and find someone else. Comparing the relationship Romeo and Juliet to relationships between others nowadays, being emotional is normal when freshly getting out of a relationship. The difference in Romeo and Juliet is, Romeo is said to be around eighteen, which is considered an adult. Juliet is said to be around fourteen. The time this is written, getting married at such a young age was common for girls, so this couple can still be compared to daily relationships between teenagers. Romeo's exact words when seeing Juliet were “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (750). When reading this it sounds like a typical crush on the pretty girl, but then it’s taken up a notch because of …show more content…
Right on that balcony, they use phrases like “Refuse thy name, sworn my love, I'll no longer be a Capulet” (760) from Juliet meaning if she was to marry Romeo she would be a Montague. Juliet is saying she wishes to marry Romeo, therefore there is no feud between the two which are considered forbidden lovers. After a heartfelt conversation, Romeo wishes to forswear his love to Juliet which she replies with “O, swear not by the moon that changes..th’exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine” (762-763). These two quotes make it seem like the two lovers are saying how eternal their love will be, and how vows of marriage will be enough then the moon that changes every night. Every young relationship starts out with the same mindset that they will never break up and will stay together forever which is not the case. Like Romeo and Juliet, their love was thought to be eternal yet everything out of their control caused their so-called love to break. All in all, this marriage is blinded by the infatuation of the two lovers who upon seeing each agreed to be married, convinced of their eternal