Romeo And Juliet: Can You Relate?
Can You Relate ? William Shakespeare is a brilliant man. He wrote many great plays. It is still amazing how Juliet relates to modern day teens in so many ways, when the play was written in 1597. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet is a love sick teenager who goes through a tragic romance, but it is the series of events and how she responds to them that makes her relatable to modern day teens.
These similarities occur in the way Juliet and teens today act. The first likeness is in the word choice they all use. In act IV Paris says “Do not deny to him that you love me” and Juliet replies by saying “i will confess to you that i love him” and Paris says “So will ye, I am sure, that you love me” and Juliet says “If I do so, it will be of …show more content…
Just as modern teenagers do, Juliet makes impulsive decisions, like when she asks Romeo to marry her “If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow”(William Shakespeare act II,ii line 144). She doesn't consider all that could happen or how the outcome would be. Juliet acts impulsively again when she takes the potion from the friar without even asking questions about it, like how she said “Give me, give me! O tell me not of fear!” (William Shakespeare act IV,i line 124). When Juliet wakes up to Romeo dead is another example of when she acts impulsively, by saying “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die” (William Shakespeare act V,III lines 183-184) she doesn't think about what she is leaving behind or how there is other options. Like Amanda said “They make impulsive, life-altering decisions based on their love and end up losing their lives as a result as a result of their relationship”(Brown and Schulten). Speaking of that, it shows another relation between her and modern day teenagers. Teens have a tendency to be self centered without even realizing it, by taking pictures of themselves all the time and always worrying about themselves before others. Juliet is like this because the whole time she was only worried about her love for Romeo and not how it affected anyone else or how they …show more content…
Amanda said ”Our whole modern understanding of adolescence is there to be found in this play. Shakespeare essentially created this new category of humanity, and in place of the usual mix of nostalgia and loathing with which we regard adolescents, Shakespeare would have us look at teenagers in a spirit of wonder. He loves his teenagers even as he paints them in all their absurdity and nastiness” (Brown and Schulten). Juliet and teenagers share similar personalities, attitudes, and emotions. Teens today have kept the same personality as they had hundreds of years ago during Juliet’s
These similarities occur in the way Juliet and teens today act. The first likeness is in the word choice they all use. In act IV Paris says “Do not deny to him that you love me” and Juliet replies by saying “i will confess to you that i love him” and Paris says “So will ye, I am sure, that you love me” and Juliet says “If I do so, it will be of …show more content…
Just as modern teenagers do, Juliet makes impulsive decisions, like when she asks Romeo to marry her “If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow”(William Shakespeare act II,ii line 144). She doesn't consider all that could happen or how the outcome would be. Juliet acts impulsively again when she takes the potion from the friar without even asking questions about it, like how she said “Give me, give me! O tell me not of fear!” (William Shakespeare act IV,i line 124). When Juliet wakes up to Romeo dead is another example of when she acts impulsively, by saying “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die” (William Shakespeare act V,III lines 183-184) she doesn't think about what she is leaving behind or how there is other options. Like Amanda said “They make impulsive, life-altering decisions based on their love and end up losing their lives as a result as a result of their relationship”(Brown and Schulten). Speaking of that, it shows another relation between her and modern day teenagers. Teens have a tendency to be self centered without even realizing it, by taking pictures of themselves all the time and always worrying about themselves before others. Juliet is like this because the whole time she was only worried about her love for Romeo and not how it affected anyone else or how they …show more content…
Amanda said ”Our whole modern understanding of adolescence is there to be found in this play. Shakespeare essentially created this new category of humanity, and in place of the usual mix of nostalgia and loathing with which we regard adolescents, Shakespeare would have us look at teenagers in a spirit of wonder. He loves his teenagers even as he paints them in all their absurdity and nastiness” (Brown and Schulten). Juliet and teenagers share similar personalities, attitudes, and emotions. Teens today have kept the same personality as they had hundreds of years ago during Juliet’s