Essay Comparing Romeo And Juliet

In, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, both characters, Romeo and Juliet, believe that they have “true” love which is unfortunately not true due to the fact that Romeo and Juliet were very young to even know what love was and what it meant to be in a relationship with one another. For example, throughout the beginning of the story there were many instances where both Romeo and Juliet showed that they were young and forced into love not knowing what it meant to be in love. In addition, most teenage love occurrences could be seen as a false love created by various influences caused by thinking love is purely physical and just wanting to be in a relationship to care for someone other than themselves. By comparing Romeo and Juliet’s love to various teenage love occurrences many comparisons could be made due to how similar their love stories are. Overall, the love Romeo and Juliet share can be considered as a very
For example, this quote from the story can prove that teenage love is purely an excuse to care for someone other than themselves. “With this night’s revels and expire the term/ Of a despisèd life,” (1.4,106-110).” This is able to show that teenage love even in Romeo and Juliet’s case was purely a distraction for both of them to care for each other instead of bonding and collaborating with one another. This other quote is able to show that Romeo and Juliet’s love,according to most occurrences of teen love, is purely physical. “Show me a mistress that is passing fair:/ What doth her beauty serve but as a note/Where I may read who passed that passing fair?” (1.2,230-233). This is able to prove that Romeo mostly wants Juliet's beauty to make him happy which perfectly reflects what most modern-day teens seek in women. All in all, Romeo and Juliet’s love never was true love but yet another example of what teenage love really