Thursday, May 7, 2015

Where Romeo and Juliet Truley in Love?




               Romeo and Juliet has been a love story for hundreds of years, yet the question of it was a true love story keeps popping up. Did romeo marry Juliet because he loved her, or because he was in love with the idea of love? Many people think, yes of course they loved each other! They risked everything for them to be able to be together! They caused multiple deaths, including their own deaths. But what I think is no, it wasn't true love. And here's why.
                No, Romeo and Juliet were not truly in love. Romeo fell "in love" with Juliet when he first saw her, he didn't even talk to her yet. SO basically he fell in love with her based on her looks, which is also known as love at first sight. He didn't know anything about her. The only thing he did know was that he thought she was beautiful. They decided to get married on the same night they met. I think they got married out of youthful rashness. Not only did he just meet her and decided he was in love, he also said he was in love with Rosaline, and when they broke up, he completely forgot about her and moved on to Juliet. For example Romeo says, "With Rosaline? No. I've forgotten that name and that names woe." There Romeo is being sort of childish. He has also moved on very quickly from Rosaline onto Juliet, which also makes me feel that they aren't truly in love.
                 Overall, true love is real, but maybe not in Romeo and Juliet. Many people say it is, and it really depends on how you see the situation. I think it isn't true love because they are teens, and I being a teen aswell, makes me feel like they don't know love. It all matters on your opinion.