what do you think about it do you think it was true love or young love post your coments

well hoenstly sometiems when i feel romantic i say it was true love but mostly i think of it as stupidity... then again i am a cynic lol

but it all just seemed so fast, foolish and driven by lust

true i think that to

We had discussions about this in my ninth grade English class... some say that because Romeo is a teenage boy and got over Rosaline so quickly to fall in love with Juliet for less than a day, it was probably puppy love. Juliet was only fourteen and she was probably inexperienced with boys (well I wasn'ta t fourteen but in that time period that was probably normal enough) so she thought it was love too. They got married after knowing each other for a day, I mean damn. I think it's just puppy love and it was caused by hormones. Ah, teenagers..

I'd say it's true love. I mean, not many people are willing to off themselves. Maybe they were just angsty.

Shakespeare is one of my favourite authors ever. I really enjoy his works, but Romeo and Juliet has to be my least favourite for no other reason than it is cliche'd and unbelievable. I prefer Hamlet and Othello myself. But Romeo and Juliet has some great literary value and i enjoy analyzing it. What I can't stand is the new movie version with leonardo dicaprio. They took such a wonderful story and play and turned it into some contemperary movie of little value...especially because leo had no idea what he was saying half the time - it totally demened (sp?) the literary values and the greatness of the story.
People should read the play - the movies never do it justice.

Originally Posted by Maria-Minamino

Shakespeare is one of my favourite authors ever. I really enjoy his works, but Romeo and Juliet has to be my least favourite for no other reason than it is cliche'd and unbelievable. I prefer Hamlet and Othello myself. But Romeo and Juliet has some great literary value and i enjoy analyzing it. What I can't stand is the new movie version with leonardo dicaprio. They took such a wonderful story and play and turned it into some contemperary movie of little value...especially because leo had no idea what he was saying half the time - it totally demened (sp?) the literary values and the greatness of the story.
People should read the play - the movies never do it justice.

True about all the stuff you said, especially with the Claire Danes, DiCaprio movie. Paris didn't even die in the end of that version of the movie!! And they cut out Juliet's monologue, which I didn't mind actually.


What is good is- if you haven't watched it yet- "The Reduced Shakespeare Company - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" (in just 90 minutes.) Funniest thing in the world in my opinion but others I watched it with seemed to like it. I recommend it to you if you like Shakespeare a lot. The Romeo and Juliet skit in the video is pretty funny too, IMO.

Originally Posted by morrissey

True about all the stuff you said, especially with the Claire Danes, DiCaprio movie. Paris didn't even die in the end of that version of the movie!! And they cut out Juliet's monologue, which I didn't mind actually.


What is good is- if you haven't watched it yet- "The Reduced Shakespeare Company - The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged)" (in just 90 minutes.) Funniest thing in the world in my opinion but others I watched it with seemed to like it. I recommend it to you if you like Shakespeare a lot. The Romeo and Juliet skit in the video is pretty funny too, IMO.

oh no - i HAVE seen it - one of the most HILARIOUS things I've ever seen - my favourite are the othello rap and the hamlet sketch - but the history's in one are funny too lol
Romeo and Juliet is hilarious as well :D
I love the fact that it's three guys playing every part - including the woman - that cracks me up XD

Originally Posted by Maria-Minamino

oh no - i HAVE seen it - one of the most HILARIOUS things I've ever seen - my favourite are the othello rap and the hamlet sketch - but the history's in one are funny too lol
Romeo and Juliet is hilarious as well :D
I love the fact that it's three guys playing every part - including the woman - that cracks me up XD

Yeah I know! I love Adam Long, the one who pretended to be a part of the audience. He was my favorite. But I guess it's all men because back then, there were no actresses, only actors- even for the female roles, which I think is great gender-bending. :D

I was forced to Read it in English Class.
I liked it.. Even tho our Books Sucked and Half the Pages were Missing.
So i got lost a lot.
but from what i gathered it was a good book.

Well, love is a very hard subject. Young love can be true love, and in the Romeo and Juliet case, i think it was true love.

Given the time period, most people didn't fall in love. Marriage was more of a business proposition back then.

So yes, Romeo and Juliet were truly in love. :)

While I find it to be a very good story, I must say it was young love that could have become true love. I don't believe in love at first sight and I also think that when two families dislike each other, that does rub-off on the child in a certian way. While it is possible to over-come, it takes a great deal of work.

Still, marriage wasn't something to take likely in their time so love had to play a part.

I think the reason why the play is so tragic is because they're just kids. I mean Juliet is what, 13?? It just strikes me that because of all of the conspiring pressures, and the hot-headed environment they grew up in, both of them were looking for an escape, found it in one another, and once they were dedicated to one another they mimicked the actions of adults. Killing themselves was probably entirely unnecessary, but all of the adults in the play make rash decisions and are unreasonable, why should R and J act any differently?

I do have to give Juliet credit, though. Even at her age, she is very bright, and self-possessed.

hmm...I dont dislike Romeo and Julliet but I dont love it either...

Macbeth, Midsummers night dream, Othello, and Hamlet where all much better

Hmm. This is all really interesting. I guess I would say it was love at first sight. True love? Im not so sure. I mean they barely knew each other. I think their love was more defiance and really wanting to do what the wanted. But then again they did kill themselves. So maybe it was true love. Ha im contradicting myself. What I really love about that story though, is the ending. How they were so close to saving themselves and then they both end up dead. I think Shakespeare was a creative genius :D

True love defintly

Honestly only true love would bring forth so many unfortunate events. I mean it started out with Juliet having an arranged marriage and she was already in love with Romeo. Then towards the end Juliet drank a sleeping potion she got from the Priest and slept in the Monastery. Romeo though she was dead and drank poison, then when Juliet woke up she realized he was dead, drank the remaining poison, which wasn't enough, so she stabbed herself in the chest. If that isn't love, then what is? That and I know I would do it I was in her position, she and him pretty much made us infer that "if you can't have me, I'd rather be dead than be with another person."

The play has, to me at least, always been about love conquering anything that can be thrown at it. The families tried to pull the pair apart, and failed. Death tried to separate them, and failed even more quickly. If two people are truely in love then nothing can keep them apart for long.

Honestly, I think it's just puppy love. Juliet was about to marry a guy she wasn't crazy about and Romeo was a womanizer. Those are ingredients for disaster right there. As for dying for each other, teenagers have done more extreme things then that for "love".

It just bothers me that Romeo and Juliet have become icons for love when their story didn't have a happy ending and to me it wasn't true love anyway. I can't stand the Taylor Swift song because I always end up yelling at the radio, "Why do you want him to kill himself for you?!"

True love? Pul-lease. Those two were just angsty teenagers that got caught up in the heat of the moment. Plus a double suicide thrown in for the dramatic effect. :|

I think it's a well written book, however the idea that people fall in love and get married the same day is a little ridiculous. I don't want to mention it, but i'd compare it to another ridiculous love story: twilight. Obsession is not love. Just because you think you know someone the second you see them... I mean really- pssh... I know this isn't the place for anti-twilight stuff. sorry for my ranting, but it reminds me a lot of R & J.

Any one know anything about it? :s
Im studying it this sem.

It's a play! "star-crossed lovers" and all that stuff. Shakespeare wrote it. And if you spend the whole time looking for accidental innuendos you'll have some fun.

"fetch me my longsword, ho!"

I've merged this with our preexisting 'Romeo and Juliet' thread.

And don't forget to put those lines in quote tags, guys. ;D

I don't know, I think it is about true love. Romeo and Juilet is one of my favorite. It may have been fast paced but I find that good thing about it. Also I think at that time people married younger which would mean both of them were a little more mature. And could it end in a 'happily ever after'? I don't think so, Juilet was in an arangered marriage, their families hated each other.
But anyway, I think it's true love.