Romeo and juliet is often seen as a story of true love. Do you agree? why?

Answer 1

I think it's a story of different phases of love.

I believe Juliet was truly in love.

But, I think Romeo was in love with being in love.
He so easily forgets the nun and 'falls' in love with Juliet.

Yes, he did die for her and she died for him. Somewhere along the line he probably did feel something for her, cause he willfully drank the poison. But, I don't think it was true love in the very beginning.

That's just my thoughts. People will have different opinions on it!

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Answer 2

I am probably going to be in the minority here, but I think it is the story of how two stubborn teenagers in lust managed to orchestrate a catastrophe which could have been avoided with a little bit of thought.

True love is willing to wait. True love does not lose hope. True love does not die because it must wait for consummation or for a short period of time. Romeo and Juliet illustrate the impatience of youth, along with the tragic results of not planning ahead.

Romeo and Juliet might have been able to find some way to make a marriage work with their families. Failing that, they should have waited to perform the secret marriage until they had a good plan in place - like eloping to a foreign country. Once Romeo was exiled, he should have waited for Juliet, and relied on the Friar's help. When he thought she was dead, he should have sought help and council from the Friar.

Answer 3

To me it has more to do with the circumstances.. all the drama, all the lies, all the fighting led them to be more dramatic.. I think, had both families said.. "who cares" and looked the other way they would have had a relationship that probably would have been the same as any other.. losing some of the "punch" so to speak.. with Romeo's history, most likely it wouldn't have lasted anyway.. It was a story of teenage rebellion in a sense.. Had Juliette not feared being forced into marriage, she may not have been that intense about the relationship.. to her it was a last shot before killing herself.. to Romeo, she was forbidden fruit.. that ALWAYS makes things more interesting to those like him.. (look at how he felt about another girl at the beginning of the play).. It is a dream of what love CAN be, but really, there is no way you can say it would have worked out better had they not died.. it is frozen at the point where it seemed they were most In love.. , BUT, it goes on after that to tell what happened to the town as a whole.. so, I think the love story was more a catalist for showing the problem with political/family based feuds.

Answer 4

I both agree and disagree. I mean I can see how people would think that Romeo and Juliet experienced true love but I only partially agree. I think that Romeo just liked ladies a little too much. I mean the only reason he went to that costume party was to go woo the 'fair Rosaline' but he fell for Juliet. And he fell a little too quickly if you ask me. Maybe it later become love but at first there was just a whole lot of lust.

Answer 5

It's romantic, yeah, but true love? No way.
There was always that one saying:
"If you love someone, then let them go. And if it's meant to be, it'll come back to you"
Well something along those lines. Anyways, if Romeo and Juliet were really meant to be, then Romeo wouldn't have offed himself when he found out Juliet was "dead" and then Juliet wouldn't have done the same thing after she saw Romeo dead in the tomb.
All I'm saying is, is that their timing is off; that if they were really meant to be, then Juliet would have woken up before Romeo killed himself or Friar John would have gotten into Mantua to deliver the letter to Romeo before he flew into a fury.

Hope it helps somewhat
--AMB

Answer 6

no. i think that it is rather more a story of infatuation between two lovesick teenagers. infatuation is when each thinks the other is perfectly lovely and that they are the best thing since they invented that magic shell chocolate sauce. true love is when the two people share a deep bond that grows stronger and stronger over time. love isn't making googoo eyes, love is an unbreakable connection that runs deep.

Answer 7

It appears to be true love; however, I look at it as stupidity and the tragic effects of children who refuse to listen to their parents. R & J were only 13 or 14 years old; how could they possibly know better than their parents?

Answer 8

Shakespeare was trying to make money. That's why he wrote some of his plays. Asking this question, while valid in itself, is like asking if "Lara Croft" or another piece of Hollywood crap is about some other higher ideal. "Romeo and Juliet" is about entertainment, nothing else.

Some of Shakespeare's other plays were about higher ideals, such as "Hamlet", but I'm not convinced Shakespeare meant anything else with "Romeo" than just entertainment...

Answer 9

yes, I totally agree. I think the reason that people think of it as a story of love is because they would do basically anything to be together. After she found him dead, she killed herself to be with him. Theres not much higher love then that.

Answer 10

No, it is a story of immature love. Real love would have found a way to live with family problems.