I am not going to sit here and front
like this is my favorite Shakespeare play. To be honest nothing from
Shakespeare is my favorite. I don’t actually enjoy Romeo and Juliet. Why? There
are so many other ways to be together, other than killing yourselves, if your
families are sworn enemies. I’ve never even read the play before being in this
class, it doesn’t appeal to me in the slightest. It still doesn’t appeal to me
but I’m reading it for the purpose of this assignment.
Love stories are not particularly
my favorite, especially one that ends in death of the lovers. A good love story
would have been finding a way to be together, alive no matter what. Like in my
favorite rendition of Romeo and Juliet, Romette and Julio by Sharon M. Draper.
The two lovers started a relationship but everyone around them were against it
because he was Hispanic and she was African American. They didn’t let other
people opinions stop them from being alive and together. It is a great read, by
an amazing author. I recommend it!
But for real in reality who falls
in love that fast? My mans Romeo more than likely had skeletons in his closet
Juliet didn’t know what she was getting into. When her mother first asked the
first time if she was ready to start thinking about marriage, she said no. She
should have stayed with that answer; relationships are stressful especially at
that age. She’s not even grown yet!
Juliet needed a strong independent
black woman in her life. To tell her marriage was not the moves at the young
age of 14. Now my mother didn’t even allow me to have a boyfriend at the
fragile age of 14, yet alone marry someone. Someone needs to talk to her mother
because it’s not okay.
I’m pretty sure the only thing I am
really enjoying about this play is the fact that it’s always a fight on sight.
Act 1 starts off with a fight. You can tell they are real enemies, usually
everyone is all talk and no action. I hate that about people, I mean if you’re
really “down each other’s throats” then there should be some actions to back up
your words. Am I right? Believe me I’m all for an action scene especially in
situations like this. It still confuses me as to why they are enemies, but for
the most part I don’t really care because they fight.
I agree with you on the fact that Romeo and Juliet didn't have to kill themselves in order to be with the one they love. However, I think that their death is what makes it an ultimate act of love. Romeo and Juliet killed themselves for each other because they love each other that much that they would rather die than be alive and separated from each other. This is also a different time period so they dealt with things differently.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, Shakespeare has never been an exciting topic for me. I have read it and watched the movies multiple times in Middle and High School and it was always boring. This time reading it however, I noticed it is significantly easier for me to read and understand then it used to be. I guess reading it so many times has paid off. But the plot of the story is still pretty sad. Over the summer I actually went and saw this as a ballet with Misty Copeland in it. I am not a huge fan of ballet but I enjoyed it and could really appreciate it. I do still believe it is a classic that everyone should be exposed to at some point in their life.
ReplyDeleteBria, your post had me in tears [laughing].You have an interesting take on this classical play. On the otherhand, I tend to enjoy love stories, so I do not agree that they were too young to be in love. Think about it, when we were 14 , some of us thought we knew what love was. In fact, around that age, many people got their first middle/high school crush and/or companion. I do agree that Juliet would have needed to have someone to guide her. The suicide was a bit much and maybe perhaps overdrawn. I would have loved if the story ended with them getting in married or falling in love. Great post, I love your blogging prose!
ReplyDeleteI loved your post! It sounds like you have a very different take on the story and I loved it! I do, however, believe that because they were living in a completely different time it was completely normal to be in love because they were expect to marry soon after their first period. Crazy as it may seem things were just different during those times. Great blog post!
ReplyDeleteLmao RT! Way to be real about this. Shakespeare definitely isn't my first choice of entertainment. Thankfully, I have read this story a good number of times, so at the very least I won't be struggling to reread it. Considering this is your first read, you're definitely gonna be a little bit surprised by the ending.
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