What's your first impression of this play? Personally, I kind of like it. A lot of the ancient language gets kind of confusing, but I get the general gist of it. The different activities we do in class really does help with the understanding... I think that it was quite ingenious of Shakespeare to combine romance and tragedy with such eloquency. The plot of the story is also very innovative. It had to be something special for it to be still talked about so vividly and frequently in the 21st century. I mean it is the basis of SO many modern day media, such as Gnomeo and Juliet.
Whenever there's a huge problem in a book, I always try to trace it back to who's fault it is.... Maybe that's weird... I don't know.... For Romeo and Juliet, I feel like there are 2 main people who contribute to the tragedy of the play. First off, Benvolio decides that it would be such a good idea to go crash their enemy's party. Ok, I'll admit, he had good intentions in mind- he wanted to help Romeo get over Rosalind, but still... If he never suggested that Romeo go to the Capulet's party, Romeo and Juliet probably never would have met because they are such mortal enemies. It's not like they visit each other so often, or talk all the time.
Also, Juliet's dad ignored Tybalt's advice to kick Romeo out of the party. Tybalt knew of Romeo's lineage, so he knew that Romeo was not welcome. Yet, Juliet's father decided that it would be fine for Romeo to stay. If Romeo's father had kicked Romeo out, Juliet and Romeo would have never spoken or kissed, and thus wouldn't have 'fallen in love'.
I know that it probably was destiny that these two lovers met and that it was destiny that caused their lives to end so tragically So, one probably can't pinpoint all their misfortunes on people. However, I'm sure that there could've been a small action that would've, at least, postpone the catastrophe that took place.
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