OrangeAppled
Sugar Hiccup
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I think I like it because it does feel a bit real... Teenagers make really dumb, stupid decisions all the time, in the thought that they are in love. Whether they truly are or not, no one will ever know, but the way they act you can't help but think they are at least in that moment. Of course, as an adult you have to be rational and logical. "Maybe they were crazy in love, but..." It's sort of indulging--you're not really allowed to be tragically stupidly in love in real life because--duh--it leads to stupid, awful scenarios that retard the love itself. But you can sort of indulge in these two teenagers and their stupidity.. at least, that's how I took the play. The death is dramatic, and to me, it symbolizes that there is no way a love like that can last--either death or life itself will erode it away, because it's too extreme and there's no balance.
I suppose, to me, the messages are clear, and that's what makes it such a great play:
1. Adults put their thoughts and beliefs over their teenagers, and it can lead to destructive behavior.
2. The mentors throughout the play were complacent.
3. There was a raw, passionate romance indulged in the most extreme way.
All of that being said, I enjoyed watching the movies more than reading it. It's made to be seen in action, so it sort of sucked just reading it. You didn't get the passion.
This sums up my thoughts. I especially agree with the point about watching it being better than reading it. It's true of most plays, for obvious reasons.
In addition, there are two ways the word "romantic" is often used nowadays. One is to indicate that something is an ideal form of love; so no, this is certainly not a romantic story in that sense. Destructive, all-consuming passion is not really ideal in life. The other way of using "romantic" is closer to the original sense, part of which is to celebrate unbridled, raw human emotion & to accept the dark side of man's nature instead of stuffing it down inside so it comes out worse later. In this sense, Romeo & Juliet is extremely romantic.