Romeo and Juliet: The True Love Story

Romeo and Juliet is considered by many to be the greatest love story of all time. However, this play, written by William Shakespeare, is not the greatest love story due to its characters' shallowness and foolishness.

Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young lovers that "fall in love". Their families have a hateful feud between them. This argument separates Romeo and Juliet, making it impossible for them to be together. Therefore, they concoct a plan which results in both lovers killing themselves.

The moral of the story, which is that fighting can lead to bigger problems than imagined, is good, but the "love" within the play is not. Romeo and Juliet meet one night, talk for a few minutes, then throw away their lives for each other a few days later. This is taking "love at first sight" to an extreme.

Their love is mainly based on appearance. Romeo approached Juliet due to her beauty not her personality. After talking for a very short amount of time, it is not possible for Romeo and Juliet to fully know each other, therefore their "attraction" is due to their attractiveness.

Another aspect of love that is portrayed in this play is shown by Romeo and Rosaline. Romeo obsesses over Rosaline. He claims she is the only one for him. He says that Rosaline is the most beautiful women ever. After going to a party and seeing Juliet, Romeo instantly forgets Rosaline and turns his feelings towards Juliet. This shows that Romeo is only interested in beauty and that he does not care for others' feelings.

Juliet and Romeo feel like they are destined to be together. Because of this, they make a plan to be married and "live happily ever after". To do this Juliet fakes her death. Romeo sees her and believes that she has actually died. When Romeo sees Juliet in that state, he kills himself because he can not be with her any longer. Juliet then wakes from her fake death to see Romeo lying dead. She therefore kills herself for the same reason as Romeo.

This seems foolish because Romeo probably thought he loved Juliet just as he thought he loved Rosaline. Juliet, on the other hand, does have a reason for feeling guilty, because Romeo killed himself for her.

This play has a lot of good content, humor, and drama, but is not the greatest love story of all time. I believe that Shakespeare wrote this play to show his views on love. He seemed to think that love is only skin deep in some and that people are willing to do anything for it.