Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy and love story at the same time. But the question keeps popping up; should it be taught in schools? I think this story has a lot of potential to teach students different pieces of literature. It's a book and play that displays the love of two people who are forbidden to ever have feelings for eachother just because of a family feud that has been occurring for a while. I think people could learn many things just from reading the book. The way they portray the characters is really exceptional because they give a clear representation of who everyone is and how they play an important role in the story. This piece is very complex and takes a lot of understanding if the reader wants to know what's going on because of the language used. The story has a lot of vocabulary in it that that is essential for the youth to know. Although the story portrays violence and suicidal actions, I think it shows children what not do. There are multiple benefits that overweigh the disadvantages of not reading this book. The language …show more content…
The movie portrays fighting, love, and death scenes. Although people may think that teens or growing youth should not be exposed to these types of movies, I think it shows kids examples of how their life would turn out to if they followed some of these things. Obviously the ending result of the story is unfortunate because the two main characters die, but I think that people could learn from the characters mistakes. For example, in the movie, Romeo didn't receive the letter Friar Lawrence made for him stating that Juliet wasn't actually dead so he had no clue of the plan. When Romeo found out that she had committed suicide, he bought poison right away and drank it by Juliet's side. This plan did not have a happy ending. It teaches people what may happen if you get caught up or distracted in the wrong
The acts of the characters in the play results in conflict, betrayal, and death. I feel if Romeo and Juliet told their parents about how deeply they love one another it might have worked out. Also, if the two families would get over their silly fight and talk it out, no one would have lost their lives. If everyone thought about each other instead of themselves the turnout would be much
If you're a fan of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but didn't like the ending of the book I would definitely recommend this book. Overall the story was good and realistic. Another reason why I would recommend this book because it’s modern time. In closing, the reader will be more likely to relate to the book because of the time
Over this entire novel, it is a good novel for children. It train children how to think logically, and notes people we should cherish our family, and people around us, very educate. Children can learn true is always been hide.
Romeo and Juliet is known as one of the greatest love stories, but it has its fair share of tragedy as well. The story riddles with themes throughout. Love is the first theme, and there is no greater love than the love Romeo and Juliet share. Shakespeare offers his audiences just as much hate as love in Romeo and Juliet. The families of both Romeo and Juliet involved themselves in centuries of feuding.
I really enjoyed this book because it was not a story about the middle of the Second World War. Instead it was right before, when things were not as bad, but they were bad enough. It helped me understand how people lived before the hatred grew and how families were torn apart right from the beginning. Likewise, it gave me hope to see that not everything was destroyed and that some people were able to escape. I would recommend this book more for boys but for girls as well, between the ages of 13-15. Even though Karl’s age throughout the book is 14-17, the novel was written more for my age group. Once again this was an amazing book that I could not put down, and I am sure many others were not able to either.
The students read Romeo and Juliet and do not see the love story that society would have them see. Instead they examine what lies beyond this. They see a story of secrecy, sex, murder, suicide, and disease. All of these things are found within the play, but are masked by poetry and romance. For example, these students see Romeo and Juliet as a story of "whispering, tiptoeing, making love, and (children) driven mad in the dark." To the "normal" reader this is romantic. It is viewed as a story about the most amazing kind of love imaginable - true love ending in tragedy.
These kids grow up in the ghetto without a choice of moving somewhere else because of their parents low income, they live in a tough neighborhood and environment & reading this really touches you in many ways. Nobody will ever want to go through something like they did, Parts of the book tell you so much detail that it really puts an image through your head. The book entries mostly talk about the lives of the characters outside of school, The characters also describe the action of their diaries well and they present that action well in the movie.
The play veers between love and hatred. The acts get more and more powerful until the death of the two protagonists. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet are redemptive. Shakespeare is very good at using different techniques to tell their story, all while centring the theme around love and
I believe this movie does a good job incorporating what we have discussed in class in terms of adolescent development. Although the movie is greatly exaggerated and blown up, the movie does emphasize on key factors to the development of an adolescent. Aside from the self-identity and friendship, the film incorporates parental relationships, academics, teacher-student relationships, risky behaviors, and moral development during adolescent
Fans of the novel like the way you get to see inside Grace and Marty 's personalities, and the way that these two kids are just like any other, if not a little more unusual. You will find yourself glued to the pages until you have finished reading the novel. The adventures will make it so that you only breath about every once in a while and you will like the characters you are reading about, even if you are an adult. The novel is vivid in description and it is almost as though you are able to make a movie of things in your head. Some felt that they were along for the ride with the heroes, Grace and Marty, in this one and they enjoyed every moment of
Romeo and Juliet is about purity. That´s what Romeo and Juliet are, a story of two young teenagers, against odds, falling in love in an absolutely beautiful way. The 1996 version ruins this purity by having the two lovers die in front of each other. It takes away the feel of originality. The play didn't need extra drama, and neither should the movies. The story line involves, the non adulation of two rebellious youth who decided to fall into a perfect world. Their death is suppose to be a tragic tale, in which fate killed them. This story doesn't need the excess drama of Romeo and Juliet dying in each other's
When I was watching this movie, I was at my parent’s house for Thanksgiving break and I asked my dad, who was around the age of the main character when this movie came out, if he had seen it and what his reaction to it was. He said that he considered the movie to be one that defined his generation and spoke to a lot of people. It dealt with the issues that many students were facing and are still facing today. Those issues are uncertainty of the future and most of all the chaotic world of love and romance.
Altogether, this is a book to be read thoughtfully and more than once. It is about an unusually sensitive and intelligent boy; but, then, are not all boys unusual and worthy of understanding? If they are bewildered at the complexity of modern life, unsure of themselves, shocked by the spectacle of perversity and evil around them - are not adults equally shocked by the knowledge that even children cannot escape this contact and awareness? & nbsp;
Romeo and Juliet is a romantic love story about a young lad named Romeo who has fallen in love with Lady Juliet, but is unable to marry her because of a long-lasting family feud. The play ends in the death of both these characters and the reunion of the friendship between the families. Romeo is in love with Juliet, and this is a true, passionate love (unlike the love Paris has for her or the love Romeo had for Rosaline) that nothing can overcome, not even the hatred between their two families that is the reason for the death of their two children. Throughout the play, Shakespeare thoroughly explores the themes of both true love and false love and hatred. Without either of these themes, the play would loose its romantic touch and probably would not be as famous as it is today.