Are Romeo And Juliet's Love Real Or Irrational?

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Romeo & Juliet’s love true or not

Everyone thinks of love in their own little ways. Some people might even think of it as an escape from their problems. But one thing that we all have in common is that we all desire love and we will be desperate for it until we get it and when we do we might obsess over it. The most popular books, tales and short stories are mostly based on love or at least have something about love in them and that is probably because we can all relate to it. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of these popular stories because it really emphasizes and focuses on love. But is the love between Romeo and Juliet real or just a passing phase that is irrational?
Romeo and Juliet love is irrational and the first reason for that is because their love is very superficial like for example at the masquerade ball when Romeo saw Juliet he fell in “love” with her looks and beauty instantly before even talking to her and later on in the …show more content…

Juliet is only 13 and Romeo is 17, they are just teenagers and being a teenager their Juliet thought that she was in love with Romeo the moment he showed any affection for her, which shows that she did not really understand love or the meaning of it. Romeo and Juliet were both having problems in their lives for example; Juliet’s parents (Lord Capulet and Lady Capulet) wanted her to marry Paris and Romeo was in love with Rosaline who did not love him back and we know that because he says “Out of her favor, where I am in love” and he was talking about Rosaline and because she did not love him back so he just wanted to get over her. you can tell that they were sort of an escape to each other’s problems which makes them more attracted to each other and shows that they were both just something that would distract each other from the problems they have In this

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