The Folly Of Youth Quotes

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Claim: The theme, "The Folly of Youth" is used throughout William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, to inform us that people make idiotic mistakes when they're young. Example 1: We first see this theme at the start of the play when Romeo meets Juliet at the party. Act 1 scene 5. Romeo and Juliet fall in love, but they've only just met that day. At the end of the scene, they are disappointed because they can't be together. Example 2: Later in the play, "The Folly of Youth" is brought up again when Romeo sees Juliet lying in the tomb and decides to kill himself with poison. Act 5 Scene 3. Romeo and Juliet were so in love with each other that if one of them died, the other would join them. They didn't even know each other for that long,

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