Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is one of the most popular pieces of literature in the world nearly 400 years after it was written. The play is taught frequently because of the conflicts that take place within it and how relatable it is to how the world is now. Despite the large time gap between the two, Romeo and Juliet and today’s culture have a copious amount of similarities, along with some differences. A lot of the quarrels that happen in the play are similar to those of today, such as forbidden love and an assortment of social disputes.
One of the similarities of the play and the modern world is the altercations that take place and their contexts. A particular example of this would be family conflicts.
“How, how, how, how? Chopped logic! What is this?
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Out, you green sickness, carrion! Out, you baggage!”
You tallow face! ( 3 – 5 – 150-155 )
In this quote, Lord Capulet is threatening to disown Juliet if she doesn’t do as he asks by marrying Paris. Kids today are still given consequences to their actions. However, it is not recurrent of parents to disown their children anymore. Moreover, kids are disciplined for the same things they were disciplined for during the 1300’s, one example being forbidden love. The situations of love in Romeo and Juliet are comparable to how love is perceived in modern times. Romeo and Juliet are illustrated as being love-struck for one another and as if they cannot be apart from one another. In both movies and the real world, love is still portrayed this way. When people think of love, there’s often the same clichés and behaviors associated with being in love such as: being attached to one another, constantly thinking about each other, etc.
“With love’s light wings did I o'erperch these walls,
For stony limits cannot hold love out,
And what love can do, that dares love attempt.
Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me.” ( 2 – 2 – 66-69