Dating In Romeo And Juliet

The World of Dating and the Role of Parents One thing is for sure, dating has been a high interest for teens throughout history. However, whether parents get to mentor who their teen goes out with has been a bit more controversial. Should parents be able to prevent who their son or daughter dates, or should that be the teen’s decision? The brain is not finished developing before the teenage years, and therefore can sometimes make the teen weigh decisions inappropriately. Also, parents or guardians of a child only want what is best for their teen, and therefore will often have valid and worthy views when it comes to who their teen is dating. Teens need guidance through the teenage years, especially when it comes to dating and finding the

This is arguably the most well-known love story in history. In this play, a young boy named Romeo, from the house of Montague, falls in love with a 13 year old girl named Juliet from the Capulet house. However, just before meeting Juliet, Romeo was mourning over Rosaline, with whom he was madly in love, even though she did not love him back. Romeo speaks of his love with his cousin, saying, “Benvolio: ‘Be ruled by me: forget to think of her.’ Romeo: ‘ O, teach me how I should forget to think!’ Benvolio: ‘ By giving liberty unto thine eyes: Examine other beauties.’ Romeo: ‘ …He that is strucken blind cannot forget the precious treasure of his eyesight lost. Show me a mistress that is passing fair, What doth her beauty serve but as a note Where I may read who passed that passing fair? Farewell. Thou canst not teach me to forget” (Act one, scene one, lines 240 through 250). After Romeo has met Juliet, he says, “With Rosaline, my ghostly father? No. I have forgot that name, and that name’s woe” Act two, scene three, line 48). This begs the question: Was Romeo truly in love, or did he just find Juliet attractive, like many teens? Convinced that they were in love with each other, these two teens meet again at night and pledge their love, deciding that they will be married the next morning. At this point, the two teens have known each other for less than a day, and

One example can even be found, believe it or not, in the children’s movie, Frozen. One major theme throughout the film is to not marry someone you just met. The character Ana meets a man named Hans, and within the day she accepts his marriage proposal, falling aimlessly into his trap of blind love. Ana’s older sister, Elsa, refuses to grant the couple her blessing, saying that Ana cannot marry someone she just met. Ana gets upset and continues her relationship with Hans, eventually discovering that he intended to marry her simply to become the king. Leaving her for dead, Ana realizes that she knew nothing about Hans and she had no idea of the evil inside of him. In the cases of both stories, the couples did not know much about the personality of the other. The teens acted solely on current emotion and impulse, not yet having a strong ability to think maturely and sensibly. These situations and outcomes could have been avoided if the teens would have trusted and listened to those older than them. Ana was reacting on current emotion instead of wise thought. Elsa only wanted what was best for Ana, and therefore denied her blessing, even though it hurt Ana at the time. Sometimes our loved ones do the hard thing that might upset us in order