Essay Comparing Romeo And Juliet

In the story of “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, is about a feud between two families and how their war and hate for one another drove two young teens to kill themselves and two high family officials got murdered. In Love Story, a song written by Taylor Swift is about the play “Romeo and Juliet” but she puts her own spin on it. Her song is about Romeo and Juliet falling in love and Juliet’s point of view on things. And in the end Romeo and Juliet get there happy ending.

Both the book, “Romeo and Juliet” and the song “Love Story” have very similar plot lines. They both deal with parents who don’t approve of Romeo and Juliet's love. In “Love Story,” Taylor Swift sings “..and my daddy said, stay away from Juliet.” This shows that Juliet’s dad was not

The the theme in “Romeo and Juliet” is War never results in a happy ending. I think this because the Montagues and the Capulets have been having a feud for forever that they don’t even remember what started their hate to begin with. In the end of “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet drank a “potion” to look as if she is dead and then wake up and run away with Romeo. However, Romeo did not know the plan and he went to go visit the tomb that Juliet was resting in. He saw that she was dead and drank poison. Then, when Juliet woke and saw that Romeo was dead and stabbed herself with his dagger. “I cannot live without Romeo, so I, too, must die!” Juliet said. It took two murders and two suicides for the family fued to come to an end. “You Montagues and Capulets! See what your fighting has done? First of all, Mercutio and Paris are dead. The Capulets have lost Juliet and the Montagues have lost Romeo. All of us have been punished because of you!” Prince Escalus told the people of Verona. The war over something small that happened a long time ago, took lives and will forever scar the loved ones of the