On average it takes 2 whole months to fall in love with someone, however Romeo and Juliet take less than a day. In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, and “Love Story” by Taylor Swift. Both of these stories show love between 2 parties, and can be compared in many ways. I have found multiple similarities which include, Romeo and Juliet meeting and falling in love at a party, them wanting to get married, and the famous balcony scene, and I will be comparing them with Love Story in this essay. My first similarity between the two, is them meeting and falling in love at a party. In Taylor Swift’s song it says “I see you make your way through the crowd and say hello, little did I know that you were Romeo”. First of all, it says Romeo in the song which compares them right away. Also, Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love at a mask party. Romeo comes to Juliet and they immediately fall in love, which is what the song is saying. I believe this quote is one of the greatest similarities between the book and song. …show more content…
The whole beginning of the story is Romeo and Juliet meeting and wanting to get married, which eventually they do. The song says “marry me Juliet, you’ll never have to be alone”, which is indicating Romeo wanting to marry her in the song. In the story they get married the next day, although it doesn’t happen in the song. Many complications occur in the book because of them getting married, such as Juliet possibly getting disowned by her father because she does not want to marry