Romeo and Juliet: The Story of Young Infatuation
“Love is not affectionate feeling but a steady wish for the loved person’s ultimate good as far as it can be obtained”
~ C. S. Lewis
Lay theologian and literary critic C. S. Lewis has a very clear view on love. Romeo and Juliet have an infatuation with each other that is often confused with love, but it is not. Romeo and Juliet do not show examples of wanting the best for each other, in fact they continuously make selfish decisions that only benefit themselves. C. S. Lewis says that love is not a feeling; the young teens mistake their affectionate feelings for one another with a true love, which it is not. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet neglect to think of each other when making decisions and do not know each other before they get married, which shows that Romeo and Juliet were not in love but rather infatuated with the each other. First and foremost, the young teenagers show us that they are not in love with each other when they make selfish decisions and fail to think of each other when doing something reckless. We see an example of this kind of behavior when Romeo kills Tybalt. Not only is the act of murdering someone unmoral, but he also didn’t take into consideration what this would do to the supposed love of his life. Additionally, Romeo
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In the classic novel by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet continuously think things through one-sidedly and rush into things without knowing a thing about each other, which proves that Romeo and Juliet were not in love with each other but rather infatuated. The love between man and woman should be a completely self-giving bond where one wants what is best for the other. Therefore, it is imperative that each person in a relationship gets to know the other and thinks about how their choices affect that