Romeo And Juliet Comparison

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Did you know in todays society most relationships with teenagers start all because of social media? In addition, age makes a huge difference on how people start dating which causes conflict in the relationship. However, during this time period when Romeo and Juliet were a thing, children were expected to be obedient to their parents and the relationships were more distant. But, since Romeo and Juliet were from two different families they were not suppose to fall for each other as they did. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are many factors that play a role in creating similarities and differences among these two generations of “lovers,” such as how age plays a role in decision making, parental involvement and other reasons lovers would be forbidden from being together. Age plays a major role in decision making in relationships and that leads to show how far our society has came together. Therefore, Juliet, not even thirteen, while Romeo whom is much older, marry each other within a day of knowing each other. As a result, maturity also matters because the more mature you are, the more you are to make a wiser choice. However, in todays world we still have some of the same problems with relationships but we've learned from those mistakes and they are very rare to appear. Plus, most of us today would date or …show more content…

In the story, Romeo and Juliet, parents and their children were very distant from each other. In todays society we live in a world where parents are much closer to their children and usually know whats happening in their relationship. However, since now we have more parental involvement, we are more capable to make wiser choices and not make wrong decisions. Therefore, when teenagers are about to make a not so smart decision, parents can put their input in a change their