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Romeo And Juliet False Love Analysis

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Many teens tend to know a false love because they see this love in movies, around school and on social media. Teenagers are too immature to know what love really is. Also many teens go out and when they break up with date someone else and say that they love them but in reality they don’t they are just trying to get over their ex. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and many articles state that young love is false. Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two young teens that fall in love at first sight and end up killing themselves because they weren’t able to be with each other. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight, but is it true love? Friar Lawrence’s comment to Romeo shows that Romeo isn’t really in love with Juliet. …show more content…

Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down.”(act 1, scene 4, lines 27&28)This quote shows how young men be harsh with you, so when you are in a relationship you are ready to get hurt because boys are still not mature enough. Dezma Grainer’s article “Getting a grasp on teenage ‘love’ can be complicated” states how teenagers think love is easy and how they think it’s true love. Teens often think they are in love because of social media and movies that influence teenagers. “As far as many teenagers are concerned, love always seems to be in the air. But is isn’t really love? I don’t like so. In many cases, it is a false love created by media and music that influence teenager’s way of thinking.”
This quote shows how teenager’s get influnced by media and think love is a contest. Teenager’s tend to follow favorite their artist, for example, if their favorite artist gets in a relationship teens want to be in one so they could be like them. In conclusion, is young love really true? Young love is not really love, teenagers might say its true love but it is puppy love which is an informal term for feelings of love or romance by two young people. Teenagers are immature to know what love really

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And he left Juliet alone after she found out that Romeo had killed himself. Friar Lawrence and Romeo and Juliet had a pretty good relationship. Romeo came to Lawrence asking him to marry him and Juliet and though he did not think it was the best idea he did what the couple wanted him to do. Juliet asked him to do a favor and he planned everything she was going to also marry paris to make her dad happy but was going to run away with Romeo. Friar Lawernece says “thy love was read by rote that could not spell” (ii.3.90).

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Love is a natural feeling that causes humans to do crazy and irrational things. For instance, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters’ obsessive love for each other is the main cause of their downfall. Romeo, however, indulges in his passion much differently than Juliet. In the balcony scene in Act II, scene ii, of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is shown to be impulsive and immature. This is made clear in Romeo’s attitude toward love and his reactions to dangerous situations.

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Teenagers claim to be independent individuals, yet they still value their parents and constantly look to them for support. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a classic play regarding two teenagers from feuding families who ultimately fall in love despite their parents' wishes. The tragic demise of the two lovers is a direct result of the Capulet’s disregard for Juliet’s emotional well being. The Capulet and Montague’s feud prompts Juliet to assume her own parents would disapprove of her relationship with Romeo. Thus, she is forced to keep their marriage private, causing her to perform elaborate schemes and eventually resort to committing suicide.

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Most teenagers are impulsive and often demonstrate this trait through rebellious behavior. How many teenagers that you know would kill for their love? William Shakespeare discusses this subject in Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet face a difficult situation as they are born into feuding families and are supposed to dislike each other. As a result, their love will be impossible to maintain even though they try their hardest.

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The quote provided by Friar Lawrence suggests that Romeo does not encounter actual feelings for Juliet, he is seduced by her looks. The Friar is Romeo's confessor, therefore he knows Romeo better than Romeo knows himself. Due to this, Friar Lawrence can identify Romeos previous encounterments

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