Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet shouldn’t be in the 9th-grade curriculum. William Shakespeare was a magnificent author, probably the most popular at his time. But this story just doesn't fit the ninth-grade English curriculum. Romeo and Juliet was a play written by William Shakespeare that consists of two lovers who loved with passion, by the end of the story both were dead, which could lead teens into thinking wrong about strong loving. Their story offers a very bad example of romantic love to teenagers who are just learning what love is. Romeo and Juliet at their time was the most tragic event. This story was an amazing love story but it just isn't relevant. Most love stories that are created in modern time start off well, they go down a couple hills and then makeup and it's happy ever after. But Romeo and Juliet don't offer that same relevance, because they both die at the end of the story. Most people in modern time love a good love story that ends in a well, healthy relationship. When people watch movies like “The Longest Ride,” or the “ Notebook” they watch them and expect for them to end in a great love story, but Romeo and Juliet doesn't fit that criteria. The story is just so outdated it, it was a great love story but the story doesn't have relevance for our time period, which is why it shouldn't be a part of …show more content…
The story was written hundreds of years ago, and clearly people did things very different in that time, the English Language included. For example in Act 1 scene one of the play Lady Montague said, “O where is Romeo? Saw you him to-day? Right glad I am he was not at this fray.” When he could have easily said in modern english, “have you seen Romeo? I am glad he was not at this fray.” And it would have many it way easier to understand. Again Shakespeare was an amazing artist but the way he used English wouldn’t be relevant in the modern day way of