Forever Alone (A Discussion of the Portrayal of Romeo as a Teenage Boy in Love) When people think of teenagers in love, many different things come to mind. Eloping, extreme attachment, drama, hasty and usually bad choices. This pretty much sums up the young romances of today, but what about in the past? In Shakespearian times, teenagers got married all the time, and not because they were so in love they couldn’t be separate for a moment longer. It was because back then, people had drastically shorter lifespans. A sixty year old then would be viewed as a one hundred year old is viewed today. Still, most of those marriages were not based on love, they were based on politics and necessity. Love rarely had anything to do with it. but