Your Choice, or Others
Humans are a complexity that often contradicts themselves when it comes to matters of the heart and head. It's hard to navigate life as a human through all the thoughts and opinions of the people around them without feeling like you did something wrong along the way. To be human is to realize that emotions and actions can be influenced by the society people live in, the opinions of others, and the need to put yourself first.
Sometimes the need to put yourself first is so vast that it needs to be done rather than listening to the words and warnings of others. Shakespeare once wrote in the words of Juliet from Romeo and Juliet, “I will not marry yet, and when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris.”(3.5.17-19) Juliet has just been notified that she will be binding her love in a marriage with Paris and she refuses. She is saying that instead of marrying Paris which will increase their wealth, status, and overall benefit the house of capulets she would rather marry Romeo, a Montague before she even held hands with Paris. In reality, she is already married to Romeo and is ignoring society's standards and opinions on the feud between Montagues and Capulets. Also said
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The article Teenagers in love, states “If the family must move to a new community and the children's close friends must be left behind, so what?”(Kalish). Humans will often discard what the needs of a few are for the needs of many. In the article All for love, seen in the previous paragraph, it says, “Love can bring people together or drive them apart.”(Studysinc) Love, hate, and any strong emotion really can do this. A great example is when in Romeo and Juliet when the star-crossed lovers died for their love it ended the feud between the two houses, while hate throughout the story is what leads to their and others' deaths and the hatred of the