Romeo and Juliet don’t know what they really are wanting in their life. They will highlight the unknown love they have for each other in the story. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet transcends time by addressing the issues of love, trust, and peer pressure, themes that modern-day teenagers face. Romeo and Juliet’s love, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I never saw true beauty till this night.” Romeo didn’t know whether or not he was in love or not. Modern teenagers these days don’t understand was love really is. “If love be blind, love cannot hit the mark.” (2.1 33-34) Paris loves Juliet but she doesn’t love him back so ignores it and wants it unknown because she is in love with Romeo. Today teenagers hide love because …show more content…
In today’s world people no one trusts so they kill or confront you about it. “Yet I should kill thee with much cherishing.” (2.2 83-85) Romeo killed Tybalt. Today people lie and lie so we lose their trust. Lensing 1 The wedding “A great idea should always be left to steep like loose tea leaves in a teapot for a while, to make sure enough and that the idea truly is a great one.” When Romeo and Juliet were about to get married Juliet had peer pressure because she had to guys that wanted to marry her and she had to choose. Modern teenagers will pressure you to do anything no matter what. “If you follow the crowd you might get lost in it.” When they keep asking Juliet who she wanted to be with she was pressured to give an answer. Today you have to watch you’re back because someone might pressure you in to doing something and you don’t even know it. Conclusion, Shakespeare’s book Romeo and Juliet is a lot to take in it covers a lot of different situations you might have in your own life or maybe in a family member’s