Romeo And Juliet In "Love"

The “Love” of Romeo and Juliet

Call me unorthodox, seeing as this essay of sorts could be taken as a direct insult to one of the greatest authors and play-wrights in the history of man, but I do not believe his beloved characters in the play “Romeo and Juliet” were actually in love. Infatuation is a better term for it, in my opinion. Not only do these вЂ?star-crossed lovers’ make multiple remarks about sex throughout the play, but come on; they were married within days after meeting each other. Call this opinion naÐ"Їve and infantile, seeing as the remarks were to lighten up the mood of an otherwise depressing tragedy, but I am not critiquing the play; only the fictional relationship between two lusty teenagers that has become the most wide known story of love in today’s society. Was that a mistake; or has modern society misinterpreted a story about shortsighted rebellious teenagers going against their parents will for a pure story about two people whose love was unjustly taken away from them by the corrupted authority figure? So between the immaturities, the sex mongering infatuation they have for each other, and the general teenage angst they portray to the fullest extent possible, I believe that Romeo and Juliet’s love was nothing more than a grade school crush story.

When I was younger, along with everyone else in the world, there was this one girl that I had the biggest crush on. I could spend every waking moment of every waking day with her. I would think about her all the time, and I would often ask her to play. I guess she liked me too, and we talked about getting married and spending the rest of our lives together. That lasted for about a week. Then I found a new girl. I look back at this and think to myself. How could I have been so immature and flat out stupid? That is exactly how Romeo and Rosaline were. Romeo liked Rosaline in the opening scenes, but when he goes to the party and lays one look on Juliet, he forgets his love for Ms. Rosy, and goes straight for the hotter chick, being Juliet. He is acting like a seven year old on the playground at school. They both need to realize that in order to be in love, those involved need to be mature enough to handle the relationship. Not only do they need to be mature, but it also needs to be a mature relationship in order to be truly called love. It needs to have the experience that hardship and longevity brings. Comparing the two types is like comparing a one-month anniversary of two teenagers to a fifty-year anniversary of two seventy five year olds; which one would you take more seriously?

Sex. It’s on the mind of all teenagers. This is the way it is now; this was the way it was around 1595. In the beginning of the play, it is reasonable to assume that Romeo was looking for a booty call, going after a mysterious woman who he only knows as Rosaline, practically stalking her at a party. Beautiful? Mysterious? That’s hot. He had not conversed with her so far, apart from knowing how she looks, which was beautiful. Friar Lawrence said it so rhythmically himself, “Young men’s love lies/ Not in their heart, but in their eyes.” The definition of infatuation is: an object of extravagant, short-lived passion. Romeo was first infatuated with Rosaline, which was very short lived, but once he was with Juliet, infatuated was the best way to describe their relationship. It was very passionate, looking upon the balcony scene and also when Romeo