Many of you must have heard about the story of Romeo and Juliet. The households to which they belong were enemies, but they fell in love regardlessly and eventually lost their lives. Their death led to the compromise between the two households. What a love story, isn’t it? However, if you carefully go through the story again, you’ll find some interesting details. Romeo had been picking up a girl called Rosaline before he met Juliet, but he was fascinated head over heels at the first sight of Juliet and immediately forgot Rosaline whom he had been chasing for such a long time. Romeo’s fickleness really shocked me. “She does teach the torches to burn bright,” said Romeo. But what really lit up the night was Juliet’s beauty, not Juliet. In other words, any beautiful girl could light up Romeo’s world, not always Juliet. Meanwhile, Juliet wasn’t a reserved girl at all; not only did she kiss Romeo when they first met, but also she was willing to marry the stranger whom she met only once. They had met only a few times before they both died for love. They didn’t even have time to make sure if he/she was her/his Mr./Mrs. Right. Their love appeared like fireworks, gorgeous but transient. According to psychologists, the more parents’ interference are, the deeper lovers fall in love. This kind of phenomenon has an interesting name called “Romeo and Juliet effect.” Romeo was 17 and Juliet was only 14, both in puberty. Their forbidden love might gave them a sense of rebellion. They were so young, but they committed suicide because of the so-called “true love.” That’s really immature and pitiful. This story was written by William Shakespeare during the Renaissance period. Its strong humanistic spirit and the promotion of the freedom of love is especially progressive. But for the present, it is not really a good love story. |