Romeo and Juliet is still one of Shakespeare's most frequently performed plays. Romeo and Juliet's popularity since 1596 has made them the quintessential archetypal lovers. There's no escaping Shakespare. Why is he still so relevant?
How do we relate to this story in the modern age? Why do we study this play today? Please write 7-10 sentences about 1) What you already know about Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare, and 2) Argue for or against it's modern relevancy.
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Ashley Rodriguez
2/15/2016 09:37:54 pm
I know that it is a story about two teenagers who fall in love during a party. Both parents despise each other. Juliet was supposed to marry another wealthy man however the father was trying to give her some breathing time before having to actually go through with the arrangement. The mother did not raise Juliet she was raised by a nurse to whom juliet sees as a mother and talks to for guidance. Juliette has a friend to whom he talks to for guidance. then they came up with a scheme to marry each other. However, both had to in the process act and deceive others into faulting their death. Which lead to an ultimate lack of communication because of how it was back then and eventually lead to their deaths.
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Daisy
2/8/2017 01:25:24 pm
We could relate to Romeo and Juliet's love in theses day because we have some problems along the way when you deal with love. What I know about the play in Romeo and Juliet is that they both love each other but, there parents hate each other. Romeo and Juliet thought that they can change that but that never worked so since they couldn't be together they both killed themselves. We will definitely won't see this in modern days because teens will not kill themselves for love. Life back then is diffrent from now because if two teens love each other but can't be with each other they wouldn't kill themselves. They would cry but they will use technology to communicate with each other. I know this because my Best Friend in this position at the moment but they can still manage. (There are ways to work things out death is never the answer 😁)
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Lara L.
10/3/2018 03:14:07 pm
We relate to this story in modern age because people through the years recreated similar stories like Romeo and Juliet. We study this play at a young age because Romeo and Juliet were young undeceive teenagers and were still growing and understanding what love really was, and for teenagers like us were still confused on things we still need to learn on. I already know in Romeo and Juliet they were teenagers that met at a party and fell “in love” that night but what they didn’t know till later on their families were enemies which made it very hard for them to sneak around and see each other, towards the end of the story they both die from an aggressive argument and suicide which caused both families to mourn upon both deaths. In my personal opinion I don’t think romeo and juliet are irrelevant to this day because it’s an old story and generations has changed and wouldn’t fully understand what the whole point of the story was about and future peers will think it’s stupid for teenagers to be that dramatic over each other.
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ernesto rosales
3/9/2020 01:14:45 pm
these two teenagers fall in love at a party but keep it a secret cause of both their families history. they eventually get married secretly but Juliet has to marry someone else. Juliet then proceeds to fake her death. Romeo didn't know that she faked her death then he actually killed himself. Juliet realizes that Romeo is actually dead and then she kills her self. I think the book is relevant to today because teens to very crazy things for love, that seem insane. Shakespeare is not relevant at all just one of his novels.
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Nathan H
2/8/2021 08:46:36 am
I know that romeo and juliet was a poem by shakesspeare.it has a movie lots of them different takes on it the gnome is horrible. To some people maybe shakespeare is relevant but to me hes not. The story of romeo and juliet is still probably relevant
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Zoey Diaz
2/8/2021 11:44:36 am
The story romeo and juliet is about a boy and a girl who fall in love at first sight but run into problems with their family. A family feud begins and juliet cant take it so she takes a sleeping pill so she can never marry again. Romeo thinks she kills herself so he kills himself and then juliet wakes up she finds romeo dead and then she stabs herself. after all this commotion and death the family feud finally ends. to be honest I dont have a huge opinion on it but i do think that it was a very political story in regards to the family. It was sad that they felt they could never love again so they both ended their lives, but it proved a loyalty. so i guess it was worth it and benefitted them and their families.
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natalie ramos
2/8/2021 03:28:46 pm
the story of romeo and juliet is about a boy and girl who fell in love at first sight theyre love was forbidden because theyre family had a feud and they had gone through a bunch of obsticales and they ended up ending theyre lives because they wanted too show their love was tragic. shakespeare was born from 1564-1616 and was born in stratford on avon england he was the third child out of 8 and he was 18 married to a 26 yr old he wrote 37 plays and he worked as an acotrby 1594 6 plays of his had been published.
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Katelyn Mitchell
2/9/2021 02:08:19 pm
I know that Romeo and Juliet was a tragic love story. Romeo went to a party with his friends tryin to get over a girl. He met Juliet and fell in love with her. Their parents hate each other but they get married the next day. A family feud breaks out. A lot of people get killed. Juliet took a sleeping potion and Romeo thought she died. He killed himself and Juliet woke up. She saw he was dead and she killed herself too. We can relate to this today because people still think they love each other in a day.
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Melannie san gabriel
2/14/2021 08:11:08 am
What I know Shakespeare's romeo and Juliet was that it is portrayed as a love story between two people that have opposing families that don't support them. Shakespeare is still relevant even if no one really pays much attention to how much they reference him everyday and use his words constantly.
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Vallerie Ramirez
2/16/2021 08:19:28 pm
Its a story of teenagers who fall in love even though they were supposed to be enemies. They then proceed to get married behind their families backs. After that Romeo kills juliet's cousin and is banished from Verona. So then Juliet falls into a deep sleep and when Romeo comes back and finds her asleep. He thinks shes dead so he kills himself. After that Juliet wakes up and see's romeo dead and kills herself as well. Their families then find them and makeup. Shakespeare is very relevant he made some major changes to the story that where referenced from poems.
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Luis Rocha
3/1/2021 03:19:06 pm
We study this play because it is an example of a culture and the old days. William Shakespeare was very popular in the 1500's because of the way he wrote poems and wrote plays. He also was the first acting company in the 1500's. We also study William to discuss and figure out why he was such a success in the old age. William Shakespeare has grown fame and popularity over the years. He has grown fame because he was very advanced in writing. William Shakespeare will keep growing fame until the world explodes. Artists from the 1500's were different.
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Jessica Dwaileebe
3/2/2021 08:32:26 pm
I know that two teenagers fall in love but they come from familys who hate each other. But they seat there famley diffents and they get togeter anyways. then Romo kills Juliet cousin. And then Juliet takes like a poshin and she falls asleep and Romo finds her asleep and he thinks shes dead and then he kisses her and wakes up but as she wakes up he drinks the poison and he dies and she kisses him to get some poison but she can't then she stabs herself and they both die.
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