Romeo And Juliet Comparative Essay

“Why do traditional English teachers force students to read a story that is over 400 years old? What could this play possibly have to do with us?” It’s a question teenagers ask time and again. Well, the tragedy Romeo and Juliet is a perfect example of why we continue to study Shakespeare’s work. While the story may be written in a language that’s foreign to contemporary audiences, the story itself doesn’t age. In fact, upon initial observation, one would probably not place a real-life 21st century lynching and the play Romeo and Juliet in to the same category; however, the two stories share striking similarities.
To begin, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet are star-crossed lovers; the children of two feuding families of equal status during

Romeo and Juliet, much like Teen Couple Executed by their Parents...for daring to fall in love, is about a teenage love story that ends in tragedy. Both couples although forbidden, fell in love only to be separated by death. Another striking similarity, would be the very adult like decisions that the couples were forced to make due to the childish choices their parents made. Both teens felt obligated to choose between life or love because of their parents prejudice. Bias opinions made the parents forbid love between the two teen couples. In the end, unreasonable opinions about different social classes and opposing families were the cause of the two couples deaths. As stated before the teens death was not of natural causes, but by their will to die for love and their parents will to kill their own children. Although both moms of the two men played a role in their children's death, they both begged to spare their son’s life. Unfortunately for both mothers their pleads would be for nothing and both boys would lose their

The love the couples shared for one another helped them get passed several obstacles. Although the outcome was negative instead of positive the couple’s couldn’t stop the love they felt for their partner. Whether the story took place in Verona, Italy or in Alingar, India. In the 14th-15th century to the 21st. Everyone is facing difficulties with prejudice and opposing factors leading to people not trying to get what they want. Whether it be the past or the present people will judge and end up just like the two teen couples. History will always find a way of repeating itself, Furthermore, these stories written in a language that is foreign to contemporary audiences, the stories themselves don’t