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What Lessons Can We Learn From Shakespeare'S Romeo And Juliet?
Reading this play in high school years ago, but its themes on impulsive love and family feuds still resonate. What deeper insights on its warnings or morals stick with modern readers?
2025-09-21 16:05:24
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judith mara calder
The main message of Romeo and Juliet is the tragedy that can occur when a person allows external conflict with their family and miscommunication to cause them to make hasty decisions. A modern take on this tragic love story is the web novel “To my Romeo, I am dying”. This story follows a young woman who knows that her love for another will end badly, but is unable to extricate herself from the web of secrets and obligations that bind her to this doomed love. It is a very interesting look at a love that is doomed from the start by forces beyond the control of the lovers.
2026-08-01
Paisley
This is Shakespeare with ‘Romeo and Juliet’. It’s really good and the lessons it teaches are really relevant today. This is one of the most powerful things that Romeo and Juliet show: love is very powerful and can be very reckless. The two young people fell in love at first sight, and were reckless in their pursuit of each other.
This play highlights for me the importance of finding a balance between your head and heart and between passion and reason. And yes, it can have life changing consequences. I have certainly made rash decisions in the name of love before, with subsequent regret.
Another thing I saw in Romeo and Juliet is how a lot of conflict is inherited. And often it’s not something that the inheritor even wants to deal with. It’s a struggle that a lot of people can relate to in life where they are trying to be true to themselves and their own desires against the conflicting family pressures. It highlights the importance of finding one’s own way in life.
This play highlights for me the importance of finding a balance between your head and heart and between passion and reason. And yes, it can have life changing consequences. I have certainly made rash decisions in the name of love before, with subsequent regret.
Another thing I saw in Romeo and Juliet is how a lot of conflict is inherited. And often it’s not something that the inheritor even wants to deal with. It’s a struggle that a lot of people can relate to in life where they are trying to be true to themselves and their own desires against the conflicting family pressures. It highlights the importance of finding one’s own way in life.
2025-09-22
Zane
The consequences of impulsiveness and the ways in which family dynamics can influence personal relationships are issues that are dealt with in Romeo and Juliet. On the surface the play can appear to be one of simply heartbreak, yet upon reading it again and again I find myself returning to the importance of communication and the way in which those who adhere to a set of preconceived notions can allow a situation to spiral out of control.
On the flip side, Shakespeare creatively explores and depicts the love of these young characters, highlighting the most intense love of all. The depiction of ‘love at first sight’ to many would seem to exaggerate and instill an overly romanticized notion of what love really is. The creative depiction however conveys a sense of excitement and the chaos felt by most who experience love for the first time.
On the flip side, Shakespeare creatively explores and depicts the love of these young characters, highlighting the most intense love of all. The depiction of ‘love at first sight’ to many would seem to exaggerate and instill an overly romanticized notion of what love really is. The creative depiction however conveys a sense of excitement and the chaos felt by most who experience love for the first time.
2025-09-22
Emma
‘Romeo and Juliet’ is so much a story of young people against the world of adults. It’s a great story to explore the pulls between the human desire for love and the demands of society. And, in particular, the great feud between the Montagues and Capulets and how it controls the lives of the two families’ children. It’s very relevant today, I think, in that families and society generally have a huge influence on our lives, and we have to decide whether we allow that to dominate our lives, or whether we go our own way and follow our hearts.
Another theme prevalent in this story is the contrast between fate and free will. Even the title ‘Romeo and Juliet’ calls them star-crossed lovers. Many of us will have felt like we are being held back by circumstances which are outside of our control. This can lead to interesting speculation as to whether we actually have control over our lives or whether we are mere pawns in a grand plan. It is something that I often think about in my life and how my choices interact with the circumstances that surround me.
In the end, there is nothing that demonstrates so profoundly the positive power of deep love and the often negative results brought about by it in a state of intense abandon, than the story of these two youngsters.
Another theme prevalent in this story is the contrast between fate and free will. Even the title ‘Romeo and Juliet’ calls them star-crossed lovers. Many of us will have felt like we are being held back by circumstances which are outside of our control. This can lead to interesting speculation as to whether we actually have control over our lives or whether we are mere pawns in a grand plan. It is something that I often think about in my life and how my choices interact with the circumstances that surround me.
In the end, there is nothing that demonstrates so profoundly the positive power of deep love and the often negative results brought about by it in a state of intense abandon, than the story of these two youngsters.
2025-09-24
Joseph
One of the beauty and timeless qualities of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is the way the play highlights some very important and destroying qualities of human nature, ie. the terrible nature of long-standing feuds and the extreme way that love is idolized. We can see the hurt that long-standing family hatred causes in so many different situations today, and also see how negative and hurtful life can be when people hold on to grudges against other families and individuals.
This also brings me to an important lesson which love requires and which are the consequences of hasty decisions. The two young lovers were so full of passion for each other and were not aware of the risks they took in loving each other. Romeo and Juliet are examples of how love can blind people to reality and lead to extreme consequences. For this reason, it is very important to take a moment to think before we act and make a decision, because we never know what the consequences of our actions will be and we might be spared a lot of pain and suffering.
Again, another lesson that Shakespeare writes about is the love being able to transcend many things including expectations of society in which we live. In this tragic tale of two young lovers, who loved each other with all their hearts, they challenged the norms of their generation. Although, in the end, their love resulted in tragedy, their love was so pure and was worth dying for. As we face our own struggles and challenges, I hope that we can remember the courage it takes to stand up for what we believe in. Though, they had not had the wisdom of age, their young love was beautiful.
In summary, Shakespeare’s classic love story shows how beautiful love is, but at the same time how it can be perilous for young people who have not yet acquired enough wisdom or experience in life.
This also brings me to an important lesson which love requires and which are the consequences of hasty decisions. The two young lovers were so full of passion for each other and were not aware of the risks they took in loving each other. Romeo and Juliet are examples of how love can blind people to reality and lead to extreme consequences. For this reason, it is very important to take a moment to think before we act and make a decision, because we never know what the consequences of our actions will be and we might be spared a lot of pain and suffering.
Again, another lesson that Shakespeare writes about is the love being able to transcend many things including expectations of society in which we live. In this tragic tale of two young lovers, who loved each other with all their hearts, they challenged the norms of their generation. Although, in the end, their love resulted in tragedy, their love was so pure and was worth dying for. As we face our own struggles and challenges, I hope that we can remember the courage it takes to stand up for what we believe in. Though, they had not had the wisdom of age, their young love was beautiful.
In summary, Shakespeare’s classic love story shows how beautiful love is, but at the same time how it can be perilous for young people who have not yet acquired enough wisdom or experience in life.
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