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Romeo and Juliet
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bookshelves: a-touch-of-satire, characters-i-would-like-to-kick, bagful-of-laughs, classics, favourites, romance-fail
Jan 12, 2016
bookshelves: a-touch-of-satire, characters-i-would-like-to-kick, bagful-of-laughs, classics, favourites, romance-fail
There is nothing romantic about Romeo & Juliet. If anything, this felt like an intentional mockery to me. So if anyone thinks this is categorized as Romance, I will stare at them like they've lost their heads.
There have been debates about whether or not Romeo & Juliet is a satire. I'm 101% sure that this is a satirical play in which Shakespeare, the genius bastard, mocked and made fun of hot-headed, foolish teenagers. The man laughed in the face of insta-love (lust), and I laughed along with him. If he was here, I'd offer him a high five because hey, some of his mockery is true. Many teens (I'm not saying all) tend to confuse lust and admiration for love. We also shoot our mouths like bullets at the adults who are supposed to 'know better'. I may or may not be one of those teens.
I've read Hamlet, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar where characters there are smart in their actions. So... why would he create a fool like Romeo? I've read The Tempest where the relationship between Miranda and Ferdinand took a slow, budding pace so why the sudden proclaimations of love and wedding vows here? It does not adds up. Unless of course, you see this in a satirical point of view.
Besides, Shakespeare always struck me as someone who explores in the deep meaning of love. Love is not a subject he took lightly. This I assumed also by judging from what many people say about his sonnets.
I didn't feel the air of tragic when Shakespeare killed off the characters here; poison down Romeo's throat, sword in Juliet's gut. It felt like Shakespeare himself was laughing his ass off.
Lookit these stupid teenagers. Lookit how blindly they throw themselves into relationships! Ha...ha...ha!
So bugger with the insta-lust. It's laughable, unrealistic even, but I've had the time of my life reading this play. If Shakespeare indeed meant this to be a satire, he did a great job.
There have been debates about whether or not Romeo & Juliet is a satire. I'm 101% sure that this is a satirical play in which Shakespeare, the genius bastard, mocked and made fun of hot-headed, foolish teenagers. The man laughed in the face of insta-love (lust), and I laughed along with him. If he was here, I'd offer him a high five because hey, some of his mockery is true. Many teens (I'm not saying all) tend to confuse lust and admiration for love. We also shoot our mouths like bullets at the adults who are supposed to 'know better'. I may or may not be one of those teens.
I've read Hamlet, Macbeth, and Julius Caesar where characters there are smart in their actions. So... why would he create a fool like Romeo? I've read The Tempest where the relationship between Miranda and Ferdinand took a slow, budding pace so why the sudden proclaimations of love and wedding vows here? It does not adds up. Unless of course, you see this in a satirical point of view.
Besides, Shakespeare always struck me as someone who explores in the deep meaning of love. Love is not a subject he took lightly. This I assumed also by judging from what many people say about his sonnets.
I didn't feel the air of tragic when Shakespeare killed off the characters here; poison down Romeo's throat, sword in Juliet's gut. It felt like Shakespeare himself was laughing his ass off.
Lookit these stupid teenagers. Lookit how blindly they throw themselves into relationships! Ha...ha...ha!
So bugger with the insta-lust. It's laughable, unrealistic even, but I've had the time of my life reading this play. If Shakespeare indeed meant this to be a satire, he did a great job.
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January 12, 2016
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January 12, 2016
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a-touch-of-satire
January 12, 2016
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January 12, 2016
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bagful-of-laughs
January 12, 2016
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classics
January 12, 2016
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favourites
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romance-fail
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This has been my theory also !! I don't know shakespear's work as well as you seem to, yet Romeo and Juliet always felt like a caricature... Might be weird, but to me it had the same kind of vibe as The princess Bride :P
Wow! That's a really interesting way to put it, Eve! Your views are always out of the box. Impressive!^^
The best review of Romeo and Juliet I've ever read! You're awesome
If Shakespeare were alive today and saw how seriously people are taking Romeo and Juliet (and his words in general), he'd laugh himself to death.
i completely agree with you because if you were to read any other William Shakespeare books and to see the other men are being so smart in their actions then doing it off their guts. This book has no true love in it but alot of false love in it. Only i see is confusion on love and emotion.
I agree with you because many teens don't really know what loves it but because they think they do, they let the "love" they have block the decision they make. And also agree that he is mocking the teenagers with them falling in "love" at such a young age.
I agree with you. I'm not sure what's so romantic about it. Twelfth night was better in the romance department. And had a much better story. It seems that he wrote this as you said to explore love and the foolishness of some peoples definition of love. Romeo was weird. In the beginning he was hung up on Rosalyn (I think that was her name) and then all of a sudden he was in love with Juliet.
Great review :)