Here are a few points I've picked up in my Shakespeare Class:
1. Juliet may be manipulating Romeo; Juliet has to marry either way and Juliet chooses Romeo in a move to maintain control over her own life.
2. The adults are to blame for R&J's deaths because they keep screwing up.
3. A great love cannot exist on Earth; R&J experiences a type of paradise or Eden through their love which cannot exist on this Earth hence their suicide. Cross-referenced with Launfal by Marie de France where pure love can only be seen as mystical and otherworldly.
1. Juliet may be manipulating Romeo; Juliet has to marry either way and Juliet chooses Romeo in a move to maintain control over her own life.
2. The adults are to blame for R&J's deaths because they keep screwing up.
3. A great love cannot exist on Earth; R&J experiences a type of paradise or Eden through their love which cannot exist on this Earth hence their suicide.
Cross-referenced with Launfal by Marie de France where pure love can only be seen as mystical and otherworldly.