Tragedy of Teenage Lovers

Honestly, I have never read Romeo and Juliet before. Although I have watched the old film version of it like 7 years ago, I don't really remember and I didn't understand at the time too as there was no subtitle. (Maybe a little bit about the incredible handsomeness of Leonardo DiCaprio?) What I know about the story of Romeo and Juliet is just a lot of good reputations which basically talk about how awesome and influential it is and there are a lot of adaptations of this. It is considered as a crucial masterpiece of Shakespeare himself too. Even for people who don't know Shakespeare well, they do probably know Romeo and Juliet. It is truly a world widely well known play. (It is not a novel!!) Also, what I think as a good thing about this piece is that Romeo and Juliet is tragic story that is loved by a lot of people. Usually what people would like to listen, see, or feel is happy ending, and it is a pretty basic principle that the story with happy ending gets more love than one without. And this piece is not what the readers and the audiences want, it is rather tragic enough to disappoint them. In spite of it, this piece still gets lots of attention and love, which is impressive for me. That made me think that Shakespeare's ability to play with fancy and poetic language had been really great that it even made tragic story line beautiful.

When I actually sat on my chair and got to read Romeo and Juliet, it was tragic for me. I have never seen these kinds of English. Order of the words, vocabulary, and grammar were so confusing and difficult to understand, and they naturally led me to look at the summary of the chapter as well as
vocabulary guide. From what I have read, there were a few characters I want to talk about: Romeo and Juliet. First, Romeo is a boy from Montague family. He is very emotional and easily change his mind. He was depressed because of his lovesick to Rosaline who is his teenage crush. He said "O, she is rich in beauty, only poor. That, when she dies, with beauty dies her store" (ebook, 110). It shows how romantic and poetic he is. Also he said "I'll go along, no such sight to be shown, but to rejoice in splendor of mine own" (ebook, 117), which shows that his superficial and naive characteristic because he decided to go to feast by looking his love's name, Rosaline. Second, Juliet is a young girl from Capulet family she is 14 years old. She is very conforming, careful, and polite to her family. She said "It is an 'honor' that I dream not of" (ebook, 121) which shows her being very careful about word choice to her family. And she said "I'll look to like, if looking liking move" (ebook, 123) which shows she is sort of obeying her family though she is not fully obeying.