Monday, July 27, 2015

Romeo and Juliet: A tragic love story

Romeo and Juliet: A Tragic Love Story

            If Eiffel Tower is associated with the symbol of love, then the most prominent love story in the literary goes to Romeo and Juliet. Love is the most dominant and important theme in Romeo and Juliet. However, Romeo and Juliet is not so called a “happy ever after” love story but indeed a tragic one. In the beginning, the love between Romeo and Juliet was portrayed explicitly beautiful and love can strike anyone but the ending betrayed most of our expectation. It is just too realistic and tragic. The ending is parallel with the other side of love facts. Love can be the most sweetest thing ever and at the same time it can be the the most cruelsome thing.
            Love can be described as pure, beautiful and at same time people also associate love with blindness and madness. It is hard to explain love itself but I believe that love is beautiful but the way we deal with love that makes it looks amoral. Although I do not like the ending of Romeo and Juliet but I know that double suicide tragedy is a consequence from the impulse decision earlier. If Capulet did not decide to marry off Juliet with Paris, I guess Juliet would not make a haste decision to drink the death faker potion. If Romeo think and act a little bit calmer in the first place, this catastrophic event could be evaded. However, what more I can say since people could act strangely and will be out of mind when passionate in love.
            When we love someone we always think that our love story will end according to our plan and goes smoothly. But we must remember that the reality does not offer a blast of perfect day always. Sometimes love needs a sacrifice for a better future ahead. In Romeo and Juliet, we could see that the death of Romeo and Juliet ended the dispute between Capulet-Montague. In spite of we see that the sacrifice Romeo and Juliet made was to preserve and defense their love but at same time it lead up to a new day for Capulet and Montague family.

            There is no doubt that love is beautiful and at times love is brutal. Love in Romeo and Juliet is portrayed too powerful to the eternity yet chaotic. People could love or hate someone in any minutes but the way we deal with our emotions shows us how sensible and crazy we can be. There is no wrong being in love but to the some extent we must know to distinguish between the reality and fantasy. Indeed love is complex and yet mysterious. I love the quotes from Ed Sheeran song, Thinking Out Loud, “People fall in love in a mysterious way.” Since love is mysterious and hard to be described, absolutely people can fall in love in mysterious way. What I can say lastly, love is not to be understood but to be felt.


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