Romeo is first introduced to us as a sad, melancholic, apathetic youth. His reason for sadness is universal; Rosaline his love, to whom he had sent many precious gifts, will not return his affections. In

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Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. During Shakespeare’s time, most people died at a younger age and therefore grew up much more quickly than people of today. They got married younger than people of nowadays, which explains why Paris, Romeo and Juliet are so young in the play. For that reason Shakespeare wrote this play about young love. In this play the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are just two typical teenagers. They are naïve and not mature enough to be involved in marriages. Romeo is trying to find real love from a girl he likes, but she rejects him. So he tries to find someone else because that is just the way a teenage boys act. Then all of a sudden he sees Juliet and totally forgets about his first love for Rosaline, which is just how boys act with love. However Romeo is respected by everybody even his enemies, unlike teenagers from nowadays. As you can see Romeo is after all a teenage boy.

William Shakespeare was born on April 23rd ,1564, in Stratford, England. He was the third child out of eight children. On November 28th ,1582, he married Anne Hathaway. He had three children with her, two of them being twins. In the 1590s, Shakespeare went to London and joined a touring theatre company. By the late 1590s Shakespeare had established himself as a writer. In 1599, he founded the Globe theatre with six other associates. Shakespeare was able to establish himself, both as a playwright and a poet during his time. Shakespeare died on April 23rd , 1616. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in 1595 . The theme of Romeo and Juliet is young love, during those times people found it normal to have arranged marriages and marry at a young age. The play contrasts Romeo and Juliet's love against the hate of their families, as illustrated by the feud. In the Prologue, we're told that their love is stronger than the hatred of the feud, but it's a bitter struggle. Hatred is strong enough to separate the lovers, kill Mercutio, Tybalt, and Paris, banish Romeo, and finally force Romeo and Juliet to commit suicide. Nevertheless, love is even stronger :nothing can kill the love between Romeo and Juliet, and this finally triumphs.

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Romeo is first introduced to us as a sad, melancholic, apathetic youth. His reason for sadness is universal; Rosaline his love, to whom he had sent many precious gifts,  will not return his affections. In spite of Romeo’s love and gifts, Rosaline decided to become a nun and rejected Romeo. He still loves Rosaline a lot and says in the play to Benvolio that he could love no other woman other than Rosaline. Romeo is heartbroken and deeply depressed. He shows that in the play very clearly, by saying something acting in a way. He says in the play to ...

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