Romeo and Juliet

ACT 1-Social Statures

Every school has cliques or “mean girls”. There are popular people or nerds. In the article “Real Mean girls”, they are explaining how hurtful people can be. Many kids will commit suicide or will try to just because someone said something so hurtful. Many people say these things because they want to make themselves feel better. Lots of popular kids pick on those kids that aren’t as popular. They think their social stature is better than everyone else’s and they think they can rule the school. They were also talking about how violence happens in school. Lots of kids are getting in fights. Kids are punching eachother if one another says something rude, or makes fun of someone. Social stature doesn’t matter in highschool, because once you get done with highschool you probably won’t see those people ever again.

Social Stature and Cliques relate to Romeo and Juliet because they both were from different families. Romeo was a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet. Both of their families were very rich, and they didn’t like eachother. There was feud with the two families in the past so they just followed what their ansestors did. Juliets parents did not want Romeo and Juliet to get married. The two families each thought they were better than everyone. Just like today in society there are people that think they are better than eachother.

Social Stature is very relatable in modern day life. Every school has kids that think they are better than everyone. Many schools have “popular” kids, and “nerds”. Social rankings shouldn’t mean anything. Just because you are popular or you are a jock that does not mean that you are better than kids that aren’t as popular. Treat everyone equally, because you never know what someone is going through.

DARREN SCOTT. “Real Mean Girls.” Independent (UK), 10 Aug. 2018. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=4HGINDINMLMMGLSTRY000031053428&site=ehost-live.

ACT 2-5: Arranged Marriages

There are still several countries in the world that have arranged marriages. In the article “Arranged Marriages” it says most people are not happy when put with people that they don’t love. When you are arranged a partner most likely you don’t actually end up falling in love, and they most likely come from the same religion or believe in the same things.

Arranged Marriages occured in Romeo and Juliet. First of all an arranged marriage is when you marry someone, because they believe in the same things or come from the same family. They don’t usually love eachother, they just have to do it because their families want them too. Juliets family wanted her to marry Paris. Juliet didn’t really love Paris, and she really did love Romeo. Her family wanted her to marry Paris because he believed and did the same things that Juliet and her family did.

Arranged marriages still to this day occur. Most of the arranged marriages occur in India, Pakistan, and Japan. Not many occur in the USA, but they are very uncommon. Usually the people that are getting arranged marriages are more wealthy, and they want their kids to follow their footsteps.

Ellie Tesher. “I’m Unhappy in My Arranged Marriage.” Toronto Star (Canada), 30 Apr. 2019. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=n5h&AN=6FPTS2019043054233843&site=ehost-live.

ACT 2-5: Falling in love, love at first sight

In the article “Love at first sight” it states that most people think that love at first sight means that when you lay eyes on someone and you think your life changes at that split second. They also think that you aren’t truly falling in love, because you just saw what they look like. You have never physically met them, and have not gotten to see what their personality is like. People just use the term “I think I’m in love” really quickly and don’t stop and think if they truly are in love.

Falling in love, and love at first sight is shown in Romeo and Juliet because as soon as Romeo saw Juliet, he explained how he has never seen anyone so beautiful in his life. He blocked out everything besides Juliet. He always did everything to be able to see her, like when he went up on the trees so nobody would see him. He did this because he truly did think he was in love.

Falling in love relates to modern day life, because us teenagers think “wow they are so hot” just when you see their looks. Nobody nowadays stops to think what they are actually saying. Also when you think you are in love teens always ask for eachothers snapchat, and don’t bother to get to know the person. Life fromthe past to present day is very different about love. Now we just text eachother and see if the other person wants to hangout, but they used to go to movies, and go on dates.

Hamzelou, Jessica. “What Love at First Sight Really Is.” New Scientist, vol. 237, no. 3159, Jan. 2018, p. 8. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/S0262-4079(18)30008-3.