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Were Romeo And Juliet Really In Love

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I tend to agree with Green's implication that the youthfulness of Romeo and Juliet and the speed with which they fall in love and die serves as a metaphor for how it is often the unjaded and idealistic who try (and succeed) in challenging societies and institutions. And yes, along the way, those innocent, unjaded, idealistic souls end up getting sacrificed in order for the institutions to take notice. Much of Shakespeare's work serves as commentary on various aspects of society as a whole. So the real question, then, isn't "Were Romeo and Juliet really in love?" but "What can society learn from their behavior?" Because it's not about love, really. It's about how an inflexible, suppressive society can lead to bad things. This perspective

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