Romeo and
Juliet Continued...
Curses are fought and created and at times recreated.
The family's transition was indicative of the time as the search for a
new order, the demand of it; cultural renaissance was required ... a
stronger belief system and belief in “God or other”. Freethinking was
the order of the day or so it appeared?
Where was / is love's place to
be?
Where is God's place to be?
Not forgetting the populace's demands
on Elizabeth, the First's reign and the pickiness of suitor; the choice
of suitor would determine who would sit alongside her as king of
England.
The same weightedness of authority was lent to choice of suitor in
Romeo and Juliet. Perhaps too much for this young couple; too much
responsibility. Love is escapism / fantasy / freedom and reality is
enslaving. Love is life's river.
Whatever, the physical weapon or cause of death (depends on your
version),
they have sentenced their children as they themselves have by their
exasperated journey into adulthood. An immature persona has no tools
for
successful adulthood... . A demanding family”s discourse of the time
has
no air for love's success and survival.
Maturity, duties and responsibilities are a pre-requisite for their
challenge ...
"Tread not gently into the good morrow unarmed".
They
have neither the maturity nor the love.
More doom and gloom awaits
their lives.
Sorrow abounds.
Two houses, both strong have met their
weaknesses in
matters of the heart. No amount of time will heal their
lives
as all is lost when they have lost. They have little or nothing to live
for.
Love, without it / heart, what are we to be?
A few tips on wooing when exercised properly, may actually make you a
romantic convert that embraces/encourages you to own your style,
treading
gently into matters of the heart.
Read it or not... ?
Shakespeare was a naughty lad that had the structural constraints of
all
the aires and graces of good manners not too well exercised to drain
the
passion and love out of love and romance.
Read it
... and you have embarked upon a
courtship that when you
connect
will long for more times; whether hours, weeks, days, months etc. that
will embrace matters of the
heart with passion, fire, humour, sorrow,
enthusiasm and gentleness of spirit that unifies into infinity. It all
becomes one.
Yet, another timeless classic! (Yet, another timeless tragedy that
rocks
the cradle and evokes and invokes humanity).
This largely depends upon the perception, who you are, the reader.
Ever hear the words, "I do not want to do this to you?", a burdensome
self
longing for another persona; one that does justice to matters of the
heart
or one that mocks the foolish heart (of love) whose vulnerability
choses
to believe most anything?
Well, William Shakespeare epitomises youthful
love that lacks
common sense and direction.
Some may argue and agree that he
writes of a merciful killing where this retardation of love
has not yet been carried into adulthood as the youthful
innocent' s rite of passage?
Others may argue and agree that we depend upon the innocence of our
youth
and that this play leaves us at a loss, a dead end failing or
encouraging
the questioning of our futures time and time again.
Perhaps the
meddlesome caregiver knew what they were talking about?
Enough! An abstract becomes a lesson, parable a ... ?
RESPECT The heart
knows no boundaries, but shows our true colors,what we lack ... for it
displays our flaws for everyone to peruse how love too fails and
disappoints and is imperfect.
Maturing is a prerequisite and an
invaluable
support.
Shakespeare, for young or old may be of greater insight now than what
it
was during Elizabeth's reign. A time of unsuccessful relationships (?)
demarks the time.
Perhaps, the persuasion lies not in the reading, but in what we learn
and
gain from this play, Romeo and Juliet that has a discourse that
transcends
time, culture, age, youth, genres and professions.
The breath of life
to
all as Rites of passage are for all.
Love of Learning and Literacy to One and All.
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