Hi there! I've been reading The Hunger Games trilogy this week, so currently its my new obsession. I want all things Katniss Everdeen. So, like the stalker I am, I searched for everything related to the book! I found that the second movie, 'Catching Fire' was releasing this year, so I went ahead and watched the promos. During this time I saw a promo for Romeo and Juliet, considered to be one of the greatest romances by the greatest playwrights of all time, William Shakespeare. The movie is being remade for the third time I think, this time starring Hailee Steinfield and Douglas Booth.
All though I am a self-confessed hardcore romantic, I don't understand why 'Romeo and Juliet' was such a hit. What's the point of entertainment if it ends in tragedy? The greatest love story isn't Romeo and Juliet who died for each other, its Grandpa and Grandma who grew old together. Sure I get that the two couldn't live without the other, but killing yourself over it? Isn't that a little extreme? I mean, you are just a bunch of teenagers.
Walt Disney would have never been a success had he not allowed Cinderella to try on the glass slipper, for Aladdin to defeat Jafar and free the genie; for beautiful Belle to marry the Beast instead of Gaston. That's just it, isn't it? Those are fairytales, which in real life, would probably never even come true! These are just stories that little girls like to hear at bedtime. I understand that Shakespeare was just telling us the truth, that Romeo and Juliet, could never be together because of their families, and to them it was a fate worse than death, so they decided to kill themselves over it.
I, for one can't bear it if a romance has a tragic ending. I'm all for the happy endings, where the two lovers ride off into the sunset, preferably singing a duet! I love William Shakespeare, I do. I think he happens to be one of the most brilliant human beings to ever have existed, and I love his works, but I wish, I just wish that he had given Romeo and Juliet a happy ending, even if it was fantastical and nonsensical. Not only Romeo and Juliet; even Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, Othello and Desdemona. I guess, he just wanted to show that even characters in a play don't always have a happy ending. Bitter truth, huh?
All though I am a self-confessed hardcore romantic, I don't understand why 'Romeo and Juliet' was such a hit. What's the point of entertainment if it ends in tragedy? The greatest love story isn't Romeo and Juliet who died for each other, its Grandpa and Grandma who grew old together. Sure I get that the two couldn't live without the other, but killing yourself over it? Isn't that a little extreme? I mean, you are just a bunch of teenagers.
Walt Disney would have never been a success had he not allowed Cinderella to try on the glass slipper, for Aladdin to defeat Jafar and free the genie; for beautiful Belle to marry the Beast instead of Gaston. That's just it, isn't it? Those are fairytales, which in real life, would probably never even come true! These are just stories that little girls like to hear at bedtime. I understand that Shakespeare was just telling us the truth, that Romeo and Juliet, could never be together because of their families, and to them it was a fate worse than death, so they decided to kill themselves over it.
I, for one can't bear it if a romance has a tragic ending. I'm all for the happy endings, where the two lovers ride off into the sunset, preferably singing a duet! I love William Shakespeare, I do. I think he happens to be one of the most brilliant human beings to ever have existed, and I love his works, but I wish, I just wish that he had given Romeo and Juliet a happy ending, even if it was fantastical and nonsensical. Not only Romeo and Juliet; even Antony and Cleopatra, Troilus and Cressida, Othello and Desdemona. I guess, he just wanted to show that even characters in a play don't always have a happy ending. Bitter truth, huh?