According to the story, we, as
the readers, tend to think love can make everything posible. Unfortunately, as
the play follows we realise there is no chance for the couple to survive from
their true love. Love that seems to be pure as they live for each other; there
is no more infatuation or a any fantasy which may them think or believe is love, because it actually is!
Besides, the concept of love was
considered quite different to what we think it is nowadays. In the play, this
complex feeling was described as an idealistic one, because at that time,
people used to getting married without compromising emotions whatsoever. The
confrontation of love takes place here, which must fight against political
authority, values and destiny.
Romeo and Juliet come from
opposite families, and they know in advance that they should not be together
,otherwise their families would find the way of separating them at any cost. However,
they decide to keep their strongs feelings, without measuring the tragic
consequences of that magic and
magnificent love… transformed in tragedy.
I would like to think that real
love lasts forever , perhaps this particular one really lingered forever till
eternity;nevertheless, it does not seems to happen in the current days.
Actually there are less people who fight unceasingly for their feelings, no
matter the obstacles or the people that may interfere in the relationship .
Finally, I would like to add that
even though this story is artificially true, it really made posible the
reconciliation of the two families involved. It was not fair – at least for me
– but “sacrifice” was the key for the
solution of their families’ forgiveness.
I'm not sure up to what point the families reconciled, because if we keep in mind our human nature, we will see that after the disaster there is a moment in which everybody tend to reflect on the tragedy, but then they keep living as they did. And the errors are made all over again, as if the lesson was not actually learned.
ResponderEliminarOf course, this is my own interpretation since there is no "Romeo and Juliet 2".
The last point in your post is really important to understand Romeo and Juliet's love story. Their love is seen as an anomaly, and anomalies cannot exist in the world of Romeo and Juliet, and even though some characters play other roles to aid the couple in the fulfillment of their love, such as Friar Lawrence, these attempts are only delaying the inevitable: a non-possible relationship that, if sought too much, will end up in death. The audience watches this abnormal situation the whole play, but at the end everything returns to its right place.
ResponderEliminarJoaquín Moya