Comments on: And the moral of the story is . . .

By: David C

David C — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:15:08 +0000

The play really surprised me. I never thought that Romeo would be like so whiney, annoying, and immature guy. He cries for everything. Juliet is a normal teenage girl. I think the ending was little sad because they loved each other so much, but they both died at the end. First time we started Romeo & Juliet, I didn’t understand what they were saying,but it got easier.

By: Derek

Derek — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:21:35 +0000

I thought that Romeo was going to be a hero/macho type guy, but he was acctually a little wimmpy. He was alwase complaning. My favorite character was Mercucio. he was alwase making fun of Romeo and telling evryone that Romeo was changig his mind too fast. I thought that the ending was the best part because it showed that you don’t know what you have untill it is gone. Also that even in the light of tragedy people still find hope and break down barriers. The Montegues and the Capulets hated eachother for a longe time, but in the wake of somthing terrible for each of the families they found it in their hearts to forgive.

By: Emily H.

Emily H. — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:33:39 +0000

Romeo and Juliet balance each other out very well in many ways. I think that because of Juliets stubornness and perhaps a very slight lack of courage(just as all teenagers have) forced her to lie to her parents and put her in a position to marry county Paris when she was already married to Romeo. She, of course didn’t want to inform her parents of her true romance because of the controversy between their families. I also think that Romeo’s settle-for-anything attitude convinced him that he was in love with the first “pretty girl” he saw. The Capulets as well as the Montagues were too quick to judge the child of the other family just because of their differences and each did not give them a fair chance to have what they wanted. This, I believe could be part of the reason Romeo and Juliet wanted to make their relationship last so much(because there are rules there is reason to break them). I also believe that many people were falsly blamed for the mistakes of others or the mistakes of no one at all. For instance, because of Friar Lawerence’s generous and helpful personality, he makes the “mistake” of marrying Romeo and Juliet and then he has to fix it by helping Juliet to find a solution when she must marry County Paris. The Nurse has a very comforting personality, but whenever she tries to give Juliet advice Juliet just decides that perhaps the Nurse isn’t actually on her side. Over all it is a good book with contrasting characters and an interesting plot. Occasionally there is a bad decision made on the characters’ part because of their personality, but that’s what keeps the story interesting!

By: robyn c

robyn c — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:11:05 +0000

But I also think Juliet cries too much but I guess she is an adolecsent teenage girl.

By: robyn c

robyn c — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 03:09:29 +0000

Romeo and Juliet is a good love story but I think the ending is a little “sappy” because they both die and everyone is like in shock and it doesn’t say how everything else turns out after the bloodshed, but I think that is a great play for the time it was written. Shakespear is truly a good playwrite in the time period he did write. I also think that Romeo is kinda a stocker in his own way as Juliet is only 14 and he is 18ish but they really do love eachother. I also think that it was wrong that the capulet was making Juliet marry to someone she doesn’t love and on how old she is make quite a difference but in that time that’s what happened, if it was in this time it would be frowned upon on the age of Juliet when she is getting married.