Although not portrayed in West Side Story, competition was another teenage-based topic in Romeo and Juliet. Their love was simply a love that most teens face today: The kind of love when the one can’t stop thinking of the other, and when they do, they both still get butterflies in their stomachs because of just the thought of being with him/her. Although they had acted out a marriage together the second time they met, it wasn’t as unnecessary as becoming newlyweds so quickly. Didn’t the Friar at least consider the fact that the “newlyweds” were from both disputing families that literally hated each other?On the other hand, the love of Tony and Maria (West Side Story) was not as ridiculous.
Yes, it is typically wrong to “bud in” on a relationship, but, for exceptions of their age alone, Friar should have at least asked the parents before wedding them so easily. Is it just me or is it pretty weird to marry less than a week after you meet each other? Well obviously, this wasn’t just Romeo and Juliet’s fault, but also Friar Lawrence’s as well. It was one of those petty, “love at first glance” romantic flings that just flew off and went too far. The most obvious topic that portrays the lives of teenagers today, of course, is love. What is the point of fighting if there’s no prime reason for the dispute? In West Side Story, the two “gangs”, although ignorant, at least had a set-reason for their dispute. For the text and Romeo and Juliet movies, the families didn’t even know why they were enemies to each other, in a way. Hatred was shown through disputes that were started long before the present time, and also through “nationality pride” however, all of these forms of hate were formed from one thing: ignorance.If everyone would have just stopped being ignorant and basing their morals of manners on ridiculous theories, such as discrimination and tradition, none of the problems they faced would have occurred. If anything, hatred was the most important topic because it is what led to all of the horrid events and ordeals that took place. Hatred, although not shown similarly, was also an important topic shown in this story. On the other hand, although the status of Romeo and Mercurito’s friendship wasn’t as relevant, most viewers would still be able to tell that theirs’ was different from the others’. This was quite obvious in the text and both Romeo and Juliet movies especially when witnessing Romeo’s reaction to Mercurito’s death. Romeo and Mercurito’s friendship was portrayed as what people would call today a “best friends” status. One of these important topics in this story was friendship. The most amazing fact about this story is that even though this story was written hundreds of years ago, the teenagers today still go through the same ordeals or, even wonderful events as well. The story of Romeo and Juliet contains many controversial topics that are mainly focused on teenagers.