Honors English Essay

Romeo and Juliet
Many love stories have their own endings which have been created through drama and many actions which are mainly towards the main characters. In Romeo and Juliet the theme is about true love and it always being a sacrifice even for the peace amongst enemies. Their true love became more passionate rather than hatred over time, this was without knowing that both of their families were sworn enemies even before they were born. They didn’t choose to fall in love with each other, but they fought for their love and sacrificed even their own lives to be together forever. Romeo and Juliet fell in love the moment they saw each other for the first time. They had no clue what type of background they had and neither of them knew that they each belonged to families that had never lived in peace amongst each other. Their family’s history couldn’t prevent what they were feeling and it’s something that they couldn’t help but to feel true love and passion inside their hearts. But, however there always has to be a little thing that makes everything seem so hard to overcome.
Romeo and Juliet had lives before they met. Romeo was a rebellious guy that never listened to his parents and always wanted to have fun with his friends. He belonged to parents who cared much about their reputation and always perfection. Having Romeo beside them was shameful and distracted them, so they always kept him away. This made Romeo a strong man and someone who could fight threw anything to get what he wanted. Rather than just forgetting what he felt for Juliet, he fought for her sacrificing many things to be by her side. For example, when he ran away, he didn’t just do it so he wouldn’t go to jail, but he also did it for her, so that she could be with him and they could run away together and start a new life. Love makes you make the any sacrifice worth the wait for your true love but it’s something that can bring consequences or better yet it could help two families in need of peace.
Love was really unexpected between them. It was as fast as the blink of an eye, and ended the same way. Juliet had a reputation as an obedient daughter who rushed to the orders of her parents. This may have actually given her the many problems that she faced and built up the courage to sacrifice her own life, even for the one she loved who as well did the same. For example, when her father told her that she had to marry a man that she didn’t love, it was very devastating for her since she had already married Romeo and she didn’t want her father to force her in to marrying a guy that she was never going to love. She always knew that her heart belonged to Romeo, but indeed this cost her to rebel and not be the innocent girl that she had always been. Not only did she do this for herself but she also did it for love towards Romeo.
Romeo and Juliet play a big part on the behalf of their family’s peace. They were the ones who put a stop to their family’s madness once and for all. But, this sacrifice wasn’t at all what their happily ever after story expected to go through. They realized that they had been separated through worst. Their death was a surprise to everyone, including the one person who helped them out the most. He had fulfilled their love in the eyes of god. He was the only one who cared to realize that their true love could pass any barriers that people might put against them. This included Juliet’s cousin who by orders of his aunt made sure to keep Juliet far away from Romeo, putting Romeo the difficult task to encounter all these problems and try to keep his calm. This then became more than a problem. It then became a tragedy that separated them for a while, but it didn’t stop them from trying once again to be together.
Everything that Romeo and Juliet have done is for their true love and passion that they have for each other. At the end nobody could do anything to separate them, this was what true love went through. They sacrificed themselves for the many things that they believed in, which was love and dedication for staying together in good or bad moments. Their final moment was together even though it wasn’t planned, they made their special goodbyes worth every single word. Sometimes you just have to do what you got to do in order to get what you really desire. This is what Romeo and Juliet went through, they came about any type of problem that was at risk of separating them. But it was at a cost that was life changing for both. Nobody could even have expected that their parents called it truce and finally had peace amongst each other. It was almost like a never ending rivalry. But, however, true love always has a sacrifice even if it means having peace amongst enemies.