Monday, March 2, 2009

Romeo and Juliet

In a brief overview of the extremely popular Shakespeare novel, Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet and members of different families that are mortal enemies. Unfortunately, they fall in love, and to add, a nobleman also wants to marry Juliet, without Juliet's consent. Love is such an indescribeable(?) word. Originally it was a verb, to love, but has been adapted to be a noun, verb, adjective, and adverb. From my small knowledge of it, I would say it is better to learn to love than to fall in love. So many unexpected things happen falling in love. Now, I would like to quote one of my more philisophical friends, and his thoughts of love. "Love is interpreted in many ways though, and who is to say that one interpretation is correct, or if any are correct for that matter. Love could possibly be the sight of a fly landing on a wall - who is to say that the emotion we feel whenever we notice a fly on the wall is not love? I would daresay that everyone would dispute this theory, because everyone is seeking hope. Obviously the example of a fly landing on a wall as being love is obscure, but I use it purely because it is so ridiculous. Some would admit that love is in fact ridiculous, in that case, why couldn't a fly be the definition of love?"

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

Very nice fly analogy. :)
You're one of the only people I've seen that says that it's better to "learn to love", but what exactly do you mean by that?