Both Romeo and Juliet change significantly in the course of the play. Do you agree? Discuss.

Romeo and Juliet is a classic play, and even though it was written centuries ago, some of its themes still have relevance today. One of the most prominent themes is teenage suicide. Teenage suicide has a great impact on people today and also greatly affected people of Shakespeare’s time. A great part in the lead up to suicide is change. Change can affect the way someone thinks and acts. This is demonstrated in the play Romeo and Juliet. A series of great changes in two peoples lives leads up to their suicide, which is a great tragedy for their families.

Before they met, Romeo and Juliet were very different people. Romeo was a normal seventeen-year-old boy. He was in love with a woman called Rosalyn and his main attraction to her was her beauty. She had no desire to get married to him, and she had cast him off many times. He went to the Capulet ball just to see Rosalyn and to ask her to marry him. Juliet, on the other hand, is a fourteen-year-old girl and has no desire to get marr...