Raven_Lunatic wrote:
If Romeo and Juliet had survived past their honeymoon, do you think their marriage would have lasted?
Great question!
I'd LIKE to think it would have--if you believe in true love, of course. There are examples in my own life of people I know who met very young and stayed married for 60+ years. On the other hand, it is certainly arguable that the odds are against a young couple staying together that long. Statistically speaking, it's better to wait! 
One could argue that Romeo was "fickle" because he had not yet met his "true love," Juliet. Or it could be, like you say, he would move on once again when the novelty of winning Juliet wore off. I think, from the play, we may argue that they were 'meant' to be together, partly because of the way they brought the two families together.
What do others of you think?
Melissa_W
I've never really thought about it before. According to the Prologue, they are destined for their particular fate:
Two households, both alike in dignity
(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life,
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
The fearful passage of their death-marked love
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their childrens' end, naught could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage -
The which, if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.
So if we take Shakespeare's drift, Romeo and Juliet are destined to have a violent, youthful passion and die before they even make it to a honeymoon.
ConnieK wrote:
Raven_Lunatic wrote:
If Romeo and Juliet had survived past their honeymoon, do you think their marriage would have lasted?
Great question!
I'd LIKE to think it would have--if you believe in true love, of course. There are examples in my own life of people I know who met very young and stayed married for 60+ years. On the other hand, it is certainly arguable that the odds are against a young couple staying together that long. Statistically speaking, it's better to wait!
One could argue that Romeo was "fickle" because he had not yet met his "true love," Juliet. Or it could be, like you say, he would move on once again when the novelty of winning Juliet wore off. I think, from the play, we may argue that they were 'meant' to be together, partly because of the way they brought the two families together.
What do others of you think?
pedsphleb wrote:I thought this was a cute article especially as regards Raven's question. (I like the picture at the top of the article myself
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Ha. It's a good point that cell phones would change stories of all kinds. Instant communication will likely play a role in new stories as well. It will be interesting to see how that works out.
