While most good relationships take years to build, Romeo and Juliet met two hours before they decided to get married. They had never met before and didn’t even know each other’s names before they exchanged passionate kisses at the Capulet’s party.

Romeo and Juliet are very young. Romeo is an older teen while Juliet is only thirteen. Their feelings are hormone-driven (lust). Romeo decided he was in love with Juliet, just from her looks, before they even spoke to each other. They are so young and haven’t met enough people to know what soul-mates are. Some adults don’t even know what they’re looking for in love. Why should they rush into things with one person when they have their adult lives ahead of them to decide whom they want to be with? Romeo and Juliet are broken-hearted.

Romeo was still in love with a girl named Rosaline the night he met Juliet. This young lady was going to become a nun and couldn’t possibly have a relationship with Romeo. However, Rosaline was the reason Romeo attended the party in the first place! Juliet was supposed to marry a man named Paris, but marriage was not what she wanted. When she met Romeo, he provided an escape from that broken-heartedness for her as she did for him.

Romeo was someone Juliet could choose and vice-versa, which made them seem more attractive to one another. Both Romeo and Juliet had broken hearts, which powered their sudden changes in emotion. This is not what love should be based on. The story of Romeo and Juliet is used by society to represent true love, but love is not the real name for what is felt between the two. The relationship between young Romeo and Juliet was rushed and immature. It was hormone-driven and driven by their broken hearts. While the story is a classic, it is not an accurate representation of a loving relationship.

This story is one of tragedy, conflict, and most of all, lust.