Wrong analysis of Romeo and Juliet
Wow, so this online guide to the themes of Romeo and Juliet simply does not get it.
This reliance on the motif of Fate in the play is the most representative of Shakespeare's dramatic deficiency. It is not the lovers' flaws that lead them to ruin; the tragedy does not spring from their own weaknesses. As a result, there is little growth of character and no profound analysis of the complexity of human nature. Thus, despite the lyrical beauty of the play and the endearing qualities of Romeo and his Juliet, (which have secured its place as one of the great dramas), it fails to rise to the level of Shakespeare's other tragedies that explore the inner failings of humankind.
Wrong.
Romeo and Juliet are not the actors in Romeo and Juliet, they are acted upon. The families/the community/society are the actors. They tragically lose their children through their failure to create a world which is safe for their young, for love, for joy. There's even a damn speech about it near the end. The tragedy does spring from the characters' weaknesses and there is a study of the complexity of humankind, but you have to realize that Romeo and Juliet are not the characters to focus on, they are leaves on the current. Society is the character whose flaws move the tragedy forward. As a fortune cookie once told me, Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it.
Do fortune cookies and I have to explain everything?
Sheesh.
This reliance on the motif of Fate in the play is the most representative of Shakespeare's dramatic deficiency. It is not the lovers' flaws that lead them to ruin; the tragedy does not spring from their own weaknesses. As a result, there is little growth of character and no profound analysis of the complexity of human nature. Thus, despite the lyrical beauty of the play and the endearing qualities of Romeo and his Juliet, (which have secured its place as one of the great dramas), it fails to rise to the level of Shakespeare's other tragedies that explore the inner failings of humankind.
Wrong.
Romeo and Juliet are not the actors in Romeo and Juliet, they are acted upon. The families/the community/society are the actors. They tragically lose their children through their failure to create a world which is safe for their young, for love, for joy. There's even a damn speech about it near the end. The tragedy does spring from the characters' weaknesses and there is a study of the complexity of humankind, but you have to realize that Romeo and Juliet are not the characters to focus on, they are leaves on the current. Society is the character whose flaws move the tragedy forward. As a fortune cookie once told me, Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it.
Do fortune cookies and I have to explain everything?
Sheesh.