Is this weird for a teenage girl or anyone in general?

Question

...that I am a 17 year old girl, who hates Romeo & Juliet!

I read it sometime ago...I know it is a classic romance novel..blah...blah. The writing is good but, the storyline is awful. I mean 2 days to fall in love (I don't know) and killing yourself beause your love has died. I don't get it. I mean I do but, I don't know how to explain it.

Just Wondering, Thank you! <3

Answer 1

We read that in school too.  IT WAS SO STUPID.  I don&#039;t understand how the story got so famous!  It SUCKED.  Romeo and Juliet had mental problems.  Who the h**l falls in love in like, 3 minutes and then goes all crazy and stabs themselves and ****? Worse story ever.  And freaking long too.  It took us like 3 weeks to read that story in class.

Answer 2

It&#039;s not weird for you or anyone to like or dislike a novel, movie, play, etc.  We all have different likes and dislikes.

I don&#039;t particularly like Romeo and Juliet either, and I am an English teacher.  I don&#039;t teach the play.  If my students choose to read it on their own, it&#039;s fine with me, but it&#039;s not a requirement in my class.  

There is merit to reading Shakespeare&#039;s plays, but you also have to remember the time period and the fact that he was writing to entertain his audience.  He is not any different than movie makers and writers of today.  He wanted to make money. Romeo and Juliet was very popular during Shakespeare&#039;s time,  and the tragic story of young love appeals to many people.  Many popular movies, plays, and musicals are based on Romeo and Juliet (West Side Story comes to mind immediately.)  

But it&#039;s definitely okay for you to not like it.  

Answer 3

Nah, not weird at all. Everyone&#039;s got their own likes and dislikes. =)

I like Romeo and Juliet, but I agree that their &quot;love&quot; and subsequent suicides don&#039;t make much sense. To me, though, that was part of it - they weren&#039;t really in love, they just thought they were, and that makes their deaths all the more tragic (not to mention a bit ironic). Plus I just like reading (or listening to, or watching) the play, just for the language.

Answer 4

Not at all.  Because Romeo and Juliet has been hammered into our brains since pretty much birth, it is so cliche.  And I read it 3 years ago (when I was 14) and I hated it too.  It was fraught with sexual innuendos that were just plain wrong and so stupid I couldn&#039;t stand it.

And, just a note, it&#039;s a play.  Not a novel.

Answer 5

I didn&#039;t hate it but it didn&#039;t blow me away either. Probably because we have heard about it over and over since birth and already know what is going to happen.

Answer 6

I don&#039;t think it&#039;s weird... Everyone has a different opinion about everything.

Answer 7

Good for you. Nice to see another girl that has a realistic world-view.

Me, I love horror. Not a typical girl thing.

Please tell me you hate Twilight too. Just more cheesy, unrealistic teenage junk.

edit: I do recommend Hamlet - now THAT is a story.

Answer 8

No, not really. I mean, I thought the same. Shakespeare is fantastic, but really, it was a bit pathetic. Not because I dislike tragedy but that I thought it was a bit drippy. The &#039;fall in love in two days&#039; thing was sappy and unrealistic. Also, Romeo declaring undying love for Rose and then deserting her was mean.

LuthienT

Answer 9

I totally agree! I&#039;m not as old as you but i think personally in modern times it&#039;s pretty much a depressing story line! It was a bit melodramatic. It was dark and i know that it&#039;s a classic and all and it was written in differnt times but most people i know feel this way too so ur not alone.  = )

Answer 10

That&#039;s not weird, everyone has an opinion. I read it too, but I&#039;m not like swoony over it, like AWWWWW!!! Ya know?

I guess in ye olde times they were either matched up or found the first chick they could find to fall in love with. And Romeo was pretty much desperate anyway after Rosaline dumped him. Maybe he was on the rebound.  

Answer 11

It really depends on your literature teacher - mine had us take it through the perspective of a comedy, so I&#039;ve never developed the respect for it as a &quot;love sacrifice&quot; story (rather, I find it the aftermath of too many days without sleep and miscommunication). Believe me, if there are enough people to love a work, there are enough people to hate it too!

Answer 12

No, that&#039;s understandable.

But though you don&#039;t like that form, forbidden love is one of the most popular themes to date:

-Romeo and Juliet

-Pride and Prejudice

-Wuthering Heights

-Grease

-High School Musical (lol. it&#039;s there, hard to believe, but...)

-twilight

Answer 13

Well i personally like the story. But OF COURSE IT&#039;S NORMAL!! Not everyone in this world is gonna have the same opinion. If you hate it then that is okay, don&#039;t worry. And yea i mean it&#039;s romantic but i agree they did fall in love really really quickly.  

Answer 14

Nope, everybody has different likes, dislikes, and opinions.

But I hate to tell you most books with romantic in them are based off Romeo and Juliet in some way, so you&#039;ll be reading that story over and over again. Maybe you could be the one to write a new theme that others copy for a lifetime.

Oh and break the news softly to your English teacher. It might crush her, lol.

Answer 15

No it&#039;s not weird at all. I never got into the story at any age.  

Answer 16

We are in the same boat. I&#039;m 23, and I have always hated Romeo and Juliet, ever since I heard about it. We had to read it in 9th grade and I thought it was the stupidest thing ever. The story is actually boring- 4 days is too short a time to fall in love. Especially if you&#039;re 12-13 years old. And dying because you can&#039;t be with a person is pretty selfish and stupid if you ask me. You&#039;re 12, what do you know about love? So no, it&#039;s not weird.

Answer 17

It&#039;s not weird at all. A lot of the debate behind the play is the question as to whether or not their love is feasible.