Romeo And Juliet Miscommunication Essay

In 1595, there were no phones or computers. People would be married off as young as thirteen, and in some cases they had no say in the matter. There is also the fact, which is shown in William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet”, that people would fake their own death in order to escape their family. As a teenager living in 2017, how does any of this pertain to the events we go through in daily life. No one is gathering in their suburban neighborhood to decide who to stone to death, as seen in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. And, of course, no one fakes their own death, as seen in “Romeo and Juliet”. Yet, these books and plays are still used in our education system today. However, once students have read these books or plays they are able look …show more content…
These actions may seem extreme for our time and may cause the deeper message of “Romeo and Juliet” to go unnoticed. However, themes in this play still allow it to be relevant to our society. “Romeo and Juliet” presents the audience with a very big theme, and no it is not about love. Instead this theme appears towards the end of the play and though small it causes the greatest tragedy of all, their deaths. This theme shows the consequences of miscommunication, which happens a lot in our society today. In the case of “Romeo and Juliet”, miscommunication occurs when Friar Laurence’s message to Romeo is unable to reach him, leading Romeo to believe Juliet is actually dead. This causes a tragic series of events of Romeo killing himself and then Juliet doing the same. It may be hard to understand that all this death and destruction may have easily been avoided if only the message had gotten to Romeo. Even though today we don’t have men on horseback delivering us messages, miscommunication still occurs. In today’s society miscommunication can be seen through the spread of false rumors, or maybe even a simple text message that was taken the wrong way. The death of Romeo and Juliet, though in an extreme way, helps show people that you should be careful

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