Monday, July 25, 2011
Romeo and Juliet
This is a well known and older story about death; there is a remake of the movie that depicts a more modern age view of the story. After watching it and really grasping more of the story now then I did when I was younger forced to read the play; I really enjoyed the beauty of their deaths. That might sound a little strange that by commiting suicide their deaths were beautiful, but Shakespeare wrote and intended it to be viewed that way. If he saw the importance of love or dying to be with the one you love back then makes me question a quote in the book. In the 15th century it was an actual reason of death, "dying from a broken heart." Romeo nor Juliet did do to poison and a sword but a broken heart drove them to do act as they did. There are always news reports of death because they were depressed from a break up or divorce. Whether it is considered suicide, I feel that the reasoning behind why they actually did take there lives should be considered in the report as well. Suicide by a broken heart or something to that nature... Now society does not put any backing behind dying from a broken heart regardless if the stress from a death close to you caused an heart attack. It is still just that, a heart attack. As a fan of romance and the behind scene reasoning of death; should it be specific when someone dies on why they died or why they took their own lives?
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I love the death scene in Romeo & Juliet. I think it is amazing how well Shakespeare illustrates such a strong passion between two people. I would have to agree that dying of a broken heart should be calculated into a person's death after their loved ones have passed. Emotional state is just as important and causes just as many issues and disease as our physical bodies do. Unfortunately, doctors are pretty much programmed not to have any emotion whatsoever. So why would they care if someone was suffering emotionally if the physical evidence can not prove it.
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ReplyDeleteDoctors aren't so much as programmed to not have any emotions. It's more like they have a lack of empathy with patients in many cases without hearing about their stories. Consider being a hospital doctor who takes care of many patients daily. It is hard to keep track of every patient's story and the effects their illnesses have on their families, that is if said patients have any family tending to them at all. A doctor's lack of emotion towards cases like these may be a result of [i]caregiver stress[/i] from having experienced death far too often. This can lead to a condition where some doctors lead a mentality of "past caring" or "not caring anymore." Consider it an example of desocialization.
I love the way Romeo and Juliet died for each other, to me it just shows how much someone can love another person. I don't think it's easy to live without the person you love, I do believe that a person can die of a "broken heart". I do believe that someone can be so emotionally depressed that they take their own lives. I think people who don't believe in this will never agree that a person can die of a "broken heart".
ReplyDeleteI cryed and cryed and cryed at this story. not of sadness but of pure emotion of the though of a love so strong. Its definitly a young love because i only hear this kind of love described when talking to teens. How much they will fight and rebel in the name of love. i have not meet an older more mature person express love the way these kids do. Love can be very blinding but as i grow older reason and logic and options seem to trump any true bliss feelings of love. I have some times wondered if our natural state is love and society just slowly socializes us to rationalize and be smart about life insteaad of just blindly loving everyting.
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