Romeo And Juliet And No Matter What example essay topic

ROMEO AND JULIET - Listening and Reading. Romeo and Juliet deals with the theme of exhorting one's belief in eternal love regardless of external pressure similarly to No Matter What. However, this theme when viewed in Now Matter What could apply to many of life's challenges because of its's implicit, whereas Romeo and Juliet deals with many other complex themes, for example the futility of violence and revenge, creating a timeless, universal classic. We can understand the message of No Matter What as being faithful in eternal love regardless of peripheral demands by the quote "I know this love's forever. That's all that matters now, no matter what". This simple message is powerful in the belief that love can conquer all and carry you through any time of trial or difficulty.

No Matter What encourages the audience to believe what their hearts tell them and ignore societies influence as shown in the lyrics, "No matter what they teach us, what we believe is true". Romeo and Juliet shows the same themes as No Matter What, similarly exhorting a resistance to external pressure. This is shown very clearly when Juliet's' most trusted companion, the nurse, whom she regards as a motherly figure, says "Will you speak well of him that killed you cousin?" (3.2. 96) The Nurse in this quote is burdening Juliet with a lot of pressure to leave Romeo at the first time of trial (when he has murdered Tybalt, Juliet's cousin). Juliet then replies, "Shall I speak ill of my husband?" (3.2. 97) This shows a strong belief in her love for Romeo and refuses Nurses expectation with impudicity.

This strength and belief is very similar to the one in No Matter What. No Matter What, however, is possible too simplistic in comparison to Romeo and Juliet. The exhortation is clich " ed and repetitive, seeming like a hopeless plea rather than a strong motivation. The pressures they face in the song are minor and instead of dealing with, or at least acknowledging, these pressures, they simply ignore them saying it doesn't matter as long as they have each other. This makes their viewpoint seem naive and weak. Even the melody has a soothing monotony with little variations in pitch or rhythm.

By having this weak opinion, it looses a lot of possible influence it could have achieved. Romeo and Juliet develops their themes further than No Matter What, creating a more complex and compelling storyline. While No Matter What suggests that we should simply ignore what society says, Romeo and Juliet shows the tension of rebellion as huge dilemma. This is seen when Juliet is finding out that Romeo is a Montague, ponders "Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy". (1.5. 140-141) Romeo and Juliet also shows that the consequence of this forbidden love can eventually benefit others, as Friar says, "For this alliance may so happy prove, To turn your households' rancor to pure love". (2.3. 91-92) However, it is juvenile of us to expect that No Matter What to deal with as many themes in one pop song as master play writer, William Shakespeare, dealt with in one of his most brilliant and famous plays.

Some people could interpret the same information and quotes and label it to be a completely different theme to the one some other people thought of. This could depend on what the viewer or reader identifies with, e.g. if the reader was a young female, she may see Juliet's rebellion as being brave and noble, whereas if the reader was an old male, he may see Juliet's rebellion as cheeky and disobedient. It could also vary depending on the related reading the viewer could identify this book with, as they may see parallels with themes from different books. Lastly, it could vary depending on the knowledge or understanding of the viewer, e.g. one viewer may see Tybalt anger would relate to a theme that fighting solves nothing, while others may look to the cause and say that Tybalt is angry and therefore say that the environment people grow up in can inflict them to have a harmful nature.

In today's society, we focus on the names and outward appearances of strangers alone. For example, because the aborigines have a different skin colours and their names are perceived to be "different", we will often reject the opportunity of meeting them, denying ourselves a friendship or relationship with a large percent of the population. By justifying our behavior by labeling this group as being delinquent, we are denying future generations the possibility to accept these people as humans. What both Romeo and Juliet and No Matter What dealt with was the belief in their love, regardless of the pressure or expectations of their society, to pursue what would turn out to be a beautiful and pure, eternal love.