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Emily Hess's avatar

But there's so many dick jokes in it...

There's a lot more comedic characters and double entendres in Romeo and Juliet than in Shakespeare's other tragedies; I've honestly always wondered if it were meant to be a dark comedy.

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Lydia Davidson's avatar

Sorry but I don't see how this is a Catholic story. As a young lady, I really liked this play. However, in the last few years, I find these types of stories harmful to young people. It fills their heads with nonsense and encourages rash behavior.

The two lovers marry in secret, (against their parents wishes,) which goes against Church teaching. No one is permitted to marry in secret.

When things don't work out, they suicide, which breaks the commandments of God.

In the play, the priest and Romeo's friends describe him as a boy who lusts after one girl and then by evening he's madly in love with Juliet. His love is in his eyes. He's a bunch of uncontrolled passions and emotions.

I have never read the interpretation of this play in the way you have presented it. So, I'm surprised at this attempt to make it appear Catholic. Moreover, the numerous movies made with this play, display a lot of nudity and kissing, if anything, this play makes a mockery of being Catholic.

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