Romeo and Juliet Act 1

My thoughts on Act I are that I think this entire plot line is slightly melodramatic and unrealistic. But maybe it is realistic for that time period, but no one these days falls in love with one girl and marries her at the age of THIRTEEN. Romeo just seems to be a regular teenage boy who thinks on girls hot and falls “in love” with her, but then he sees a hotter girl and falls “head over heals” for her. Nonetheless, I feel lie Romeo needs to learn to tame his testosterone filled mind. I mean if a guy came up to me saying how my lips were a religious shrine and how he wanted to sin and kiss them, I would probably think he is on drugs or something. I think Romeo thinks he is in love with Juliet, I don’t believe in love at first sight. Because the only love you see at first sight is how the person looks. You should love someone because of who he or she is and how he or she treats you; you aren’t going to realize that at a first glance. I have done this play in a community theatre and I played Juliet. It was more of a revised version of Shakespeare’s. Aren’t all the movies and plays you see nonrealistic though? I think Shakespeare started the trend. I noticed a lot more things in this, I mean I always thought it was a bit over the edge of being over dramatic, but I never realized that one of the most romantic scenes most famous is when Romeo is telling Juliet how he wants to kiss her. Great first impression, right?