The course of true love never runs smoothly
Tonnes of people have always wondered if true love actually exists. True love in my words is having a strong feeling for a special person in your life. This special person that you care about must be the number one priority in your life. When this person needs you, you are there for them, even if this means putting your needs last just for them. In today’s society, 30% of Australians get divorced in their first marriage. This shows us it is hard to find the right person. Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”, it shows us that Juliet’s family, only wished for her to marry Count Paris. As her family didn’t know that she was secretly married, this had affected her course of true love with Romeo. True love never runs smoothly because life is full of unexpected events which provide bumps on the road of a relationship due to family conflicts and personal conflicts as this is evident in Shakespeare’s 16th Century play, “Romeo and Juliet”. Someone once told me that “True love is not how you forgive, but how you forget, not what you see but what you feel, not how you listen but how you understand, and not how you let go but how you hold on.”
The course of true love can be affected by family conflict it is clearly evident in the play “Romeo and Juliet.” This is demonstrated in the feuding between Juliet’s parents and the Montagues. Juliet knew that her family would disapprove of her decision to marry Romeo. In the play, Juliet shows us that she only wishes to be with Romeo, “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.” This hatred between the families provides an obstacle for Juliet and Romeo’s love. Juliet would do anything to just be with her loved one even if it meant forsaking from her parents. Juliet disobeys her parent’s advice to marry Count Paris and takes action for what she believes in and marries Romeo. The couple marries in secret afraid that their families will find out and disapprove. Marrying meant they must forsake their parents, friends and the society of Verona.
Personal conflict is an ideal reason for the cause of why true love never does run smoothly. When making these decisions, it can either be for love or for other issues in life. Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”, shows us that their personal conflict negatively affects the course of true love. A great example which showed that personal conflict affects the course of true love was in Act 3. During this scene, we see Romeo putting his hate for the Capulet aside as he knows that Juliet would not support this conflict. “Romeo says to Tybalt, I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love. And so, good Capulet, which name I tender. As dearly as my own, be satisfied.” As he tries to stop this fight between Tybalt and Mercutio, Mercutio is fatally wounded. This shows us that Romeo put his personal needs and hate aside even if it meant risking his life just for the battle to end. Unfortunately, Romeo’s personal conflicts cause him to grief and rage resulting in him fatally wounding Tybalt.
Sadly, in today’s society miscommunication or a lack of commitment causes a relationship to end. When something terribly goes wrong there is always a pain. These are the bumps on the road which causes the course of true love not to run according to plan. These issues have led to over forty-seven thousand divorces each year in just Australia. Yes, forty-seven thousand! In May 2018, Justin Painter murdered his ex-wife’s boyfriend and her 3 sons due to anger over their divorce. His former wife had told the judge that he was "unstable" after he tried to commit suicide last year. These examples show us that the pressure of true love can lead to horrific events in which we don’t wish to ever hear about.
To conclude, the course of true love never runs smoothly because life is full of surprising events which provide obstacles in a relationship such as family skirmishes and personal battles. Shakespeare’s play “Romeo and Juliet”, shows us that such conflicts affect the course of true love, which is relevant to the contemporary society. I guarantee that true love will never run smoothly but these bumps on the way are what makes a relationship strong as both people learn and remember why they loved each other in the first place.
