The story of Romeo and Juliet expresses many themes but one that really stands out is morality. Morality in Romeo and Julliet shows the socials standards for good and bad behaviors and characters. Being right, correct, honest, and acceptable was what Romeo and Julliet tried to represent with morality. In many scenes you can see how morality was displayed in their society for example when they had a party Capulet was a wonderful host that encouraged everyone to have a good time. This expresses social standards because it gives an example of how to act and host a party. He wanted everyone to have fun and was not being difficult with anyone. 

 Something I learned about myself, and society, is that it has changed immensely over the years. Before society had many rules and classes that families were put into. In Juliets family in the beginning her father treated her differently compared to how the society would treat women now. He gave her more freedom and choices with her life about when she wanted to get married and let her fall in love. As things started to fall downhill his entire perspective changed and he did not let her choose, instead he forced her to get married because after all she was property that had to be sold. In 2022 society is completely different and I think it has changed in a good way. Women are given more freedom and are not treated as property that is to be sold to a man. Women have jobs and make their own money so they can have a life without a man but before the life of a women was nothing without a man. Something I learned about myself from reading Romeo and Juliet is that if I were in her situation, I would have had a different way to approach this situation. Juliet was head over heels for Romeo and went to great lengths for him. They were incredibly young as well and they made very reckless decisions and did not think things through. I would have either let Romeo go or told my family. Romeo and Juliet were a love that was at first sight so something like that is not common in the society we live in now.  

What Shakespeare wanted us to learn from this play was to let go of old hatred and emotions from the past. These problems that have been carried on for years will only cause pain for others. Rather than fighting with your enemy, make peace and let go of the long vendetta. This vendetta between both families was the reason for all these people’s deaths. Shakespeare wants us to understand that life is too short to hate people and keep that going for years. We need to understand the values in life and see how precious it is, so we don’t waste it. He also wants us to learn that nothing is purely evil or good and that everything contains a bit of both and that includes human nature. Also, for something good to happen there has to be some evil or negative involved. The vendetta between both families was resolved after both Romeo and Juliets death. Even though there was a negative outcome the families learned their lesson at the end.