B) There are a wide variety of relationships in this play including lovers, marriages, parents/kids, cousins, friendships, and religious.
Intro: From Romeo and Juliet, the relationships in that best represents teenagers nowadays, are lovers/crushes, parents, and friendships. There are good and bad things about all of these.
1: lovers and crushes definitely represent teenagers nowadays. Especially in high school, that's what some people think about A LOT. Many things to do with love and crushes happen in high school. You may think you found your love, you could have, but also, they could end up breaking your heart into a billion pieces.
2: With the whole parent relationships, there is so much of that, there can be a love hate relationship, just love, and just hate. There are many of those out there, they can cause kids to run away, and start going against their parents wishes.
3: Friendships, is a huge thing. In elementary school, when you think you find your best friend, that will definitely change in high school. Everyone changes in high school. It doesn't matter if you think you didn't, you did. You loose your best friends most of the time in high school, over the stupidest things too. But, good things about friendships? There are so many of those too. You have some one to talk to when you need someone, you have a shoulder to cry on.
Great! What is your thesis? Your main point? You can use the connections between modern and Shakespearean relationships to prove all kinds of thesis statements. Which will you choose?
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