Tuesday, October 20, 2015

Shakespeare´s Mistake

                Have you ever wondered how it is that arranged marriages worked for thousands of years and no one ever killed themselves?
                I have a theory – a slightly controversial epiphany – that Shakespeare may have ruined us. Even so, I know it´s not entirely his fault but rather a misunderstanding that stemmed from the human heart. What was meant to be the tragedy of Romeo and Juliette people seek out as the reality of their romance. People see their feeling as something worthy of their death. If they can´t give what they feel a chance they are willing to take on eternal rest only to find that their eternity they´ve wrecked.
                
                Since when has romantic love been the goal of human life? Is falling madly in love the only thing for which we strive? Is that what decides if we live or die? And is whether or not we marry what our happiness is defined by? If that´s the case then the gospel I´ve read had died, and the Savior that we all love lived a very depressing life. So if I´m single and never have kids, will my life´s purpose go unfulfilled?
                
                      So do you think Shakespeare would take offense if I said that he started the sexual revolution?

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