ite these feelings for their parents, their parents might repudiate them if they dare express their genuine feeling for, vice versa, a dreaded ôMontagueö or ôCapulet.ö Nevertheless, it is only the names ôRomeoö or ôJulietö the lovers wish to be reminded of. As Juliet laments, ôO for a falconerÆs voiceàBondage is hoarse and may not speak aloud; Else would I tear the cave where Echo lies, And make her airy tongue more hoarse than mine With repetition of my RomeoÆs name,ö (Shakespeare 1975, 1021).
If youth crushes the love between Romeo and Juliet, it is not because of their genuine affection for each other or the reality that despite their love for each other in the here and now it may not last. So what if they do not understand or wish to tarnish the here and now of their commitment with such mature but balloon-puncturing thoughts? In that, in their youth, they are more than entitled. If youth crushes them in any manner it is not youth itself, but
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