Friendships are Important Now and Then

  Friendships are very important in Romeo and Juliet and now because they keep people going and together. Romeo had a lot of friends like Balthazar, Benvolio, and Mercutio. Juliet also had a friendship which was with the Nurse of the Capulet's. The main friendship in this movie was between Romeo and his three best friends. Mercutio and Benvolio who always took care of Romeo no matter what and Balthazar looked up to Romeo like an older brother. This friendship caused a lot of death though, not just between the three of them but towards the Capulet's too. Friendships now are also very important because friends help each other get through tough times. Friendships now and friendships then are very similar.


 Friendships back in the 16th Century were just as important as the friendships now. At the beginning of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo was with Benvolio and he was really sad because the girl he loved, Rosaline didn't love him back but Benvolio kept trying to tell him that there are a lot more girls and he should forget about her and find someone else "By giving liberty unto thine eyes.
Examine other beauties." Benvolio was telling Romeo dont just focus on one girl let your eyes wander freely and look at other girls. Benvolio tried to help him get over Rosaline but Romeo was still very sad and depressed. Now friends do the same thing they try to help each other with girl problems and support them through tough times. When you have a friend they can give better confidence like Mercutio giving Romeo confidence to go to the Capulet party when he didn't want to because he was all sad about Rosaline not liking him.


  Even though friendships are important and people need them friendships can turn really bad and in some cases lead to death like throughout Romeo and Juliet. If Mercutio didn't give Romeo confidence to go to the party Romeo wouldn't have met Juliet and they both wouldn't have killed themselves at the end. Mercutio probably wouldn't have died either because Romeo would have fought Tybalt instead of saying he loves him in a family way because he just married Juliet (). Romeo's action was not a friend move because if he was a friend he would of helped Mercutio. Today friendships don't usually lead to death, they might lead to arguing and maybe fights but no one dies. Also with social media and camera's instead of people helping out they will just film the fight.

  Friendships now don't lead to death like they did back in the 16th century. Friends fight all the time but they never try to put each other in danger and kill them. Friends will try to settle it a different way and go back to being friends. Friendships now are very important because friends always got each others back no matter what.


  Friendships are always important, you need them in your life or you'll be very lonely. Friends have your back and will have your back forever. They will support you with relationship problems and any other problems you might have. Friends will help you if you get hurt and help you get through the pain. Friends are one of the most important things in someones life.