Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Response

I really like Romeo and Juliet. Sometimes the language is hard to understand, and it's hard to get what's going on sometimes because it's not an actual book, it's a play, and it's meant to be acted out. I like the general idea of the story though. I read it last year in 8th grade, but we didn't read all of it in class. We stopped about halfway through it. The way my teacher taught it wasn't very good, she didn't really explain some of the language. This year, I understand it a lot better. I can actually understand some of the jokes and puns. There are a few reasons why I don't like the story though. One of them is that it's very unrealistic. 2 people don't usually fall in love right away, then decide to get married 2 days later. Another thing is that they are extremely young. They are about 13. I know that back then people got married a lot younger than they do now, but I think being married at that age is kind of ridiculous. I also think that the story seems longer than it actually is. It's only supposed to take place over a course of about 5 days, but it seems like it takes place over at least a month. That makes it kind of confusing. The good things about the story are that it has a good plot and it makes sense. Some stories are random and nothing fits together, but Romeo and Juliet does. If Romeo and Juliet was in a different format that's easier to read and understand, it would be one of my favorite books.