Shakespeare In Love

When did love-at-first-sight begin to lose favor?

Why did passionate kisses and lingering glances and cradling of hands fall out of style?

Where did poetry and sonnets and.. well words in general disappear to?

Where did all the romance go?

So many questions, never enough answers. 

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Okayh I shall attempt to analyze the unhappy ending of Shakespeare In Love and rationalize it out with myself, so that when i stumble upon this post in years to come, i wont be bowled over by a wave of 'omg-yeah-that-movie-so-sad!' *insert depressed emoticon* 

If you have watched the movie then you know what I speak of, and if you haven't GO WATCH IT. 

The only consolation for me was that I failed to complete submerge myself in the movie (which tends to be the default reaction) because well.. Shakespeare over-romanticized everything and in general wasn't serious enough as a man to deal with the problem at hand. And by doing that, it makes you wonder: What happens if he, someway along the road, (assuming they had a happy ending) meets someone else? I mean Gwyneth Paltrow's gonna get old right? It's entirely plausible that'd he would just reason it all away, conjure up a few sad self-pitying lines to justify himself and move on. Take into example his Startfort wife. Right?

But oh my goodness, I really wished they had stayed together. and Lasted. Forever. Society needs more stories like this now, more than ever. Enough with rape, incest and all manner of sex-related horrors already! Bring back the Shakespeares, the old love we've forgotten. 

Actually.. maybe Romeo and Juliet was the main play that introduced love with a catch; love with that heart-breaking twist of fate that slices up any decent heart to shreds. Maybe Shakespear is responsible for all these unhappy-ever-afters. :O

That doesn't seem right. Oh dear, another long night of pondering and reflection. :S