1. By: William Shakespeare
Romeo & Juliet
By: William Shakespeare

3. Themes Love’s strong impact on young people
How tragedy carries from older generations to younger, innocent ones
How innocence, virtue, and beauty can be destroyed
How quickly chaos and disorder can spread

4. Youth Obsession with Love
Media feeds to Youth addiction
Magazines giving advice to find love
Cosmo
Teen Vogue
Seventeen
Movies focused around love
Dear John
The Notebook
Walk to Remember
Music about lost love, finding love, etc.
“Battlefield” by Jordan Sparks
“Why does love always feel like a battlefield…”
“Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga
“we can write a bad romance…”

5. Shakespeare did it too!
Shakespeare knew that love was popular with his audience… so he often wrote about it in his plays and poetry
However… he almost always had bad endings
Is that what you (the reader) want?

6. Connection Media or Real-life Examples?
When love enters the picture, rank priorities:
Love
Family
Friends
Work
What happens when love ends?