The phrase "young love" when uttered by those who are.. not so young... is often said with an air of dismissal, as if those feelings in a young person are not true feelings and should not be taken seriously. However, the fates of Romeo and Juliet serve as an important lesson for our time.
When we are young and in love, as were they, there are physical and psychological changes which occur in our minds and bodies that we cannot alter. Perhaps this is the "fate" about which the prologue spoke -unalterable, unchangeable fate. We now know that hormones, pheromones, and endorphins sweep through our systems at the instant of attraction. Couple these with the normal surges of growth and change already plaguing the young, and we have a recipe for disaster-or for love.
Young love is inexperienced. It understands nothing of waiting for time to pass, but is urgent in its quest to pull two people together and have them prove to themselves and each other love's sincerity. That feeling can easily overtake the young and make them feel that not only is this love urgent, it is important. This importance and urgency can overwhelm young people and lead them to see no alternative but to rebel, ultimately, against the forces which separate them, while bringing themselves together, eternally, with one another through death.
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