Student: Overview

The Hatfields and McCoys-a comparison to Romeo and Juliet “To be or not to be? ” I for one say not to be. Both Juliet and Rosanna McCoy rushed into love. I mean really, how can you fall totally in love with somebody you do not know at all? For Juliet she had said “my ears have not yet drunk a hundred words of thy tongues uttering, yet I know the sound. ” (ACT II) Juliet was saying she has not heard Romeo speak 100 words yet she is totally in love with him. With Rosanna McCoy she did not say the same thing as Juliet but she fell in love with a man she knew nothing of except that her family hated his and vice versa.
Sometimes the thing you should not have is an attraction in itself. I think for both Juliet and Rosanna that is exactly what happened. They were in love with the enemy of their family and that could have been very exciting for them. Although the outcome for both of these women were not good Juliet took the easy way out by really being a spoiled brat and trying to deceive everybody by taking poison to pretend she was dead thinking she would wake up and be with Romeo.
Roseanna on the other hand jumped into Johnse Hatfield’s arms without really knowing anything about him and found out he was a big cheater and would flirt with any woman walking down the road. For Juliet her plan backfired on her and in turn Romeo ended up dying for her. Rosanna McCoy finally had enough of the cheating and left Johnse Hatfield when she was pregnant because she knew he was a no good man. Rosanna McCoy ended up dying at the young age of 30 some say from a broken heart. However, while these 2 women had a lot in common Juliet took the cowardly way out.

At least Roseanna had tried by leaving Johnse so she would not have to put up with his cheating ways. The saying “If you love something set it free, if it comes back to you its yours, if it doesn’t it never was” is very true. Both of these women should have done that especially because they were so very young. Roseanna McCoy and Juliet Capulet had many things in common which included their feuding family situation, their young love lives and also the sad outcome of their loves. Both of these young ladies fell in love at a very young age.
Juliet was only 14 and Roseanna McCoy was not much older at 19. For Instance one thing these ladies had in common were their feuding families. Juliet’s family was feuding with the Montague’s and this had been going on for as long as anybody could remember and for reasons they could not ever say. Rosanna McCoy’s family was feuding with the Hatfield’s and this feud started back in 1865 when Asa McCoy had come back home from the Union Army and was later found dead in a cave. The Hatfield’s were suspected of killing him.
They were also feuding over a pig on both of their properties. Both of these families were feuding for so many years that most of them could not even remember the start of the feud. Another thing that Juliet and Rosanna had in common was the sad outcome of their love lives. Juliet ended up killing herself after Romeo thought she was dead from poison she had taken to fake her death. Roseanna had gotten pregnant by Johnse Hatfield and ended up leaving him while she was still pregnant because he was a big flirt and a cheat.
Roseanna ended up dying at the young age of 30 and some say from a broken heart. Roseanna McCoy and Juliet Capulet had quite a few things in common, their family lives, their very young love lives and unfortunately the outcome of their loves. In the end both Juliet Capulet and Rosanna McCoy had quite a few things in common. With their feuding families and their very young age and very unfortunate outcome of both of these ladies love lives.
While people today are romantic about the Romeo and Juliet love affair and the Rosanna McCoy and Johnse Hatfield love, I certainly don’t. Young people who barely know each other fall in love with people their own families are feuding with. They never once just stepped back and took a good look at what they really had. Puppy love. They were attracted to something they should not have which made it more exciting for them. Both of these ladies with all they had in common and even the things they did not have in common with each other.
They should have really thought out all the good and the bad things that could happen with these love affairs. If they did they just may have had a much better outcome than the ones they did. Juliet was dead at the age of 14 and Rosanna McCoy dead at the age of 30 from a broken heart most said. So learn from these 2 ladies and do not make the same crazy mistakes they did. Remember being 14 and falling in love with a boy or girl and that you only hear him/her talk less than 100 words is probably a sign to slow down and nor rush into anything.