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PaulInDaHood said:
Like everyone else said, there ARE some similarities. I don't think it was based off of Romeo and Juliet, but if it WAS then it was rather loosely based, anyways, the pag-ibig isn't exactly forbidden, but he's a vampire and she's a human, so it's sort of difficult, especially when you consider the fact that he has to resist eating her whenever she'd nearby. Also, they "Fall in love" way too fost. It's sort of a pag-ibig at first sight/rushed sort of thing, like Romeo and Juliet see each other at a party, and after barely exchanging a word, they're in love. Same pretty much with Edward and Bella, only they meet at school. To add to the whole "forbidden" thing, yes, their parents don't exactly oppose it in the books, but Charlie doesn't really like Edward very much, at least at first. Plus, how do you think he'd react if he found out his daughter is dating a vampire? Probably in a similar way to how Lord Capulet would react if he knew Juliet was in pag-ibig with Romeo, except of course, different century, different punishments, XD. Also, they both get married young, qnd their ages were rather far apart when you consider it, I mean, Juliet was 13 and Romeo was 17, not such a huge difference when you consider the fact that Edward is almost 100 years older than Bella, but still........... Though they don't actually DIE in the end, there is the whole almost-battle with the Volturi. Hope this helps, and yeah, I agree they arent the most similar books in the world, but they do have thier similarities. whats funny is that most of the things I don't like about Romeo and Juliet, those characteristics are shared with Twilight.....weird.
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