The book is all about the letters that people have been writing to "Juliet" since sometime during the 1930's. The are a group of people of answer all these thousands of letters. People write to Juliet for advice on their love problems and Juliet's secertaries, as the people who answer are called, write them back. At the face value this idea might seem a little silly. Juliet isn't real, she is a fictional character. Why do people write to her when they know she isn't real?
It's human nature to look for help with your problems. Writing to Juliet makes people feel like they don't have to face their problems alone. And after years of experince and thousands of letters every year, Juliet's secertaries are pretty good at answering calls for help :-)
Another reason why so many people write to Juliet is because they want to belive that she is real. Everyone wants to have something to believe in. Even though you know in your head Juliet isn't real, there will always be a part of you that seceretly thinks she exists. That's just the way we are.
And maybe, just maybe, she is real. Maybe this whole idea of writing Juliet letters makes her real. Maybe each and everyone of those letters sent by all those thousands of people, has made her real.
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i havent read the book "Letters to Juliet", but i did see the movie & although i was not a fan of the acting ... i loved the concept
I think today, many girls kind of forget about the fairytale aspect of love. I feel like the way guys treat girls, and the amout of divorces in our world today give many people cinical views of love.
But this adds a fairytale aspect to all the womens "normal" love lives.
if you follow what im trying to say ? :P
aka. i loved the movie :)
This movie is one of my favourites :) though I have never read the book, but I definitely should.
Juliet is sort of like Santa, lol. I like the fact that no one is sure if she is real or not, yet everyone holds out hope that she is.
nice :)
I have not read the novel “Letters to Juliet”, however I did watch the movie a month or so ago. Taking place in the beautiful city of Verona (where Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet first met), the atmosphere is inevitably charactertistic of the classic love story. Perhaps citizens of Verona feel a connection to the story of R & J, and the history of the city serves somewhat as a religion. It is a belief, as you said, that Juliet is in fact real. Maybe, upon visiting or residing in this city, there is a certain enchantment felt which hinders one’s common sense and prevents one from overlooking the magic and romantacism of Juliet actually responding to their letters.
PS. Which love story do you prefer? The one of Claire and Lorenzo or of Sophie and Claire’s grandson?
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