Discussion Questions!

1. The subject matter of the song is taylor swift has fallen in love with someone at first sight. she refers to the real romeo and juliet a lot through out the song.

'Cause you were Romeo,
I was a scarlet letter
And my daddy said stay away from Juliet
But you were everything to me
I was begging you please don't go

These lyrics represent that she is saying who she is in love with is like romeo and she was scarlet letter, which means that they are suppose to be enemies, her dad says stay away from juliet but he was her everything. This shows that they are in love and would do anything for one another.

2. It is a love story because it shows examples of how it relates to the real romeo and juliet. example:

So I sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet 'cause we're dead if they knew
So close your eyes, escape this town for a little while

This verse relates to the real romeo and juliet because it says "so i sneak out to the garden to see you" this clearly means that they are enemies but they don't care cause they would do anything for love. The real romeo and juliet want to be together so much they fake her death and this verse relates to that because she is sneaking around and lying.

3. The two characters are just teens who fell in love, first love is always the strongest. the relationship between is a very strong bond. Romeo must have fell in love with her at first sight, for them to sneak around and plan a wedding.

4. The lyrics below show that they were both young when they first saw each other and she has flashbacks to that very moment she first saw him. She remembers every detail and small thing about that moment.
"We were both young when I first saw you
I close my eyes and the flashback starts
I'm standing there on a balcony in summer air"

5. The themes through out this song is set in old day theme, with the ball gowns, lights and gardens. I think that this theme is the most romantic. The issues are that they can't see each other, so they have to sneak around to see the love of their life.

6. The song ends with taylor swift and her 'romeo' together at college and the film clip its just a flash back to the first day she saw him and fell in love. They see each other at college and they are about to kiss and then it ends. The real romeo and juliet ends with both of them dying because romeo thought that juliet had died but it was just fake and romeo was standing their and shot himself for real. Her death was fake so that they could be together but his was real because he couldnt live without her so he killed himself. Taylor swift ends her song like this because she says we were both young when i first saw you, this obviously means that they were a young love and that it was not as real as romeo and juliet because they were just young. She is writing it this way because she is saying it was just a 'fling' (young love) and there was nothing meant to it untill now (when they met at college).