What is to be learned from Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 1

Shakespeare's plays were meant to entertain; they are not sober and earnest moral tracts designed for the edification of the viewer. If one wants to draw a moral from the play one is likely to say that Romeo should have checked his facts before acting, and that impulsiveness is wrong. It's worth noting that the same people who would draw this moral will tell you that Hamlet shouldn't have spent so much time checking his facts and that impulsiveness is right.