Cultural Relevance Do you think Romeo and Juliet is culturally relevant to our generation? In the story Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet have conflict with family by always getting told what to do by them, they always have problems out in public that ends in fighting. The characters, experience events that happen in Romeo and Juliet, also happen today. In the story Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare the characters and the experiences both relate to my life and show the play is culturally relevant. In the story Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare the story is culturally relevant to me because the characters relate to my family and how they act and how they are. First, Juliet is always getting told that she must do this or that