Impulsive Decisions In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Rushing and taking impulsive actions can be goo sometimes, but mostly can lead to a downfall. I Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, readers enter he city of Verona and observe two lover struggle to keep there love alive. In William Shakespeare’s Rome and Juliet, the lover’s own decisions to rush marriage, family member deaths, and dying for each other revel how impulsive choices lead to their untimely death.

Adolescents make more rash decisions than any other age group. This behavior linked with teenagers leads to risky actions because of the design of the teenage brain. On the flip side, the blueprint of the teenage brain permits teens to pick up new skills by seeking out different adventures. The teenage characters in Romeo and Juliet pose as an accurate representation of typical teenage decision making. Although this is consistent behavior with this age group, based upon scientific findings of adolescent brain growth, brain maturity, and pleasure drive, teenagers like Romeo and Juliet should be held responsible for their risk-taking and impulsive behavior.

Many parents or adults wonder why adolescents act the way they do and want answers as to why. Numerous of these actions adolescents make are because of the prefrontal cortex(PFC). The PFC isn’t developed until the mid 20s which causes teenagers to lack on seeing the consequences before they make a risky or impulsive decision. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, he illustrates that adolescents show impulsivity, decision making, and risk taking.

The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, known by many as a love story between two very unfortunate people but when looked under the microscope, the true nature of the characters can be seen. Romeo and Juliet’s love could’ve succeeded if they had thought about what they were doing before actually doing it; instead, they based their actions on their emotions rather than reason. Romeo and Juliet’s impulsive nature is caused by their teenage brains.

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When making bad decisions, it is important to take your time and think about the big picture. In Elizabethan times, everything was the opposite of slow and steady. People were rash, and huge life-changing decisions were made at the drop of a hat. Shakespeare, who was a famous playwright during this time period, expressed his opinion that life should be taken slowly through his play, Romeo and Juliet. He talked of love, an unconditional, surprising, and uncontrollable force, and hate, an impulsive, upsetting, and wide-spreading fear.

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Doing things without thinking can lead to very bad situations that are hard to get out of. This is seen in William Shakespeare's drama Romeo and Juliet, a story of star-crossed lovers that fall in love despite the rivery of both of their parents and, Alex Flinn's novel Beastly in which Kyle Kingsbury a teenage boy who thought everything was about the looks and how he was so perfect until he turned into a beast. A common theme found in both of these stories is people who act impulsively suffer negative consequences. First of all in Shakespeare’s drama Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence acts impulsively in act 4, line 95 - 100, he was impulsive because he said “take thou this vial, being then in bed and this distilling liquor drink thou off; when

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     In addition to reigning over their love lives, fate also causes the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. Near the end of the play, it appears Romeo and Juliet have a significant

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