Should The Brain Pressure And How Does It Affect Teenagers?

Love, an intense feeling of deep affection. Love is dangerous, especially in Romeo and Juliet. Love can cause extremely impulsive decisions, such as Romeo and Juliet’s decision to get married. If they hadn’t of gotten married, they probably would not have died in the end. When you love someone, you dont think about the consequences you will end up facing in the future, which is much like teenagers today. Teenagers may think they’re in love and make stupid decisions like not listening to the more experienced people who have gone through all of the same issues. I think this because of several articles and Romeo and Juliet have confirmed my thoughts. They also inspired me to write this synthesis on Romeo and Juliet, and teenagers. Teenagers are

Many teenagers make bad decisions, and act in a way most adult would say is unintelligent. Romeo and Juliet was a story about two feuding families with the same wealth living in Verona. After a big fight Prince Escalus tells them that if there is another fight they will be killed.  Later that night Romeo meets Juliet at her father’s party and they both fall in love, after the party Romeo talks with Juliet about getting married and she agrees to have the wedding the very next day. After the wedding the two families get into another fight. Due to the fight Mercutio and Tybalt gets killed. Romeo who was also fighting was sentenced to banishment even

I gather this because evidence has been shown that teenager’s brains are impetuous and impulsive. In the article “Teenage Brains are Malleable and Vulnerable, Researchers Say”, by Jon Hamilton, readers can see that in paragraph 4 it states, “studies suggest that adolescent brains are ‘wired’ to engage in risky behavior”. These activities include drugs, unsafe sex, and drinking. Obviously, teenagers are drawn towards these acts while knowing that they are morally and ethically wrong. In “Romeo and Juliet”, the readers see actions of “love” between the two star-crossed soulmates. The audience

“Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here, shalt with him hence’’ (232). Tybalt’s Adolescence causes him to not to second think about what he is doing, and chaos breaks out again between the Montagues and the Capulets. Chaos among adolescence only results in greater problems. After Romeo has heard the news that Juliet is ‘dead’ he believes that it would be a good idea to get a poison that would kill him. “There is thy gold worse poison to men’s souls’’ (268). Romeo comes up with a plan to take his life and doesn’t second guess himself which is apart of the adolescence experience, not thinking things through beforehand. Romeo thinks that as if his actions will not effect anyone else but himself.When a younger individual is angered it will result in a foolish matter.Juliet believes that it is a good idea to take her life if she marries Paris and can’t be with Romeo.Juliet rushes over to the church so she can speak to Friar Lawrence about her not wanting to marry Paris. “O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris’’ (255). Adolescence results in chaos when one doesn’t think before doing. Juliet doesn’t think before says she is going to kill herself because she has to marry Paris. When one is at a young age they don’t really know

In order to understand Romeo and Juliet, it must be remembered that these two heralds of love were little more than children. In Renaissance England, the category of adolescence was not recognized (Cox 391). A person went from childhood to adulthood without the liberty that is allowed to modern adolescents. Nowadays, the teenage years are accepted as a turbulent period in which defiance of authority and assertion of "self" are not only allowed, but also expected. Adults explain away even the most inexplicable behavior of teenagers as "just a phase". However, as this was not done in Shakespeare’s England, both Romeo and Juliet were expected to take on the roles of adults, and were chastised for their refusal to enter in the adult world as their parents would have them. Juliet is first presented to the audience as a young woman who has come to marrying age: “Well, think of marriage now; younger than you, / Here in Verona, ladies of esteem, / Are made already mothers…Thus then in brief: / The valiant Paris seeks you for his love”(1.3.69-74). Juliet is presented with the idea of marrying Paris with

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. Both Romeo and Juliet are young and sprightly teenagers, Romeo being 15-16 and Juliet with the age of 13. They are teens that make impulsive decisions without thinking about the consequences. David Dobbs the author of the article “Beautiful Brains” explains why teenagers act the way they do throughout scientific research and studies. This article helps to understand Romeos and Juliets actions which led to their deaths.

“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” written by William Shakespeare, reveals how hormones can cause teenagers to choose rewards over risks. This play is a tragic love story of two young star-crossed lovers who are forbidden to be together. Their banned love led to to their deaths. Modern theories on the adolescent brain prove how changes in the brain in this time period of one’s life can affect their behavior to certain situations. When hormones are left uncontrolled, teens can be attracted to temptations that can lead to dangerous outcomes.

Since it was written, Romeo and Juliet has been regarded as the arguably most famous love story of all time. Two star-crossed teen lovers are so drowned in their own world that they commit suicide in the hope of eternally being with each other in the afterlife. In reality, were the characters’ actions truly drawn from a sense of fervent love, or rather from hormonal triggers acting in unfavorable ways deep within the teenage brain? In a modern analogy, are teenagers’ brains functioning on the basis of specialized thought processes, or because of biological shortcomings? In reality, rash decisions made by teenagers mostly correlate with hormonal judgement because of skewed neurological development, although environmental influences can aggravate a teen’s emotions.

The theme Teenagers are Reckless occurs multiple times in Romeo and Juliet and The Fault in Our Stars. In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo falls in love with Juliet right away and even though Juliet is a little hesitant at first but, she also falls in love with Romeo immediately. In a rush Romeo went to the Friar and told the Friar to marry him and Juliet the very same day, “That thou consent to marry us today” (II, III, 64). His quick change of lovers from Rosaline to Juliet and his hurriedness to get married does not go unnoticed by the Friar. Romeo and Juliet getting married without the consent or knowledge of their parents despite the feud is a very rash and reckless decision. Furthermore, during the sword fight scene involving Mercutio, Tybalt and Romeo, if Romeo had not intervened the roughhousing between Tybalt and Mercutio then Mercutio would have never died. Also, after the fight if Romeo had not acted on an impulse and killed Tybalt,

In William Shakespeare's play “Romeo and Juliet”, a tragedy, two young star-crossed lovers marry and set in stone, a course of bad decisions, which leads to their untimely death. Romeo a Montague and Juliet a Capulet are part of two feuding families, who against their parents wishes marry and with their death, end their parents feud. Throughout the play these two teenagers make irrational decisions leading to their death, which can be explained through scientific data collected by studies on teenage brains and sleep deprivation. Teenage brains are underdeveloped until the age of 25 causing teenagers to act without thinking and lack of sleep leads to teenagers reacting negatively to news. Romeos irrational actions of killing Tybalt and

Thomas Szasz once wrote, “A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.” Coming of age is a stage of many challenges and trials in an adolescent's life. It is a transition from childhood into adulthood, with various hurdles along the way. Throughout the journey, various events, triumphs, and failures shape the individual. There are various influences that play a vital role in the coming of age of a youth. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the protagonists Romeo and Juliet transition from childhood to adulthood in distinct ways. Their characters come of age throughout their interactions with their families and each other.

Most people stereotype teenagers to be rebels. They cause problems and do not think about the consequences of their actions. This is why some parents feel that they should have a say in who their kids date. During the 1300’s, parents had full control over who their kids married. The play Romeo and Juliet is a prime example of this.

Romeo may put Juliet first, by risking to stay in the city for their wedding night, but Juliet puts her wants first before Romeo’s safety, which proves they are not equals. Their connection is merely based off the adrenaline rush they get from being with each other and the sexual frustration they have pent up since their first meeting. Keeping this in mind, studies have shown that many teenagers have such impulses and sexual frustrations because of how adolescent minds develop. According to The Teen Brain: Still Under Construction, published by the National Institute of Mental Health, “reproductive hormones shape (...) sex related hormones and behavior”. These behaviors include the urge to try new sexual things with others and explore the physical and emotional experiences that are new to them.

In the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows everyone the nature of teenagers when they are infatuated by being a great observer of people.

The impressionable adolescent mind, in Romeo and Juliet swayed the two characters to act to instinctually