Teenage Brains: The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

With no consideration to the outcome, Romeo lunges towards Tybalt, killing him and forever sealing his fate. This was the cause of the banishment, making Romeo and Juliet lose critical time that would have resulted in a different outcome. Further supporting why he is to blame for the whole tragedy.

According to research about teens and why they act the take risk is the amount of love and attention from a parent affects the outcome of their behavior. Montague ask Benvolio to find out what’s wrong with Romeo and find away to make him happy again. Montague asks Benvoilo to do it because he doesn’t know what to tell Romeo because he doesn’t think like him.

In the play, Tybalt has a large influence on the death of Romeo and Juliet. He helps contribute to their deaths because he kills Mercutio and Romeo in turn kills Tybalt which causes Romeo to be banished from Verona. Then Juliet tells “Romeo is banished!” “There is not end no limit, measure, bound. In that word’s death: no words can that woe sound.” (Act III Scene II 128-130) If Romeo had taken the time to think before killing Tybalt he would not have killed him and therefore he would not be

Romeo wants revenge and fights with Tybalt. In this fight, Romeo kills Tybalt. When Romeo realizes the consequences of his actions, he says that he is “Fortune’s fool” (3.1.142). He believes that he has no control over the killings of Mercutio and Tybalt. However, these events are caused by his own rashness. Romeo chooses to fight with Tybalt and even starts the fight. Romeo fights to avenge his friend’s death. Romeo’s actions are rash because he does not consider the results of his actions. Romeo could resolve the conflict in some nonviolent way, but his mind is fixed on killing Tybalt. Romeo is exiled from Verona because he kills Tybalt. His rashness causes problems for his own family as well as for the Capulets and for the Prince. Romeo’s rashness in killing Tybalt leads to his killing himself.

Feeling guilty, Romeo feels responsible for Mercutio’s dying because as Mercutio is about to die, he blames Romeo for his loss. Trying to redeem himself he kills Tybalt in vengeance for Mercutio. Afterwards, the Prince banishes Romeo from Verona for the murder of Tybalt. Romeo kills Tybalt on impulse and does not think about the consequences and acts before he thinks. Romeo does not think at all when he kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Romeo’s banishing is one of the most

However, this rivalry never lead to purposeful deaths until Romeo and Juliet started to date. Because of this, whenever someone figured out about the forbidden relationship, they were killed in some way. This situation could have been avoided if Romeo and Juliet knew better, but still, their brains have not made all the connections to do so. In fact, these connections are only fully developed around the age of 20 (Dobbs). “Stronger links also develop between the hippocampus, a sort of memory directory, and frontal areas that set goals and weigh different agendas; as a result, we get better at integrating memory and experience into our decisions." (Dobbs). If Romeo and Juliet were able to, they would think about their family rivalry and realize that if they began a relationship, something bad was destined to happen. But since they could not think that way, many characters experienced unnecessary deaths throughout the play. Their inability to solve problems with judgment was another element that failed to hold Romeo and Juliet apart from each

To begin with, teenagers, like Romeo and Juliet, don’t yet have a fully mature brain to make wise and reasonable decisions. In particular, the region of Romeo and Juliet’s brain that assists in making knowledgeable decisions, the prefrontal cortex, also recognized as the frontal lobes, are not completely connected until the mid 20’s. Dr. Adriana Galaván, a Director and Principal Investigator of the Developmental Neuroscience Laboratory, with an expertise in adolescent brain development, commented in her Ted Talk that “the prefrontal cortex is the part of your brain that helps you think of the consequences or potential consequences of your actions before you do them, it helps you regulate your behavior and your emotions”. Throughout the book, Romeo and Juliet have

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.

According to research, parenting styles have an impact on adolescent development (Kopko). There is four primary parenting styles based on “control” and “warmth”. According to the article “Parenting Styles and Adolescents” Romeo’s parents would be considered “Permissive” as they have all the characteristics. They don’t like to let down their child and pretty much agree with everything they say or want.

In some instances Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is becoming more and more revelant in daily life. Expecially with depression and suicide because of love. For the boys and girls that do not feel the need to read or watch the story will never know Juliet and Romeo’s story and how it could affect their lives. Parents should look back through not only Shakespeare’s books and sonnets, but other classics. In many situations, when teens are expected to read Shakespeare's’ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, teens think that Shakespeare is pointless, however his stories help parents and officials learn about teen depression, love, and thoughts. Finally, the tragic story of Juliet and Romeo will forever play a part in the lives of teens all thanks to Shakespeare’s wonderful tragedies and

The play, “Romeo and Juliet,” by William Shakespeare, and the article, “The Teenage Brain: Still under construction,” from the National Institute of Mental Health, prove that hormones affect teens in multiple ways. In the play, Romeo falls in love at first sight with Juliet, but their families hate each other. In the end the hate is relieved from the families due to the death of the two children. Also, in the article it explains what causes teenagers to act out, and why it happens. As soon as teenagers stop letting their hormones control them, they will be able to make better decisions and control how they feel.

She responded by uttering, “Things that...have made me tremble/ And I will do...without fear or doubt/ To live an unstain’d wife to my sweet love.” Here, Juliet decided to completely throw risk out of the window to be with Romeo forever. Her hormones kicked into gear and practically dominated this decision. The article “Teenage Brains,” by David Dobbs, provides some reasoning to this behavior. Dobbs writes that “between our 12th and 25th years…the brain undergoes extensive remodelling…[and] stress, fatigue, or challenges can cause a misfire.” Juliet is 13 years old and is dealing with the stressful situation of a long-distance relationship. She immediately jumps to the idea of suicide but is then offered this new choice and takes it. Undoubtedly, Juliet’s adolescent hormones are the cause for these not-well-thought-out decisions.

Lack of maturity can cause people to make bad decisions that affect them and everyone around them. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, a story about two star-crossed lovers, the main character, Romeo, is very impulsive and juvenile, which leads to both his and others death in the end. Personal traits define characters and can lead to their downfall.

In contrast, Mercutio attempts to stop Tybalt’s thirst for vengeance when he tries to duel Romeo but ultimately gets killed in the process of trying to save his good friend from being killed by Tybalt which causes Romeo to take vengeance upon Tybalt by killing him.

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.