Essay On Romeo And Juliet Are Not In Love

What is love? Is it merely an idea put into our heads to explain the release of hormones from the pituitary glands? Or could it be a force that drives human kind to feel connections to one another? Well we can say for sure that the concept of love has driven mankind to many great and terrible things. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare Edited by: Dr. Barbara A. Mowat and Paul Werstine are not truly in love by a psychological standpoint. My first reason for why Romeo and Juliet are not in love is that the human body during puberty creates many new cells from the amygdala so many adolescents feel awkward and uncertain during this period of their life. Also Romeo had been recently rejected by Rosaline and was feeling vulnerable. Lastly Juliet was thirteen which is a huge development phase for children and become rebellious.
Everyone has gone through the “awkward” part of puberty in which the child begins to feel more independent and enjoys making decisions on their own. Well it would seem that Juliet has began to grasp the concept of independence. One great example of this is when lady Capulet tells Juliet that she will be married of to Paris and Juliet rejects the match, saying “I will
Romeo had not been with Rosaline because Rosaline had taken a vow of chastity. Vows of chastity in Christian Churches, chastity is synonymous with sexual purity (not having any sexual relations before marriage). Romeo then at a party (hosted by Capulet) and found Juliet who became an optimal mate because of her “passion”. Romeo then at the end of the tragic love story see’s his optimal mate in what he thinks is a state of death but, in reality she is just in a deep sleep and is waiting for him to take her away. So to recap Romeo is rejected but, son after finds what he thinks is an optimal mate to procreate