How does the teenage brain make decisions? In all honesty, everything is based off impulse. Teens have already developed the part of their brains responsible for immediate reactions. However, the part of the brain specializing in controlling reasoning and thinking before acting doesn’t develop until later, leaving the teen to do crazy, impulse decisions without the full ability to stop. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, both teens fall into a very quick love, lasting about 3 days. Several reasons can be attributed to the why it all ended so tragically. For instance, the never-ending feud played a big part, about 30%. Then there was their personalities, which includes impulsive decisions like what’s mentioned above, that made up the other 70%. …show more content…
If they were just two regular people, this wouldn’t have happened. Romeo wouldn’t have gone to crash the party, because it wouldn’t have been held by a family he despised. He would never have met Juliet at the party, and they wouldn’t have fallen in love, resulting in their tragic, untimely deaths. In the beginning of the book, Shakespeare explains about the background of the story, stating, “...from ancient grudge break to new mutiny,” (The Prologue). And this supports the statement that Romeo and Juliet couldn’t help being born into this feud, and they didn’t know that only they could stop it, which is shown in the end of the book that the only way the feud could’ve ended was by Romeo and Juliet dying, as the Prince said, “That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love...All are punished” (5.3.293-295). Which, by seeing the tragic ending, we know it’s …show more content…
Both Romeo and Juliet were teens when this play took place. They were young and thrown into adulthood. Romeo was being taught to fight, and Juliet was taught to be a wife. Their lives were spent with unsupportive parents and neither had more than a few trusted peers. Therefore, when they met, they had an instant connection. They both liked each other and went with it. They both did impulse decisions, such as Juliet wanting to fake her death and Romeo killing himself in the moment. And this includes when they were together, like the impulse decision to get married. Romeo was adventurous and Juliet was confined, they loved the idea of being with each other. However, in the beginning they only loved each other for their looks, and the Chorus of the book was singing, “Alike bewitched by the charm of looks” (Act Two Prologue) at the beginning of Act Two. This is true, but by the end of the book they loved each other for something much more than that. They had grown on each other enough to want to spend their lives together. But, this all happened over a course of three days, which says a lot about the characters of both Romeo and
Romeo and Juliet is a play by William Shakespeare that tells the tale of two young lovers who come from opposing families. At first they don’t even know that the other exists; However, that all changes one night at a party that Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, throws. Romeo and Juliet fall madly in love and rush to get married. Sadly, these two don’t get a happy ending, and one question remains: who or what is to blame for the lovers’ tragic end? Is it fate or human choice?
It’s often said that love at first sight is what occurred in this dismal story but you can not truly be in love until you have gotten to know the person and actually talked to them. When Romeo first saw Juliet he was already saying he was in love with her and didn’t even speak to her, “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!” (I.V.52). When in actual, true love you must know the person. Juliet had just learned his name and she was already calling him her love, “My only love, sprung from my only hate!” (I.V.138). On top of that, they were just teenagers. Majority of all teenagers suffer from mood swings due to the hormones raging through their body. One day they’re angry the next they’re sad, so how could they have truly known what they have wanted? Yes, it is possible for teenagers to be in love, but it’s hard to tell whether it’s actual love. “One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun” (I.II.96) In that line he was talking about a girl he met before he met Juliet, Romeo was claiming he was in love with her, Rosaline, and he was really down about that sitatuion. “Is Rosaline that thou didst love so dear, / So soon forsaken? Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” (II.III.66-68) Friar Lawrence even pointed it out; if he was able to get over Rosaline that quickly then he did not love her. If he could get over her that fast then he could find somebody else and get over Juliet
Life is filled with difficult situations and tough choices to make. The question is, should we choose to make them ourselves? Some people feel it's best to do things alone, while others do not. For example, most of the characters in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare that are analyzed in the text, “What’s the Rush?: Young Brains Cause Doomed Love” by Lexi Tucker, do not consider other’s opinions at all. However, the opinions of people who love us positively affect our choices so it would be smart to consider them in most cases, but not in those that are very personal.
All of these decisions lead to Romeo and Juliet’s downfall and eventually their deaths. Rushed decision making sometimes seems good, but not thinking out decisions can lead to major consequences and even death as in Romeo and Juliet. Because the world moves so fast now hasty decisions are more common, but this is a mistake since these decisions are often detrimental. Hasty decision making is what separated Romeo and Juliet, they were young and showed their immaturity in the hasty decisions they made. When this lesson is not learned the audience sees the consequences that may result from this lesson not learned, also causing decadence of those who are oblivious to this lesson. As Friar Laurence admonished, “Wisely and slow, they stumble that run
Romeo and Juliet were victims of young love. This caused them to make impulsive decisions without thinking of the consequences. Being victims of young love is what also caused them to be victims of their own actions, not victims of fate. Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet made numerous decisions quickly without thoroughly thinking of the possible consequences they may have. In the short time period that they knew each other, they made decisions such as crashing the Capulet’s ball, marrying within 24 hours of knowing each other, and committing suicide after learning the other had done the same.
In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, these two protagonists were too blinded by others decisions and love to act with intelligence which ultimately leads to their deaths. These characters lived in a world where their love had to be kept secret or it would have been broken, which is why the characters looked to wiser peers for help. The deep feelings each lover had for one another was influenced by their family and three people who made destructive choices. Which leads the characters being most responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are Friar Lawrence, County Paris, and Lord Capulet
We have now read both Pyramus and Thisbe, and Romeo and Juliet. The question we have yet to answer is what has a greater impact on what happened, destiny, or personal choice? We believe that personal choice affected the characters more because they chose to fall in love, Romeo and Juliet rushed into marriage, Pyramus and Thisbe left home on their own terms, and in both stories, the main characters decided to commit suicide. This is something that cannot be determined by the stars, your choices determine what happens, not some mystical prophecy. Though that is what we believe, it is also believed that destiny has a greater impact because they were doomed from the stars.
Our best decisions, the ones we never regret, come from listening to our parents. If only Juliet had listened and obeyed her parents in Romeo and Juliet. the outcome would have been a lot more different.
Fate is a dominating force which operates the development of events. Most people believe that fate is predestined and nothing can be changed. But even a person 's fate is determined by a complex combination of conditions and factors. It includes the choices people make according to the tendencies of their own mind, each time they encounter a specific circumstance. In the play of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, the protagonists believe that their lives are controlled by destiny and luck. However, they had ability to choose what they wanted to do and change their fortune over their lives. Although fate seemed to influence what happened to Romeo and Juliet, their choices ultimately contributed to the result of tragedy because they made their
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. Romeo had been recently rejected by Rosaline and was feeling vulnerable. Lastly, Juliet was thirteen which is a huge development phase for children and became 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 begun to grasp the concept of independence.
In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Laurence all make bad decisions. These hasty decisions include the fast marriage between Romeo and Juliet, the Friar’s plan to make Juliet look dead, and as a result Romeos quick decision to kill himself. The quick decisions made by Romeo, Juliet, and the Friar ultimately cause the lovers' deaths.
According to neurologists, the brain in your head right now is not fully developed until your early 20s. Sounds crazy, doesn’t it? And because of this fact, it caused Romeo and Juliet to act illogically and egocentrically. This is because the decision-making part of your brain isn’t fully matured. It seems as if Romeo and Juliet didn’t think anything through at all, in fact.
At the very first sight of Juliet, Romeo immediately falls in love with her. He doesn't begin to think about her character, age, or even about whether she is married. If Romeo had taken his time and gotten to know Juliet and thought about what might come of this attraction, the tragic ending to their story could have been avoided. Romeo is not all to blame for the tragedy. Juliet felt exactly the same way about Romeo when she first saw him:
Romeo and Juliet choose their own actions through their judgments, which were caused by their belief of everlasting love. Due to their unsound and absurd attitudes, both characters are dazed by love in a puerile manner. The relationship they created was actually built on lust and desperation. Firstly, Romeo is the first character whom shows immature love in the story as a whole. Once Capulet’s party is over, Romeo’s attitude leads him to jump over the wall to Juliet’s house and exclaim to her,” And what love can do, that dares love attempt./Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me”(2.2.68-9). The effect of love caused Romeo to not pay attention to the consequences of jumping over the wall and talking to the daughter of his enemy. The flaw is that he is beginning to think that his love is as hard as nails. It is illogical for Romeo to think this...
Just as the Friar says in the beginning of the Shakespeare play, Romeo and Juliet, “Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast.” (II.iii.94). this was a sign of foreshadowing for for the death of the lovers, Romeo and Juliet. Even though fate was a factor that had contributed to a tragic end, there was also personal choice involved, and ultimately, the story may have had a different ending if it weren’t for the flaws of the lovers and their inability to have a grip on reality in dire circumstances. Over the course of the play, the lovers from the conflicting households have not matured and remain rather static in development. Furthermore, in this tragedy, the only son of the montages remains rather childlike, Juliet still seems immature and their relationship over all seems more like a play act on lover rather then something mature and sustainable. Overall, from start to finish, Romeo and Juliet were living in the moment, being absurd and silly rather then focusing on the future and trying to work problems out effectively.