Many readers are familiar with the drastic outcome of William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet. Not many people are able to grasp to complex concept and the multiple steps it takes to become lovers to corpses. Many people assume that Romeo dies of love. Unfortunately, that is not the full story, as the idea of their death goes deeper than many people think. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare displays how Romeo’s brain development, maturity, and outside influences have a large impact on his irrational decisions, which ultimately leads to his downfall.
One of the most evident causes of Romeo and Juliet’s death was Romeo’s lack of brain development. According to the article, Teens and Decision Making: What Brain Science Reveals, countless …show more content…
During the movie, Romeo and Juliet, views see that Romeo is not hesitant to ask for Juliet’s hand, and Juliet does not hesitate to say yes. Viewers say it is love at first sight. Science claims adolescents are incapable of making a reasonable and logical decision until he or she is in his or her early twenties, when the brain is fully mature. The brain does not become fully mature until at least twenty years old. So as a viewer, some people wonder what compels this young couple to marry so quickly when they have just met each other. According to the article, American Psychosocial Maturity Association, “There is no differences among the four youngest age groups [10-11,12-13,14-15,16-17] on the measures of psychosocial maturity.” The article states that the mind of a sixteen year old is not that much different from the mind of a ten year old. Although they may seem older, their minds maturity concludes otherwise. Romeo’s decision to marry Juliet may be sudden, but the idea does not just pop up as the neurons in the electric impulses transmit the information of marriage into circuit structures, and creates the idea of marriage. Romeo and Juliet believed that it was love at first sight. However, Juliet has never been truly in love, and Romeo just jumps from girl to girl. He cried for nights when Rosaline rejected his love for her. One important …show more content…
Friar Laurence is supposed to be an honored and intelligent man that is supposed to help the children come to realize the outcome of their marriage, and to give them counsel, and not to encourage such a preposterous decision. Instead, he will “assistant thy [with your secret marriage],” (Act II, scene iii, 90) Friar Laurence assisted the young lovers, who just met, to get married in secret. The Friar thought only of the positive outcome, but overlooked the negative outcomes of their marriage, such as a war between the two houses. He could not fathom the outcome of the unapproved marriage, and instead of trying to reason with them, he encouraged them. He is one of the main reasons for the downfall of the well-loved star-crossed lovers. Romeo, being sixteen,does not have a fully developed brain, and therefore is very influential. In the article, While Adolescents May Reason As Well As Adults, Their Emotional Maturity Lags, Says New Research, Steinberg stated that, “It is very difficult for a 16-year-old to resist peer pressure in a heated, volatile situation” These actions shows how Romeo was determined, not only by himself, by through others around him, such as Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence easily influenced Romeo to marry Juliet, allowing Romeo to believe that his reckless
One of the most evident causes of Romeo and Juliet’s death was Romeo’s lack of brain development. According to the article, Teens and Decision Making: What Brain Science Reveals, countless …show more content…
During the movie, Romeo and Juliet, views see that Romeo is not hesitant to ask for Juliet’s hand, and Juliet does not hesitate to say yes. Viewers say it is love at first sight. Science claims adolescents are incapable of making a reasonable and logical decision until he or she is in his or her early twenties, when the brain is fully mature. The brain does not become fully mature until at least twenty years old. So as a viewer, some people wonder what compels this young couple to marry so quickly when they have just met each other. According to the article, American Psychosocial Maturity Association, “There is no differences among the four youngest age groups [10-11,12-13,14-15,16-17] on the measures of psychosocial maturity.” The article states that the mind of a sixteen year old is not that much different from the mind of a ten year old. Although they may seem older, their minds maturity concludes otherwise. Romeo’s decision to marry Juliet may be sudden, but the idea does not just pop up as the neurons in the electric impulses transmit the information of marriage into circuit structures, and creates the idea of marriage. Romeo and Juliet believed that it was love at first sight. However, Juliet has never been truly in love, and Romeo just jumps from girl to girl. He cried for nights when Rosaline rejected his love for her. One important …show more content…
Friar Laurence is supposed to be an honored and intelligent man that is supposed to help the children come to realize the outcome of their marriage, and to give them counsel, and not to encourage such a preposterous decision. Instead, he will “assistant thy [with your secret marriage],” (Act II, scene iii, 90) Friar Laurence assisted the young lovers, who just met, to get married in secret. The Friar thought only of the positive outcome, but overlooked the negative outcomes of their marriage, such as a war between the two houses. He could not fathom the outcome of the unapproved marriage, and instead of trying to reason with them, he encouraged them. He is one of the main reasons for the downfall of the well-loved star-crossed lovers. Romeo, being sixteen,does not have a fully developed brain, and therefore is very influential. In the article, While Adolescents May Reason As Well As Adults, Their Emotional Maturity Lags, Says New Research, Steinberg stated that, “It is very difficult for a 16-year-old to resist peer pressure in a heated, volatile situation” These actions shows how Romeo was determined, not only by himself, by through others around him, such as Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence easily influenced Romeo to marry Juliet, allowing Romeo to believe that his reckless