Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet is written as a romantic tragedy, and death is anticipated but is suicide at 13 expected? While teenage minds do tend to baffle most, neurobiology has solved many mysteries behind the erratic or puzzling behavior and potentially the science behind Romeo and Juliet’s suicide. Unfortunately, their psychology over their family ties played the greater downfall for their love; their minds were the key factor for their suicidal death yet they were not at fault.
The curse that was first bestowed upon their love was their state of minds, though Romeo was significantly older, their brains were experiencing them same irrational impulsive thinking. They can be held responsible for this (impulsive thinking) as supported …show more content…
The body remembers how that oneness with Mother felt, and longs for its adult equivalent,”(Ackern, "The Brain on Love"). Going backwards to the motherly bond, that Juliet sort of lacked since the nurse breast fed her, she wanted and shared the strong bond with Romeo. Rightfully so they yearned for each other they established the strength of a mother and baby’s bond. After seeing eachother for the second time ever the reached or were nearing the next level of love: marriage. As their actions displayed the following, “When two people become a couple, the brain extends its idea of self to include the other; instead of the slender pronoun “I,” a plural self emerges who can borrow some of the other’s assets and strengths,” (Ackern, "The Brain on Love"). Adding this perspective helps the reader or actor understand that once Romeo or Juliet died, it’s as if themself died thus creating the ultimate greif. Since Shakespeare created true love and at such a rapid pace, it’s difficult to grasp that they were in fact in love. Leading back to their responsibility of it all, their minds, but more so their age in which their brain develops. If at a later stage, more mature perhaps, this incident may not have withheld so much love and passion behind it. It’s also important to remember that the
The curse that was first bestowed upon their love was their state of minds, though Romeo was significantly older, their brains were experiencing them same irrational impulsive thinking. They can be held responsible for this (impulsive thinking) as supported …show more content…
The body remembers how that oneness with Mother felt, and longs for its adult equivalent,”(Ackern, "The Brain on Love"). Going backwards to the motherly bond, that Juliet sort of lacked since the nurse breast fed her, she wanted and shared the strong bond with Romeo. Rightfully so they yearned for each other they established the strength of a mother and baby’s bond. After seeing eachother for the second time ever the reached or were nearing the next level of love: marriage. As their actions displayed the following, “When two people become a couple, the brain extends its idea of self to include the other; instead of the slender pronoun “I,” a plural self emerges who can borrow some of the other’s assets and strengths,” (Ackern, "The Brain on Love"). Adding this perspective helps the reader or actor understand that once Romeo or Juliet died, it’s as if themself died thus creating the ultimate greif. Since Shakespeare created true love and at such a rapid pace, it’s difficult to grasp that they were in fact in love. Leading back to their responsibility of it all, their minds, but more so their age in which their brain develops. If at a later stage, more mature perhaps, this incident may not have withheld so much love and passion behind it. It’s also important to remember that the