One of the most time honored pieces of literature is the tale of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. The entire story is based around two young lovers but was it really love that they feel or is it something else? Love is a mystical word because it is a noun that is used to describe itself. Everyone experiences and has felt it so why is it so hard to define if every human knows what it is? There are so many components that all come together to form a different feeling each time. This is why it may appear that Romeo and Juliet don’t ever experience true love. However, what Romeo and Juliet were feeling toward each other in Shakespeare’s play was still indeed love. Though they may be fictional characters they experience the same
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Love stricken people often have these thoughts and that is because the chemicals in your brain such as Serotonin are the cause of the obsessive thinking. While increased amounts of Dopamine and Norepinephrine create feelings of love, lowered amounts of serotonin has the same effect. This chemical is found in a medication used to treat people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These medicines help control levels of serotonin which would cause a decrease in many of the symptoms demonstrated by both OCD and romance. This shows that depleted amounts of serotonin can be linked to why humans experience an unstoppable need to think and obsess over their lover. Such is the case with romeo and …show more content…
It begins with a reference to himself being like autumn when it says, “That time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold” (Shakespeare, Sonnet). This is a clue to the type of fondness he is depicting because fall is experienced at the end of the year when there is less light and warmth and the final days are approaching. Next he compares himself to a sunset. Once again it is beheld at the end of the day when there is less light and warmth. Finally, he expounds upon a dwindling fire. This represents the same cold ending where the air that once nourished it overtakes it and snuffs it out. This all demonstrated the meaning of the final couplet that goes as follows, “This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong, to love well which thou must leave ere long” (Shakespeare, Sonnet). The point Shakespeare is trying to make is that many people don’t appreciate feel a need to experience passion until the final days are upon them. Romeo and Juliet were still young and not nearing the end of their life. However, because of their families were persitendly feuding if they were seen together their parents would surely force them apart. This creates fear of being discovered created the same dread for and end of love as illustrated in the
Love stricken people often have these thoughts and that is because the chemicals in your brain such as Serotonin are the cause of the obsessive thinking. While increased amounts of Dopamine and Norepinephrine create feelings of love, lowered amounts of serotonin has the same effect. This chemical is found in a medication used to treat people with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). These medicines help control levels of serotonin which would cause a decrease in many of the symptoms demonstrated by both OCD and romance. This shows that depleted amounts of serotonin can be linked to why humans experience an unstoppable need to think and obsess over their lover. Such is the case with romeo and …show more content…
It begins with a reference to himself being like autumn when it says, “That time of year thou mayst in me behold when yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang upon those boughs which shake against the cold” (Shakespeare, Sonnet). This is a clue to the type of fondness he is depicting because fall is experienced at the end of the year when there is less light and warmth and the final days are approaching. Next he compares himself to a sunset. Once again it is beheld at the end of the day when there is less light and warmth. Finally, he expounds upon a dwindling fire. This represents the same cold ending where the air that once nourished it overtakes it and snuffs it out. This all demonstrated the meaning of the final couplet that goes as follows, “This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong, to love well which thou must leave ere long” (Shakespeare, Sonnet). The point Shakespeare is trying to make is that many people don’t appreciate feel a need to experience passion until the final days are upon them. Romeo and Juliet were still young and not nearing the end of their life. However, because of their families were persitendly feuding if they were seen together their parents would surely force them apart. This creates fear of being discovered created the same dread for and end of love as illustrated in the