Impulsive Moves In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

“Romeo and Juliet” is an amazing tragedy about two people which love each other and the whole world says no. This tragedy shows that impulsivity doesn’t always lead to a happy ending “ These violent delights have violent ends.”(Ⅱ,ⅵ,9) and that thinking over an action twice is a good decision. With the help of the article “Beautiful Brains” Romeo’s and Juliet’s actions are more understandable due to the slow process of brain development in

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, it says, “”If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow” (2.2.143-144). The immediate reward of love drives the brains of these young lovers towards marriage although they had met only a few hours before what many can see as Juliet’s “proposal” to Romeo. When reading the play, most will see this as an unreasonable action, yet to the young minds of Romeo and Juliet, their love seems to outweigh the negative consequences of this marriage. Brain researcher, Adriana Galvan, conducted a study in which she gave the same reward to a child, teen, and adult. Using an MRI to see the effect of the reward on the striatum, the reward center of the brain, there was a clear difference between child and adult responses and teen responses. The effect of the reward on the striatum in teens was highly exaggerated compared to the effect on both adults and children. From this experiment we can see why teen brains are highly pleasure driven. The pleasure they receive from thrills and risks seem much more enjoyable to them and therefore will seem, at least in their minds, to outweigh the negative consequences. This connects to The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet because it shows that love they were feeling in the moment worked as a reward and therefore they had an exaggerated response towards the “reward.” This exaggerated feeling of pleasure then lead them to the marriage that a large sum of readers of the play find to be too fast moving and ignorant. Their pleasure-driven brains ultimately led Romeo and Juliet to their own

Tybalt, the cousin of Juliet, has a quick temper and frequently acts on impulse. When he first appears, he arrives at the brink of a street fight, and when Benvolio tries to calm him down he gets riled up and says, “What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word/ As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee./ Have at thee, coward!” (1:1, 71-73) When Prince Escalus arrives to see this fight, he raises the consequences on the warring families. He will no longer stand by without doing something and threatens, “If ever you disturb our streets again,/ Your lives shall pay the the forfeit of the peace” (1:1, 98-99). The stakes of the family feud have been taken to a new level, whereas before the Prince was just mad but didn’t act on that anger, now the families are threatened with death if they act out again, all because Tybalt and some Capulet servants jumped into a fight. Even after the Prince’s threats, of which Tybalt knows the stakes, Tybalt comes to fight Romeo the next day but instead finds Benvolio and

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story of a star-crossed pair of feuding families. Their love is forbidden therefore they cannot be together publicly, leading to a string of events that ultimately result in the death of both Romeo and Juliet. The exceptional tragedy that takes place is partly a result of Romeo’s impulsive behaviour towards love and conflict. The pressure Romeo instills on others, his emotional grief and self-pity, and his judgment-clouding rage are examples of Romeo’s impulsive nature that contributes to great tragedy.

Adolescents make more rash decisions than any other age group. This behavior linked with teenagers leads to risky actions because of the design of the teenage brain. On the flip side, the blueprint of the teenage brain permits teens to pick up new skills by seeking out different adventures. The teenage characters in Romeo and Juliet pose as an accurate representation of typical teenage decision making. Although this is consistent behavior with this age group, based upon scientific findings of adolescent brain growth, brain maturity, and pleasure drive, teenagers like Romeo and Juliet should be held responsible for their risk-taking and impulsive behavior.

Since it was written, Romeo and Juliet has been regarded as the arguably most famous love story of all time. Two star-crossed teen lovers are so drowned in their own world that they commit suicide in the hope of eternally being with each other in the afterlife. In reality, were the characters’ actions truly drawn from a sense of fervent love, or rather from hormonal triggers acting in unfavorable ways deep within the teenage brain? In a modern analogy, are teenagers’ brains functioning on the basis of specialized thought processes, or because of biological shortcomings? In reality, rash decisions made by teenagers mostly correlate with hormonal judgement because of skewed neurological development, although environmental influences can aggravate a teen’s emotions.

Firstly, in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, he illustrates that adolescents show impulsivity. In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet , Juliet cries “ Give me, give me ! O, tell me not of fear”(4.1.124). This illustrates that Juliet isn’t taking into

Reckless actions lead to untimely deaths. In Shakespeare’s tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”, both protagonists fight for their hopeless love. Bloodshed and chaos appear inevitable in fair Verona; Romeo and Juliet come from enemy households, the Montegues and the Capulets, who have sworn to defeat one another. The young and handsome Romeo weeps over his unrequited love for Rosaline, until he lays his eyes on Juliet. Strong and independent, Juliet seeks to escape her family’s will to marry her off to Paris, a kinsman of the Prince. Fate ties these adolescents’ lives together binding them to witness the ill-fortunes of Romeo and Juliet’s love. Romeo and Juliet prove themselves woefully impulsive through their words and actions, which ultimately

The author, Jon Hamilton states, “Part of the bad rap has come from studies suggesting that adolescent brains are “wired” to engage in risky behavior.” This shows how Juliet's behavior or thoughts are caused by natural undeveloped brain cells. Moreover, depression causes many teens to lose their lives or come very close to losing their

Love’s makes people do crazy things? “Romeo and Juliet” give us an explain of these in their story “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare.The genre of Romeo and Juliet is a tragic drama. So on Ted talk is by Sarah Jayne Blakemore, which she is a neurologist scientist, she is saying that when teenagers’ brains are still developing. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore’s thesis an adolescent development sheds light on some of the nonsensical decision making in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as characters certainly face the risk taking, mood swings, and impulsive.

“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,” written by William Shakespeare, reveals how hormones can cause teenagers to choose rewards over risks. This play is a tragic love story of two young star-crossed lovers who are forbidden to be together. Their banned love led to to their deaths. Modern theories on the adolescent brain prove how changes in the brain in this time period of one’s life can affect their behavior to certain situations. When hormones are left uncontrolled, teens can be attracted to temptations that can lead to dangerous outcomes.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that involves young lovers, their “untimely death,” and a feud between their two families. The Capulets and the Montagues war against each other. The feud continues to escalate and provides the background for the story of these “two star-crossed lovers.” This literary masterpiece is still relevant today since it involves parental ambition, family fighting, and young love.

In some instances Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is becoming more and more revelant in daily life. Expecially with depression and suicide because of love. For the boys and girls that do not feel the need to read or watch the story will never know Juliet and Romeo’s story and how it could affect their lives. Parents should look back through not only Shakespeare’s books and sonnets, but other classics. In many situations, when teens are expected to read Shakespeare's’ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, teens think that Shakespeare is pointless, however his stories help parents and officials learn about teen depression, love, and thoughts. Finally, the tragic story of Juliet and Romeo will forever play a part in the lives of teens all thanks to Shakespeare’s wonderful tragedies and

Shakespeare understood that with young love came rebellion, (which upon Juliet’s marriage to Paris being advanced ahead of time), made the lovers more determined to defy their scorning families and the chain of being. Had their families ceased their feud and with time, let their children get to personally know each other, their young love might’ve extended into true love. Shakespeare presents the complexities and faults with young love in the play with rebellion and time as catalysts in their downfall, suggesting a negative view of the human nature.

As society has progressed, the richness of Shakespeare’s writings has been revealed by the fact that more and more themes are found to lie in the plot. For example, Romeo and Juliet has also been used as a reference point for discussions of the age of consent (James 241). James points out that in today’s society Romeo might have been branded a sex offender, and it is a big statement about the importance and timelessness of Shakespeare 's plays that Romeo and Juliet is essentially used to justify a call for reform of modern laws (241). In the psychology literature the theme of the play Romeo and Juliet