In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare violence from “ancient grudge” and “new mutiny” takes the innocent life “of a pair of star crossed lovers”. Their forbidden romance destined to fail open the eyes of all. Although their death “bury their parents strife” it could have been easily avoided. Throughout their journey scenes lead them to a path that will trigger a chain reaction allowing William Shakespeare deeper …show more content…
The rational part of a teen’s brain isn’t fully developed until he or she is 25 years old. Years have passed and scientist have found that the adult and teen brain works differently. Adults think with the prefrontal cortex, the brain’s rational part. This part of the brain responds to situations with good judgement and awareness of long term consequences. While the teenage mind thinks with the amygdala, the emotional part. Teenagers are still young so the emotional and decision making part of the brain are still developing. This is why teens are overwhelmed with emotion input. They are not thinking as much as they are feeling.
Romeo and Juliet are at a young age. In this age their feelings are hormone driven. When hormones kick in on impulse your mind ignores rationalising and follows emotions down a dangerous path. Romeo decided he was in love with Juliet, just from her looks in the quote “ Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”. Although they feel like they first hand went through love at first sight they are too young to know what love is. What they truly experience is lust caused by