Teenagers In Romeo And Juliet

Through centuries of humanity and civil adjustment and evolution, few has remained the same. Ideas of people have changed, propelling us forward. Yet, through this metamorphosis and discovery, one fact has certainly remained unchanged. Teenagers make poor choices. Our knowledge as to why has been moved by science and new realization, but that statement holds strong. It being such a widely known and seldom disputed idea, one can easily see it in even the most prestigious and old pieces of media, such as in our case Romeo and Juliet. Many of the characters depicted in the classic story are teenagers, producing notable congruences between their actions and things expected of adolescents as shown in the brochure, Teen Brains. Of the many people,
He's brought up a few times, and is very important to plot, but he is no Romeo (or Juliet). One might argue that perhaps Romeo is a better fit for the title of most mirroring teen in the show. After all, it is him that sneaks into a Capulet party he most certainly isn't welcome to as a Montague. While Romeo certainly fits the bill of emotional, spewing in his first lines how, "This love feel I, that feel no love in this" (1, 1, 187) which is essentially him decrying that he is in a suffering love, one with no pleasure, he is a tormented youth. When his friend tries to help him, he pushes him away, lamenting about how his friend can try, but he, "Canst not teach me to forget." (1, 1, 246) Romeo exists in the play as quite possibly the most dramatically emotional man to ever be written into existence. He pushes away friends, and essentially talks about how in love he is with Rosalind through his first few scenes before he meets Juliet. But is he impulsive? Before arriving at the aforementioned party, he notes that, "'tis no wit to go." (1, 4, 51) This shows he is considering what could happen. He is keenly aware of the feud, and he know that there is danger. His friend, Mercutio, after this point has to convince him to go to the party. Romeo weighs this decision, he is not the type to go into a situation guns ablaze. The same can't be said for Tybalt. During that same party, he identifies Romeo as a Montague and immediately has to be talked out of fighting him. In line 85, he directly states that, "I'll not endure him." (1, 5, 85) It's only after the leader of the house Capulet tells him off that he decides not to harm Romeo, though, this he does reluctantly. Throughout act 1, Tybalt shows no signs of restraint, he fights out of anger, he fights regardless of the knowledge that should he anger the prince again, he will be imprisoned. Romeo is less quick to obeying impulse. Though they both show strong (yet