Essay On Romeo And Juliet Irrational Human Behavior

In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet have significantly served an illustration as to how new love affects behavior in the brain. In the article “Watching New Love as it Sears the Brain” which is written by New York Times, it communicates how being in love with someone will cause an individual to be irrational. The author narrates, “falling in love is among the most irrational of human behaviors,” (Carey). When the author reports that falling in love with someone is “the most irrational”, it’s implying that those in love will cause reckless behaviors because they aren’t thinking about the consequences that come along with it. One who is in love will do anything because this feeling of love basically makes them obsessed. This idea of

When Juliet mentions various people from her family, she’s declaring that hearing Romeo being banished is more dreadful than her whole family dying. This connects back to the idea that being in love is the most irrational human behavior because she’s justifying murder. Juliet is so in love with Romeo and will stay loyal to him, no matter what he does. It was also revealed that Romeo made irrational decisions due to his obsessive love towards Juliet. Towards the end of the play, Romeo purchases poison from a apothecary after getting the news that Juliet had “passed away”. He narrates, “Come, cordial and not poison, go with me To Juliet’s grave, for there must I use thee,” (Shakespeare, 5.2.90-91). When Romeo calls the poison cordial, this can have multiple meanings. One of the meanings of cordial is that it’s a type of medicine that is especially beneficial for the heart. Since he felt drained and worried about how Juliet was doing, he’s highlighting that the poison will help how his heart is doing. By taking the poison with him to Juliet’s grave so that he’s able to consume by then, Romeo will be able to end his life alongside Juliet, whom he loved