Teens will choose to satisfy their feelings and make choices where one may think is irrational or dumb. Romeo and Juliet, a play written by William Shakespeare is a story of romance and an example of teens making bad choices that usually only favor one’s feelings. Three teen characters that fit the behavior description in Romeo and Juliet are Gregory, Sampson, and Romeo. Gregory and Sampson both hate the Montagues (Romeo’s family) which causes them to start fighting them and cause trouble. While Romeo is driven by love and not hate he still makes choices only for his feelings which at the end ultimately lead to his death. Because a teens brain functions differently than one of an adult this influences the teens in Romeo and Juliet to make bad choices and become vulnerable to peer pressure. A teens brain causes teens in Romeo and Juliet to …show more content…
Written by the Scholastic and the US Department of Health and Human Service, the article, “Teens and Decision Making: What Brain Science Reveals” says, “Since the limbic system matures earlier, it is more likely to gain an upper hand in decision making. This relationship between the emotional center(limbic system) and control center (prefrontal cortex) helps to explain a teen’s inclination to rush decisions. In other words, when teens make choices in emotionally charged situations those choices are often more weighted in feelings(the mature limbic system) over logic ( the not-yet-mature prefrontal cortex)” What this explains is that because of the unbalanced of control of the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex, teens are more favorable to make choices for their feelings. The quote also explains that the teen brain is far from growing. A teen showing how they prioritize their feelings in Romeo and Juliet is when Gregory teases Sampson about how he hates the Montague but when Gregory spots them he tells Sampson, “Tis well thou hadst been poor-John. Draw thy tool! Here comes two of the house of Montagues.”