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Romeo And Juliet Change The Mind Analysis

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In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by Shakespeare, the writer uses Romeo and Juliet’s decision on secretly getting married to prove how teenagers without a fully developed brain can have different thinking than an adult’s thinking which can led to certain decisions being made. Romeo and Juliet are young teenagers who are feeling infatuation towards each other but mistaken the feeling for love, Romeo said “The exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine.” (Act 2, Scene 2). Romeo requested Juliet to say her vow which means he is proposing to her, even though they have just met each other and their families are hateful toward each other, many things can go wrong but Romeo and Juliet fail to realize the problems that can come up after the marriage. …show more content…

Is Rosaline that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken?” (Act 2, Scene 3) judging by the words Friar Laurence use, he couldn’t believe how fast Romeo can change his mind. Romeo changed his mind so quickly because he has a strong desire to marry Juliet after meeting her for less than day, Romeo is acting on impulse. During the teenage years, the brain is at the developing stage and are not fully developed, adolescent without a fully developed frontal lobe can behave and think differently from adults who have a fully developed brain that is why “adolescents are more likely to act on impulse” (The Teen Brain) which is exactly what Romeo was doing when he asked Friar Laurence to perform the ceremony in order for him and Juliet to become a husband and wife. Without hesitation, Romeo was certain he wanted to marry Juliet without fully thinking about his feelings for Juliet to consider whether he was truly in love with her or it was just a feeling of lust, instead he decided that he wants to marry Juliet right away after meeting her for the second time, he did not take the time to get to know her and learn more about her because his brain is telling him he thinks she’s pretty so they should proceed to marriage without …show more content…

(Act 2, Scene 5) Juliet is pouring out and expressing her love to Romeo before getting married. Unable to realize and understand her true feelings made Juliet believe that she is truly in love with Romeo even though the two barely knows anything about each other, Juliet is expressing her feelings as if she loves Romeo as much as she possibly could. Teenagers without a fully developed brain can be missing some parts in their brain that helps them make good decision, “the frontal lobe of the brain is essential for inhibiting impulses, regulating emotion and planning and organizing behavior.”(Curt Suplee). Juliet’s brain did not have a fully frontal lobe which is why she had difficulty trying to hold back her emotion on how she felt towards Romeo and failing to realize that her relationship with Romeo was going too fast. In conclusion, problems arise and Romeo and Juliet were miserable after the marriage because they were too young and did not have a fully developed brain to help them make good decision about their relationship towards each

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