Romeo And Juliet Decisions

Teenage impulsivity is a timeless concern that society deals with constantly. As teens, their brains are still developing and they are unable to make fully thought out decisions. In the play Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers share a passionate love fueled by their rash decisions, showcasing teenage impulsivity. Over the course of three days, they build a bond of intense emotions that, as teens, they can not properly deal with, and they even go to the extent of taking their own lives for the other. Romeo and Juliet believed that they were truly in love and were willing to leave their families when in reality they did not know each other at all. However, even with their family feud, their age, and their short relationship, they jumped straight to marriage. Despite how much they

This can be seen in their respective passionate natures and in the early risks Romeo takes physically in invading the Capulet grounds and Juliet takes emotionally in declaring her love for him” (Carter 4). Romeo and Juliet fed into each other's delusion and because of their poor judgment and irresponsible decisions, the two teens brought their demise upon themselves. The actions taken by the teenagers in Romeo and Juliet about 400 years ago are not much different from how teenagers act now. Teenagers both now and then tend to engage in risky behaviors without fully considering the consequences, one of those behaviors being suicide. Adolescents are quicker to give up their lives because they believe it is the ultimate solution to their problems. Some of the biggest “suicidal risk factors in adolescents” are “depression or impulsivity” (Nieves 4). Many teens fall into depressive episodes throughout their teenage years, but it’s how most of them deal with it that is the problem. Impulsive individuals often struggle with problem-solving skills and may have difficulty coping with stressful