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Romeo And Juliet Vs. Teenage Brain Science Articles

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Colin Matthews Ms. Fletcher English 1 March 29, 2021. Synthesis Essay: Romeo and Juliet vs Teenage Brain Science Articles. Teenagers constantly strive for independence, but is it really the best thing for them to make major decisions on their own? Romeo and Juliet is a great example of this instance where in the past teenagers often got married and made lifelong decisions on their own. But as you know this story did not end well and over a most likely fake love they both kill themselves without a second thought towards their future. This is truly just one instance in which teenagers have ruined their lives with these important decisions, and looking at newly found research it's not hard to see why. Based on Shakespeare's “Romeo and Juliet” and from brain science articles like …show more content…

And follow thee, my lord, throughout the world”(Shakspeare 2.1.143-144 and 148). Juliet, who looks alone, decides to get married to Romeo and follow him for the rest of her life. She is from a rival family yet they were able to manipulate each other as crushes and prove the little self control found in teenagers that allows them to become easily manipulated. Romeo and Juliet prove that throughout time teenagers have been easily manipulated, but they continue to prove this as the poem goes on to eventually commit a double suicide over each other's bodies. Before everything goes wrong though, Romeo is in the street with his friend Mercutio when Tybalt from Juliet's family challenges Romeo to a duel for crashing his family's party. Romeo does not accept this duel since he thinks of how he just got married, but Mercutio decides against Romeo’s will to fight Tybalt. As Romeo tries to stop the fighting Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo, “Who had but newly entertained revenge, And ain’t they go like lightning, for ere I could draw to part them was stout Tybalt

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“Romeo and Juliet The mysterious working of the adolescent brain’ Now and days love makes people do crazy things in life like in william shakespeare Romeo and Juliet,”The mysterious working on the adolescent brain” by Sarah Blakemore.some background information for romeo and juliet is that their young love and mood swings caused 6 deaths in the story .The background information from the Neuroscientist is that Sarah Blakemore is talking about the prefrontal cortex is still developing around your 20’s or below that affected Romeo and Juliet that could be why some of the deaths happened. In Romeo and Julliet due to the fact to the adolescent brain development caused mood swings and self consioucones,unncessary risk Romeo mood swings are what ultimately led to suicide.

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My thesis on adolescent brain development sheds light on some of the nonsensical decision making is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, as characters certainly face the impulse control, self-consciousness, and risk taking. First off, Romeo acts on how he’s feeling at that moment. “ O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do! They pray; grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.” page 1016.

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Romeo and Juliet The tragic story that unfolds in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is known all over the world. Although Shakespeare was not a teenager when he wrote the story, he seems to have a good understanding of the adolescent brain, and how it is constantly growing and developing. Nowadays, there are many studies that have been done to find out how the teenage brain works, but Romeo and Juliet shows that Shakespeare was ahead of his time in his knowledge of how teenagers think and act.

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During the time this story was written, no one was able to explain why they made these choices. Scientists now know that the adolescent brain is still growing, and without parental guidance, teenagers tend to make more impulsive decisions.

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He wants to fight, but Romeo is not budging, for he does not want to harm Juliet’s cousin. So instead of Romeo fighting Tybalt, Mercutio fights Tybalt because Romeo will not fight for himself. Romeo steps between them and tries to stop the duel, but Tybalt manages to stab Mercutio underneath Romeo’s

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Teenage behavior has not changed in over five hundred years. The behaviors portrayed in Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare are very similar to the behaviors of the average teenager today. The teenage brain takes years to become fully developed which is why teens make impulsive decisions, express new emotions, and have rebellious behaviors as shown in Romeo and Juliet. Teenagers are impulsive when making decisions because of the unawareness of consequences that their decisions could result in.

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In the pamphlet “The Teen Brain” from the National Institute of Mental Health, it describes how the teen brain is very intrusive, acts of risky behaviors, responds to its environment, responds to stress differently, and is quite impulsive just like the two teens Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet put themselves through many risky situations and act on impulsive behaviors because they’re going through adolescence, which is presented in the text “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”. Romeo and Juliet express the reaction to an environment and act on intrusive behaviors throughout their love story, knowing they’re both risking each other’s families. In (I.V. 92-109) Romeo says “O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.” Taking Juliet’s first

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This causes problems for teens because if faced with a time sensitive decision they probably won’t be able to make the correct decision causing them to get into to trouble. In the same article by Lizzy Griffin about The Developing Teenage Brain, neurologists and neuroscientist Frances Jensen reported that, “they are fast learners but poor decision makers. They have trouble abstracting issues and making decisions in real time as rapidly as adults”(Griffin). This provides evidence that Romeo and Juliet weren’t taking the

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