The Consequences Of Growing Up In Romeo And Juliet

Growing up is a topic that all of people can relate to. As human beings grow and develop, they naturally mature and learn new skills through life experience. The well documented natural growth or evolution of both physical and emotional maturity is pictured through contemporary examples of literature, film, and nonfiction texts around the world. For example, In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Romeo and Juliet, two “star-crossed lovers” who come from different rivaling families of nobility fall in love and desperately try to remain together as their families try to separate and keep them apart. Romeo, unfortunately, makes himself an enemy of the Prince and the Prince banishes Romeo as punishment. In the end, Romeo kills himself thinking

Romeo, the protagonist, is a typical teenager born of the house of Montague. He is a happy boy who dislikes conflict, but who mostly follows his feelings throughout the entire story. These feelings can cloud his judgment and do well to portray how Romeo has a tendency to “leap before he thinks” or let his heart decide for him instead of following his head in making the logical decision. Shakespeare depicts this quality during the party that the Capulet family is hosting, where Romeo first lays his eyes on Juliet, he states, “Did my heart love till now?... For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night” (Shakespeare Act I Scene V 50-51). As Romeo states, he has never experienced true love until he first sees Juliet, a common example of true love at first sight. Romeo’s feelings overtake him in a whirlwind of passion and adoration. Depicting how Romeo was true to his emotions, falling head over heels for a girl he has seen for seconds. In another instance, Romeo’s dear friend Mercutio has been slain by Tybalt and Romeo’s feelings of love towards Tybalt's deceased friend and hate towards his newfound enemy insight and motivates Romeo to spar with Tybalt. And after multiple successions of jabs, parries, and counters, Romeo can kill Tybalt in which he states, “O, I am fortune's fool!” (Shakespeare Act III Scene

However, in an alternative, more modern scenario, a story of a teenage superhero named Spiderman is written by Stan Lee. In which, a teenage high schooler called Peter Parker, who is bitten by an abnormal spider and gains spider-like powers and abilities. Peter decides that his newfound powers are special and uses them for the better in order to become a superhero. After months of catching the same small-time robbers in his neighborhood over and over, Peter has mercy on a pair of thugs because he is in a big rush to get to his date with his girlfriend. Yet, this choice leads to a dreadful outcome, the same two thugs killed because Peter’s own uncle who raised him he had let go previously. And as Peter reflects on his choices, he remembers his uncle explicitly telling him earlier, “With great power comes great responsibility” (Lee). Peter learns and truly understands how much his choices really matter and what can come from them. Just as Romeo experienced the repercussions and weight of his decisions through the death of another man, Peter sees how his careless mistakes have led to the ultimate demise of his uncle. Both teenagers, even when living in different times, grow through their choices and actions and grow mentally and learn from their