The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare explains that two different families which are enemy’s, cannot stop true love between Romeo and Juliet. The play is about two star crossed lovers, from different families that don’t like each other. Which later causes Romeo and Juliet to kill themselves in the end. Some of the modern theories of the teenage brain and the effects on behavior has shown a positive and negative growth. The bad thing about teenage brain is that it is under construction and it cause them to do dangerous things that can cause life or death. If peer pressure takes over a teen’s decisions, consequences can be the outcome of choices they make. Peer pressure affects decisions of teenagers, by making teens do something they know is wrong. As stated in Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio states, “I will make thee think thy swan a crow.”(1.2.91) Benvolio peer pressures Romeo to go to the Capulet's party to stare at the pretty women. By Benvolio doing this it causes Romeo to do wrong. Peer pressure is also set up in the article, …show more content…
For example, Mercutio says, “Why, is not this better now than groaning for love?”(2.5.48) Mercutio is peer pressuring Romeo more at the party, convincing him that looking at Capulet ladys is better than anything. This situations illustrates Romeo being peer pressured by Mercutio. In the same way, peer pressure is illustrated in, “Teenage Brains.” For example, “Its Psychology and Its Relations to Physiology, Anothronotegy, Sociology, Sex, Crime, Religion and Education, believed this period of ‘storm and stress’...” These examples like sex and crime all are affected by peer pressure just like like teens education. That is why peer pressure is an effective thing in life and school which is cause by hanging out with a wrong group of people. Obviously, all situation cause by peer pressuring can be life or death, even in jail
In the Ted Talk, “The Mysterious Workings of the Adolescent Brain” Sarah-Jayne Blakemore even said, “The limbic system, have been found to be hypersensitive to the feeling of risk taking in adolescents compared with adults,” (Doc A). This quote really explained how Romeo and Juliet's adolescent brains are the ones to blame. Their brains caused them to do all the unsafe things due to their hypersensitivity to risk. Another example of how their brains caused their deaths was when Helen Fisher stated that, “The brain system-the reward system for wanting, for motivation, for craving for focus-becomes more active when you can’t get what you want,” (Doc C). This quote does a good job explaining how Romeo and Juliet not being able to be together prompted their brains to crave it even more.
I can say that falling for the peer pressure put myself in many uncomfortable situations, and resulted into bad decisions that effected my academics and my mental. For example, many of times I would rather choose to go on random adventures with my friends, knowing that I had many assignments that needed to be done. I chose to prioritize fun over my academics and by my sophomore year I was on the verge of being kicked out due to academic
Romeo and Juliet’s love weakened their ability to think properly. Even when Juliet thought about the risks of Friar Lawrence’s plan, the possible outcome of being with the love of her life overshadowed all the complications that could occur. Overall, Romeo and Juliet’s brains were impacted by love, causing them to take several risks without
In Romeo and Juliet, the teenage characters make poor decisions throughout the play. David Dobbs, the author of “Beautiful Brains”, elucidates to us that the teen brain sometimes tends to do things perfunctory. Due to teenager’s age, their brain is not fully developed, so they would not know the full consequences of their actions. This continuously happens in the story, and many choices that they make are kept secret, which is even worse for them to do. The articles, “Beautiful Brains” and “Insight into the Teenage Brain”, helps us further understand why they are making these decision and why they don’t know when to stop.
Peer pressure comes with the same choice of doing the right thing being prepared to reap the repercussions. Evil always comes back around which is why Bob Ewell 's death (Lee 358) gives insights to the consequences of those who welcome
Romeo’s cousin, Benvolio, need to take the authority for the couple’s endings because he is the cause who made Romeo to go to the festivity to find different lady and that person became Juliet, which leads to a new love. Conceding that Benvolio didn’t ask Romeo to attend the repast, Romeo wouldn’t have meet Juliet and he wouldn’t have fall in love with
“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.
Four hundred thousand deaths, six hundred thousand attempts, and two hundred thousand considerations in a single year. The seeming epidemic that is teen suicide plagues the minds of teachers, students, friends, neighbors, and parents. Despite this wide range of victims, teenage suicide most directly affects the parents of these children, who commonly feel an overwhelming sense of guilt due to their inability to help their children. However, to many it appears obvious that there are not many things parents can do to prevent suicide, for many reasons. Furthermore, William Shakespeare proves this with his tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” in which two teenagers take their lives.
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.
Peer pressure is a very disturbing thing in our culture today. In the book ScrewTape Letters, ScrewTape informs Wormwood about peer pressure. Of how this pressure can lead one astray for going into the wrong crowd. People change people. It is easier to pull someone off a chair than to pull someone up onto the chair.
One example of peer pressure that I found in the book was when Scooter says that he is going to jump the nail but then he actually has to go through with it because he doesn't want to be called a "Chicken". Elisa also got peer pressured. I know Elisa got peer pressured because she said she was going to jump with Scooter but she didn't want anyone to know because she didn't know if she was actually going to jump.
Romeo and Juliet, a tragic love play written by Shakespeare, circles two adolescents in lust, which some can say it can portray teenagers in real life. When watching or reading, it is common to see both Romeo and Juliet making shallow decisions, resulting to the end of their lives. Science can show the way human brains develop from the rear to the front, which can explain why teenagers are more prone to making illogical choices during this era. The outcome of Romeo and Juliet can be connected to the studies of the adolescent brain.
At a young age, parents tend to teach their child right from wrong. They teach you this to become responsible, so when your an adult you do not have to rely on them while making decisions. In George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant, we notice he wanted to do the right thing by not shooting the elephant but gave into peer pressure to fit in. The narrator felt the need he had to shoot the elephant because the people of Burma were frightened and he wanted to be their hero. Peer pressure can lead people to do bad things for what they think are good reasons but are actually not.
Peer pressure is quite the controversial matter today. It is the feeling that someone your own age is pushing you toward making a certain choices, good or bad.(The Cool Spot). The level of peer influence generally increases as children grow and it has become an important influence on behavior during adolescence. Many researches and surveys have been done to find the answer to the question whether peer pressure is beneficial or harmful for teenagers. While Karcher &Finn (2005) claimed that peer pressure is the biggest factor result in bad behavious of adolescents; Bukowski (1998) and Salvy (2011) argued that pressure from peers can bring amazing benefits for them.
Almost everyone has experienced peer pressure at least once in their lifetime,either on a small scale or a large one, in a positive or a negative way. Peer pressure is simply when someone gets you to do something. It is quite easy to get influenced by peer pressure (especially in the teenage years) because everyone wants to fit in and not be left out. Teens sometimes give into peer pressure by doing risky things. Correct friends -are more likely to- play more safe decisions in general.