Romeo And Juliet Death And Bad Decisions Analysis

Death and Bad Decisions

Romeo and Juliet are very much to blame for the deaths of themselves. For example, in the article, “Teen Brain; Still Under Construction”, The National Institute of Mental Health states “. . . parts of the brain involved in keeping emotional, impulsive responses in check are still reaching maturity. Such a changing balance might provide clues to a youthful appetite for novelty, and a tendency to act on impulse— without regard for risk”(par 15). In other words, the National Institute of Mental Health believes that young people are not mature enough to have self-control. Their theory of impulses is extremely useful because it sheds insight into the difficult problems of teen love, and why Romeo and Juliet ran into a bad

decision of marriage. Additionally, in the article “Critical Essay on Romeo and Juliet” Douglas Dupler believes Romeo and Juliet are to blame. According to Dupler, “For Romeo and Juliet, this type of love pits them against their parents and against their society, against their friends and confidants, and creates conflict with their religious leader” (Dupler par. 1). In making this comment, Dupler argues that their teen love made them rebel against everyone they cared about. I agree because my experience that when you disobey or go against your parents, at the end there must be some consequences and something wrong can happen at the end of it.These are just a some of the few reasons for Romeo and Juliet to be blamed for their own deaths.
Juliet’s parents are also to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

For instance in the article “Critical Essay on Romeo and Juliet” Lois Kerschen insists, that the father is to blame. As she puts it “Moreover, she lives in a family where her father does not know how to express his love except to make decisions for Juliet that he thinks are in her best interest.” (Kerschen par 9). Basically, she is saying that Juliet’s father is usually the one that makes decisions for her that he thinks are in her best interest, but he does not think of her feelings. My claim is similar to Kerschen's; however, it differs in that the father usually decides when the girl is supposed to be married, but does not decide to who her daughter is supposed to be married to. Moreover, in Kerschen's view, “Her mother is too cold and distant to give her good advice” (Kerschen par 9). In other words, the author believes that Juliet was too shy to talk and have a conversation with her mother and that made her lie and be distant from her, thus leading her to make a bad decision and suffer the consequences. The author documents her point extensively, and I would say it is important to be near your family, parents or a relative so that they could give advice to you when you have you have to make a life-changing decision. These are just a few of the many reasons that the family, specifically the parents, were to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s

death.