Romeo And Juliet Obsession Research Paper

My brother loves soda. He used to drink a few cans a day. Eventually he started to gain weight and had way too much caffeine in his system. This was an Obsession. This obsession lead him to some unhealthy side effects, much like any other obsession could. OCD is a common form of obsession, which is very often found together with depression according to VeryWell.com/ocd-and-depression. In the Aeneid, Aeneas leaves Dido, and Dido eventually ends up dead. It was her obsession over Aeneas that lead her to her death.

Obsession is defined as “A persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling” according to MerriamWebster.com. As said on the article on PsychologyToday.com, Obsession could be referred to as an addiction.

The play Romeo and Juliet also showed obsession leading to depression. Romeo was in love with Juliet, but their families had been long at war, and this love was not accepted. This, however, only made the love grow stronger. Juliet’s cousin Tybalt grew angry with Romeo’s family, and he killed Romeo’s friend trying to kill Romeo. This lead Romeo to kill Tybalt, and was then exiled from the kingdom. Romeo had a plan to be with Juliet, and sent a messenger to deliver a message to her. This did not work, however, as Juliet obtained a potion that put her in a deep sleep, to appear as dead, so she would not have to marry the prince. Romeo hears the news of Juliet’s supposed death. He goes to see her in her tomb, and drinks a poison to lay eternally with her. Juliet awakes to see Romeo dead next to her, and she, unable to live without him, takes his knife and kills herself. This is another showing of how obsession lead to depression. The two loved each other to the point even the thought of being separated was an unbearable pain. Had the two lived with being separated, or did not have as strong of a love as they did, the ending of this story may have been