Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is thought to be one of the greatest love stories of all time. Some people even wish to have love like the young couple. However, no one ever realizes that the love that Romeo and Juliet share is not true. Since Juliet is thirteen almost fourteen, and Romeo is eighteen, both are still teenagers. This means that their neural cavities crave love as a “hunger, thirst, or drug craving”. In the article “Watching New Love as It Sears the Brain” Dr.Fisher says that the “drive for romantic love can be stronger than the will to live”, in Romeo and Juliet, this is exactly what happens. Romeo and Juliet killed themselves for love, not for each other. It is also proven that “those who had been paired off for a year

New love can create “obsession that cuts people off from friends and family and prompts out-of-character behaviour” which we see with Romeo and Juliet. For example in Act 3, Scene 2 Juliet learns about Tybalt's death, but instead of mourning with her family, she makes the Nurse find Romeo so she can sleep with him after their marriage. Furthermore, there is a “distinction between finding someone attractive and desiring him or her” is like the difference of “liking and wanting”. The passion side of the brain is on the opposite side of the brain that registers physical attractiveness, and most often, the side of your brain makes unexplainable tugs among many attractive people. This happens with Romeo with Juliet, and Rosaline most likely was not the first girl he got rejected by. Although the tug happens on an unconscious level, it is easy to tell that Romeo and Juliet just were physically

Juliet’s mother, father, and nurse wanted her to get married to Paris, and wanted her to “seek happy nights to happy days” (1.3.107-108). Romeo, on the other hand, wanted to get over the rejection over the woman he loves that is “rich in beauty” (1.1.205-206), also known as Rosaline. Benvolio then pushes Romeo even more to get over Rosaline when he takes Romeo to the party to compare her to other women. This is where Romeo and Juliet meet. Dr.Fisher states that when rejected some people “contemplate stalking, homicide, suicide”, this is exactly what Romeo does to Juliet in Act 2 Scene 2, he stays outside her balcony watching her every move, stalking her. Also, since love produces “disparate emotions, from euphoria to anger to anxiety” anyone can see even more why Romeo was on his own before meeting Juliet, the anxiety was getting to him. To continue, Romeo tells how angry Rosaline makes him after rejection in Act 1 Scene 1 lines 199-207, 209-215, and 219-228. “She hath, and in that sparing makes huge waste” Romeo says, talking about how Rosaline wastes her beauty since she doesn’t love him, she also “cuts beauty from all posterity”. Romeo even says that “to merit bliss for making me despair” meaning he does not think Rosaline should be allowed into heaven for rejecting him. Romeo was obviously desperate to escape the anxiety and anger caused by Rosaline, and Juliet wanted to marry anyone but