In William Shakespeare’s tragic love story, Romeo and Juliet, focuses on the deaths of the two teens, Romeo and Juliet. Poor mentorship grouped with fate and the anatomy of the teenage brain are most responsible for the deaths of the young lovers, demonstrating that when teenagers make poor decisions, it is not entirely their own faults.

The first factor affecting the two deaths is poor mentorship. The main adult in who supported the love of Romeo and Juliet’s throughout the story was Friar Lawrence. The reason the Friar was a poor mentor for the teens is because he did not take a stand against the two kids, even though he knew they were making a wrong decision. The Friar gives advice to Romeo by saying, “These violent delights have violent …show more content…
Although it played small roles throughout the story, fate was a huge contributor that affected the deaths. In the long run, without these small things being destined to happen, the two teens would still be alive. For example, “Where the infectious pestilence did reign,/ Sealed up the doors and would not let us forth./ So that my speed to Mantua there was stayed.”(5,6,10-12). In this scene Friar Lawrence is talking to Friar John about the letter he sent to Romeo explaining Juliet’s plan to drink “poison” so they could run off together. Coincidently, fates plan fell into play and made Friar John get held up resulting in Romeo not getting the letter and missing the fatal information he needed that would have kept him alive. Romeo getting the letter meant he would be aware of what was going on, and not freak out and take such drastic measures. Therefore, fate is a large factor in being responsible for the young …show more content…
The teenage years are a point in one’s life where the body and brain are going through changes that affect the way they think and act. In scene five, act three Romeo kills himself and says “Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide…Thus with a kiss I die.” (5,3,126-131). Romeo does not seem to care about the consequences of his rash decisions, mainly because his pre frontal cortex is underdeveloped and his nucleus accumbens and dopamine system are overactive. A pre frontal cortex is basically the part in the brain which can tell the consequences of a certain action. A nucleus accumbens as well as the dopamine system is the part of the brain that seeks thrill and risk, and is overactive during its teen years resulting in decisions that feel good at that time. Romeo being a teen, only knows that Juliet is what makes him feel good, and he would do anything, even die for her, not thinking about future consequences of his choice. Therefore, the brain during the teenage years can also be held responsible for the two