Relation to Romeo & Juliet

Several Characters can be seen as rebellious or not so rebellious in William Shakespeare's play Romeo & Juliet but defining them and making connections to our discoveries.

Tybolt- Tybolt is more or less hateful than rebellious, he despises the montages’ which leads to fighting, arguments and quarrels constantly. While it may look like he shows signs of a personal psychological rebellion he's actually just a really terrible hateful person.

Romeo- While in the first few acts of the play Romeo seems docile later he shows that he does have many symptoms of an adolescent rebellion. Staying out late, drinking, going to and crashing parties, fighting and running away. It appears that Romeo may be going through Late Adolescent Rebellion, while his new found love for Juliet pushes him even further.

Juliet-I believe personally that Juliet was not rebelling against her family in anyway. She was always obedient and loving the reason she did everything like hide Romeo and pretend to kill herself so she could run away with him was just her being in love with Romeo.

Mercutio- By all means Mercutio is a responsive individual and is by no means "Acting out" against his family. While Mercutio and his companion Benvolio lead Romeo into his predicament with Juliet, it was simply by accident. Also Mercutio attempts to warn Romeo against pursuing Juliet as he knows it will not end well for either family.

Benvolio- Benvolio is by far the most mild mannered of Romeo's companions, he is not very quarrelsome and does everything he can to help Romeo and the Montages, he is known as the well wisher and originally nudges Romeo to the party to meet other girls. Where he meets Juliet, he is often known as a peace keeper.

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Rebellion in Late Adolescence (15-18)

This later strive for independence is far more dangerous then the earlier classes of rebellion in adolescence. The adolescence of this age group are the most prone to take dangerous risks that could harm themselves and or others.

Most late adolescent rebellion happens due to delayed adolescent growth. Generally its a need for the Adolescent to  break away from his/her need for parent approval for always being the quote "the good child".

More times that not this late stage of rebellion is committed by families with only one child. It is often extremely difficult do to tight family ties, and a tremendous amount of holding on by both sides. But sadly in high school with graduation into a new tear of Independence in the coming year leads to this stage of rebellion. Instead  of attempting to create or define themselves this stage of rebellion is simply  to severe ties that he/she consider detrimental to their future independence.

This time is also considered the most difficult for parents since they are losing the bonds with their son/ daughter that they have cherished built on for so many previous years. However experts continue to say " DON'T TAKE IT PERSONALLY," its still the adolescent trying to cope and come into their own for the future. It is recommended that like previous forms of rebellion the parents stay morally supportive and give the child advice and guidance on possible risk taking. Myself being a teenager of this age group however would say, when your giving your children advice make it subtle, because nothing annoys me more than my parents nagging me to stay out of trouble. In other words make it so your child knows you care and knows your their for them but your not baring down on them.

Rebellion in Mid Adolescence (13-15)

During this stage of rebellion normally takes place during the end of middle school or the beginning of high school. Most professionals agree that stage of rebellion is one of the most life changing and can have dramatic affects on the Adolescence's future. This stage of Rebellion is known because the child attempts to again separate itself from his/her label and define themselves.

This stage of rebellion is also rather dangerous, as studies have shown children during this time of their lives are the most vulnerable to third party influence. This means that the people their around will affect the adolescence's rebellion the most. It’s also been studied that because of this, the adolescence often makes choices that are very severe and will affect them for a long time.

Andrea and Tammy are both freshman in the same high school. They've been best friends since fifth grade; however Andrea has always been charming and outgoing, while Tammy was always rather quiet. One day a group of older girls asked Andrea and Tammy to hang out with them after school. Eagerly both girls agreed and met up later at the school to hang out with the older girls. Once Andrea and Tammy arrive at the school they see the older girls drinking and spray painting the school, Andrea and Tammy are torn on wither to stay or leave as Tammy wants to stay cool and be popular with the older girls, but Andrea doesn’t want to get in trouble, because she remembered her parents told her to avoid situations like this. So they get into a huge fight and Andrea goes home and Tammy went to hang out with the older girls. Sadly the police came to the school that night and arrested Tammy and her new "friends" got arrested but then they used Tammy as a patsy and got to go home. So now Tammy is in jail, and Andrea is a normal highschooler with her whole future ahead of her.

So in the end Tammy’s need to be an individual and do things her way, ended in her getting arrested, and her new "friends" stabbing her in the back. While Andrea's parents acted as a point of refrence during a difficult situation. This is what most proffesionals agree is the best decision during this stage of adolescence. Simply guide the child with words, and support them even when the rebellion is pushing its hardest.

Early Adolescent Rebellion (9-13)

This Early rebellion is a cry from the child to the parents and to everyone else that they do not want to be “just a kid this essentially means that the adolescence wants to shed their identity as a child and become more grown up and have more trust and responsibility, and many other things along this line. Generally they're screaming "I will not accept being called or treated like a child anymore."

This is the earliest stage of adolescent rebellion, where children become disobedient and sometimes hurtful towards their parents. However most professionals like Dr.Pickhardt, say not to take it personally it’s just a way for the child to break away from his/her childhood.

Experts agree to use a tactic that I personally find very sneaky and annoying. They recommend "Nagging" your child with questions, so that they turn their feelings into words not actions. Ask questions such as "What do you want to do then," or other similar questions that ask how you can better the way you treat your child in the way they like. This should silence the quarrels and encourage them to use words instead of acting out.

Surviving Your Child's Adolescence; The facts from Dr. Carl Pickhardt

Dr.Carl Pickhardt, has a PhD in psychology and is a leading Professor at the University of Texas. He recently released one of his studies titled "Rebel with a cause: Rebellion in Adolescence", which was an article describing the different stages of adolescent rebellion, where they generally stem from, and how to treat it, (or in some cases ignore it).

There are four basic Stages of Rebellion:
REBELLION IN EARLY ADOLESCENCE (9-13).
REBELLION IN MID ADOLESCENCE (13-15)
REBELLION IN LATE ADOLESCENCE (15 - 18)
REBELLION IN TRIAL INDEPENDENCE (18-23)
All of which I will individually research and cross with Dr.Carl Pickhardt’s research and make a new post for each stage of rebellion.

Teenage Rebellion From the Eyes of a Not so Rebellious Youth

According to statistics nearly 90% of adolescence go through at least one stage of rebellion at some point. The age range starting from as early as nine to an age as old as Twenty-three, each age range with its own varying effects behaviors and consequences. Obviously Rebelling in its own is a struggle from the side of children to become more independent, many factors can vary the age of the rebellion. Simple things like, interaction at young ages between parents and children, Life style, family life, social life, influences and more. Any amount of things can affect how the child will react in the future.