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Gabby Walraed
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English I!1
2 June, 2017
Adjustment Disorder can affect a lot more people than you think, its mostly common in
adults and it can take a turn in your lifestyle. This usually comes up in people when a major
transition is happening in their life. Those major transitions would most likely be a stress packed
concern, known as a stressor. An example could range from moving, divorce, death in family, or
even work related subject. When someone with Adjustment Disorder has a stressor appear in
their life, they have more of an extreme reaction compared to most people without it. The
conduct disturbances, withdrawal, stress, and tension (Carta). Given the symptoms of
Adjustment Disorder, Lord Capulet from Romeo and Juliet is a prime example of someone
enduring AD.
Through out Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet was introduced to different situations that
could count as a stressor. In Act III, Scene 5, Lines 127-243 Juliet confessed to him that she
didnt want to marry Paris (Shakespeare). Which would be stressful toward Lord Capulet since
he worked hard to put the marriage together and planning the wedding. Then having his daughter
disobey what was wanted for her future. For Capulet to go through so much trouble, caused an
over dramatic reaction of slapping his daughter, yelling at her for the disappointment she is, and
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disowning her. Which made tensions within the family and that being one of the most known
symptoms of AD (Pelkonen).
Another piece of evidence that contributes towards my theory holds in Act IV, scene 4
when Lord Capulet is extremely motivated and excited to plan Juliets wedding. Sadly Juliet is
found to be dead by the Nurse, Lady Capulet, and Lord Capulet in Act IV, scene 5. Which causes
Daughter he hath wedded. I will die, and leave him all. Life, living, all is Deaths.
In that direct quote from lines 38-40 Lord Capulets emotions are clear to be extremely
heartbroken. From being full of joy to drowned in depression, Lord Capulet didnt deal with his
change of emotions well. At the end of the play Act V, Scene 3 his reaction is must larger
Lord Capulet has a loose control of his emotions but his reactions to some situations may
not be as extra as others think. People may see him over react and stress for a while from an
event. Sometimes others dont see him as another person that cant hide emotions (Bressert). In
some cases people hide there emotions well compared to others, and Lord Capulet cant hide
them at all. This is a good argument against my theory, but with the evidence and seeing Lord
Capulets behavior throughout Romeo and Juliet, its clear to see he has Adjustment Disorder.
In conclusion, using the evidence from reliable sources for information of Adjustment
Disorder and Romeo and Juliet, Lord Capulet has all signs of someone having AD,.
Throughout the play certain events are brought to Capulets attention that could be categorized as
a life stressor. When those events that have happened, the reader can tell that Capulet has a larger
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reaction to things that affect him and shows a longer time to confront it or waits until he gets his
way.
Cited Sources:
Carta, Mauro Giovanni, et al. Adjustment Disorder: Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Treatment.
Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health : CP & EMH, Bentham Science Publishers,
2009, Accessed 26 May 2017.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2710332/
Bressert, Steve .., Ph.D. "Adjustment Disorder Symptoms." Psych Central. Psych Central, 17
July 2016. Web. 01 June 2017.
https://psychcentral.com/disorders/adjustment-disorder-symptoms/
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