Choices In Romeo And Juliet

In Shakespearse’s classic play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers created one of the most notorious tragedies known to man. Romeo and Juliet met as an act of a single force known as fate. Fate is the idea used to describe a circumstance when it is meant to happen; fate is the living body responsible for controlling everything, except the decisions you personally make.

     Fate, for better or worse, interrupts everyone’s daily life, whether he/she chooses to acknowledge it or not. Thinking about fate conjures up different feelings for different people; some people believe strongly in it, some people think of fate as ridiculous, and some do not care one way or the other. However, in many instances, such as in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, far too many coincidences occur to be strictly coincidental. Fate creates a powerful effect throughout the entire play, starting in the prologue, continuing as Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, and tragically ending in the lovers’ deaths.

Fate is a hidden, but unavoidable force that leads to certain consequences in people’s lives. The theme of fate plays a crucial role in the main characters of the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet share a destiny that dooms them to tragic deaths immediately after the exchange of their zealous love. Despite their resolute attempts to challenge their destiny, the lovers still succumb to the inexorable powers of fate. In the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, the principle of fate propels the lovers together with infatuation, tears them apart through a bitter demise, yet, ensures peace in Verona for many future generations.

In the book Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, fate plays a large role in moving the plot along. It does this by bringing people together. Fate also plays a role in a couple people’s deaths, including the main characters, Romeo and Juliet.

The Friar tried his best to help Romeo and Juliet with their problems but unfortunately he had a few character flaws that eventually lead to their deaths. First of all the Friar knew that marrying Romeo and Juliet would be a very controversial decision because the two families hated each other so much but he went along with it any way. He tries to justify himself by saying that it is an attempt to mend the relationship between the two families which is not actually the case. Later when Juliet is seeking for a way to escape from marrying Paris he gives he faulty help. Instead of telling or helping her to confess her marriage to her parents, he jumps straight to the most drastic measure possible.

Many people don 't believe that fate even exists. These people feel that one controls his or her own future. But in the case of the play, Romeo and Juliet written by Willian Shakespeare, this is not true. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two "star-crossed lovers" who ultimately die due to their fate. Since the moment they first time they met, things began in motion. These two lovers could not have done anything to change their course of fate, thus, why the story of Romeo and Juliet is a story controlled by fate, rather than a tragedy.

Soon after, Juliet woke up and killed herself with Romeo’s dagger. These events could have been avoided, but instead, Romeo and Juliet took their own lives for each-other. When the Friar sent the letter to Romeo about Juliet’s “death” (Shakespeare 459) and it did not arrive to him in time could be considered fate. If Romeo would have postponed his journey he may have gotten the letter and Juliet would have been awake when he arrived. The majority of the text points to bad

Everything happens for a reason whether it has a positive outcome or negative. In the tragic play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, two fatal lovers, by the names of Romeo and Juliet are destined to seek a future together in Verona, Italy. Not everything goes according to plan throughout the course of the play. There are several reasons to back up the argument that the chain of events leading up to both of their deaths that it was nobody's fault, therefore it was fate. If Romeo never went to a party he wasn’t supposed to, he never would've met Juliet. Because of fate, is it not just Romeo’s fault. Miscommunication throughout the play, what happens at the balcony, and Friar Lawrence’s plan is all what leads up to the tragic part of

“I could not send it” (Shakespeare pg 268). Fate did not let the letter reach Romeo because Mantua had closed it gates and Romeo's fate would not let him get it. When Balthasar mistakenly identifies Juliet's dead body and tells Romeo, “Her body sleeps in capel's monument.” (Shakespeare pg 266).Balthasar told Romeo the news of Juliet's “death” but he does not know the plan and told him she is really dead. Fate closed Mantua’s gates just before the Friar could reach Romeo and it also had Balthasar tell Romeo of her death who does not know

However, a series of unfortunate events and circumstance causes the two lovers’ double suicide. In essence, fate itself is what led to Romeo and Juliet’s trials, tribulations, and tragic demise. Fate is often perceived as an almighty and definitive force of the cosmos, and nowhere is it more apparent

Fate is to blame for the infection prevented the letter to be delivered and the feud leads to killing. This is seen when Friar John is talking about the messengers saying they don’t want to deliver the letter because

The tragedy in one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, Romeo and Juliet, could have been completely avoided if the characters were wiser and more careful in their actions. Romeo and Juliet is essentially a tragedy because many of the key characters, especially the protagonist, die at the end of the play. One of the key underlying themes that Shakespeare presents is that of fate--Romeo and Juliet are destined to die. During the course of the play, fate does indeed seem to be against Romeo and Juliet, it rolls like a stone to crush the hopes they had for themselves and get many people killed in the process. The truth, however, is that the stone does not role on its own; its course is directed by the actions and decisions made by certain key

Many people think that the story of our lives is in the hands of fate. Is that really true? Are all decisions made by people, good or bad, the plan of fate? The characters in Romeo and Juliet seem to think so. Romeo and Juliet are constantly making decisions they would soon regret, if they were allowed the chance, which they tend to blame on fate.

There is a controversy between personal choice and fate. Romeo and Juliet, and “Pyramus and Thisbe” are both stories that mainly cause the arguments of the dichotomy. These two stories both end with the young couple’s tragic death resulting from suicidal decisions caused by great misfortunes and misunderstandings. I believe it is personal choice that results in all outcomes that people experience, and it also was the cause of the tragedies of Romeo, Juliet, Pyramus, and Thisbe- not fate which the characters blamed for their misfortunes.

After Friar Laurence discovers that Friar John failed his mission, he realizes that Romeo won’t know to travel to the tomb. Even worse, Romeo might think that Juliet is dead. Romeo cries out, “Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, The letter was not nice but full of charge, Of dear import, and the neglecting it May do much danger” (5.3.17) This quote foreshadows the danger that follows. After Juliet’s “death,” Balthasar delivers the news to Romeo, and Romeo says that he won’t be able to live without Juliet.