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Consequences Of Romeo And Juliet A End Of Fate

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In the end of one of Shakespeare's most well-known play, a “pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”. These lovers are known as Romeo and Juliet and belong to opposing families, the Capulets and the Montagues. The blood feud between these powerful families have been disrupting the peace of Verona for years and has caused complications for the couple to be together. Thus, they hatched a plan to fake Juliet’s death so that she can escape to a city called Mantua, where Romeo lives, away from the chaos of Verona and the conflicts between their kin. However, the communication between them ran into some obstacles along the way and in the end, both lovers ended up killing themselves after hearing the news of each others death! Many believe that the outcome of the play “Romeo and Juliet” was a result of fate. Yet in reality, most of the elements that lead to their demise were really consequences of free will decisions. This brings the question, did Romeo and Juliet pass away because they were “star-crossed lovers” and that they were destined to die the way they did, or did they only perish because they made the wrong choices? For the reason that both Romeo and Juliet made decisions that lead to their deaths with open knowledge of the consequences that could follow, I have reason to believe that the outcome of Shakespeare's tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” was a result of free will. First off, Romeo had a major role in his and Juliet’s demise and made many free will decisions that

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