Examples Of Free Will In Romeo And Juliet

Fate is defined as, ‘the development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power’. In the time in which ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written, many people were strong believers of fate and it was a common belief in society. William Shakespeare was a famous poet who is recognised for his powerful writing and contribution to the English language. One of William Shakespeare’s highly recognised plays is ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written in the late 1500’s. It is a play about two star-crossed lovers alongside fate who by their death end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. In ‘Romeo and Juliet’, Friar Laurence is not to blame for the tragic events which occurs in the play due to the fact that other

Therefore, Juliet doesn’t know what to say, do, or even act, because she is already lawfully married to Romeo. Juliet needs to find a plan to curve around this. She can’t marry someone when she’s already married. Juliet decides to go to Friar Lawrence to help her. Therefore, by marrying Romeo and Juliet it affects their deaths because if Juliet's parents knew that she was already married then they would've never decided that she has to marry Paris.

Despite this, the two still meet Romeo, suggesting that they get married while Juliet agrees. Romeo's decision to marry Juliet after knowing her for only a short time highlights his impulsive nature. Despite the risks and

Although Juliet did go along with the plan despite her fears, she was not shown any other choices. The Friar gave her two choices, fake her death or marry Paris. The Friar also told her that marrying Paris would lead to more problems for him and for her. The Friar would have been in trouble for marrying her to two different men; Juliet would also have been accused of adultery. No one presented Juliet with any other options to get out of marrying Paris and to be with Romeo.

After hearing about her marriage with Paris, Juliet becomes so upset that she threatens to marry Romeo, as her parents still do not know about her marriage. At the end of Act III, she says “I’ll to the Friar to know his remedy/ If all else fail, myself have power to die” (III.5). After considering suicide for a second time, Friar Lawrence suggests that she take the potion, believing that if she has enough bravery to kill herself, she will have enough bravery to appear as if dead and possibly never awaken. Juliet did not understand the permanence of a marriage at the time of her wedding, and is now forced to marry a second man while she is still married to Romeo.

It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden” (2.2.128,129). This proves that even she wanted to take things slow, but Romeo insisted that they get married the day after they meet. I believe that if they took things slower, they could have spent more time together and decided if they really did love each other and they could have taken the time to get their parents on board about the marriage. Lastly, if he didn’t make the reckless decision to kill himself so quickly after he found Juliet, there is a large chance that they would both be alive. After Romeo finds Juliet dead (when she’s not really dead; rather she is about to wake up), he makes a very sudden decision to take his own life because he won’t be happy without Juliet anyways, which happens in Act 5, Scene 5.

After Tybalt kills Mercutio an enraged Romeo ends the life of the man who he was so happily prepared to say was his new brother in law. Romeo’s mixed emotion of sadness and anger are expressed while he proclaims, “O, I am Fortune’s fool!” (3.1.142) Romeo states that he himself is the fool of the fate that controls him. Romeo blames fate for putting him in this situation, however saying that he is a fool shows that he or Shakespeare recognizes his unwisely decisions. After the devastating deaths of Paris and Romeo, Friar Lawrence can only seem to accuse fate for the causing of these seemingly unnecessary deaths.

Juliet is unable to pursue her love with Romeo because her father wants her to arrange marriage to Paris, this causes her to act upon “killing” herself to avoid the marriage. Also, by doing this act to avoid this “curse” because she is already married

Fate. Who would have guessed that this four letter, one-syllable word would play such a big role in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet? Many people believed that it was free choices that led to the tragic ending of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but it was really fate. When looking up fate using dictionary.com, it says that fate’s "something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune," but in Romeo and Juliet, fate is reality. Perhaps the biggest and most overlooked example of fate was in the Prologue. It tells of a "death-marked love" which proposes the story's concept of the people's abridgment of control in their own lives. Romeo and Juliet could not expect their death resulting from their cherished love, just as people couldn't control their future, and when Mercutio was dying he shouts “a plague on both your houses” (III. I. 104). This reminded us of Romeo and Juliet's fate. This glimpse of this tragic scene, gives us an example of what fate has in store for Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio blames his death on both families when he died trying to stop a fight against Romeo, a Montague, and Tybalt, a Capulet. Fate is two-sided, it could bring happiness and joy, while bringing despair and sorrow, too. In the tale of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo attempted to defy his own fate. However, due to his blindness and reckless love for Juliet, his actions backfired and dragged him down to his inevitable fate; a fate that he tried so hard to avoid. Eventually, he would meet his

As the wedding for Juliet and Paris was upon them, Juliet is frantic about what she shall do, Juliet tells the nurse that she’d rather die than marry Paris. Her words speak her mind, which means she is having suicidal thoughts over her relationship with Romeo. Juliet has the option to obtain her feelings for Romeo, but decides to lash out because of it. Her actions don’t lead her down the right path to keeping herself alive. Juliet could’ve held onto Romeo when he was leaving her chamber, but she decided to let him leave alone.

This contributed to her death because Juliet believe that her life was useless unless she could be with Romeo. “Go ask his name. --If he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed.” (1.5.134-135)

Fate is a supernatural power and is unavoidable. In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, two lovers fall in love, but at a deathly cost. Both Romeo and Juliet constantly refer to their unfortunate events as fate. It was chance that leads the enemies to fall in love, the boiling rage of Romeo to slay Tybalt, and the letter composing of Juliet’s plan sent to Romeo too late. These events that occur are beyond a person’s control and are determined by fortune.

So many characters in Romeo and Juliet, including themselves, put fate at fault for their crimes and their idiotic decisions, that’s not fate. We shouldn’t be acting like school children playing the blame

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.

Second, when Juliet was asked about marriage and when she wanted to be wedded, she told her parents she had no interest in marrying, and she thought she was too young. “Marry, that 'marry' is the very theme I came to talk of.—Tell me, daughter Juliet, How stands your disposition to be married? It is an honor that I dream not of.”(1.3.68-71) This is the first time Juliet is asked about marriage, and she clearly makes it known that she is not interested. Out of nowhere, Capulet arranges the marriage of Juliet and Paris on Thursday. Juliet says she does not want to be married to Paris, and says that she will not truly be happy. Lord Capulet does not like what Juliet says, and gets very angered with her. He even goes on to say that she is not welcome under his roof if she doesn’t marry him. Without having any support from her parents, Juliet feels very alone. First, she does not want to get married to Paris, and second, she is in love with a Montague. This is all frowned upon from both families, and the only people Juliet seems to trust are Friar Lawrence, and the Nurse. Unfortunately, Nurse even suggests she marry Paris, so the only people she feels are on her side are Friar Lawrence and Romeo. When Romeo and Juliet decide to take their own lives, the fact that they didn't have many other people besides themselves made suicide more appealing to them.They were desperate to be with each other.