Free Will In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Tybalt challenged Romeo to a fight, but Mercutio stepped in and ended up getting killed by Tybalt. Romeo sought revenge by killing Tybalt. As a result of murdering Tybalt, Romeo got banished from Verona. None of these events would have taken place if the Friar would have thought through his decision to marry Romeo and Juliet.

Of all the things that occur in Romeo and Juliet, the death of Tybalt is one of the most climatic parts of the story. Yet, this all started from another killing of a different person, Mercutio. Mercutio, a relative of the Prince and friend of Romeo, and Tybalt, nephew to Lady Capulet and Mercutio’s arch enemy, were in a heated conversion when Romeo walked in after getting married to Juliet and saw what was going on. Tybalt and Mercutio began to fight and Romeo tried to come in between them to stop the whole thing. Unfortunately, as Tybalt was under Romeo’s arms, he stabbed Mercutio and he died soon after. In all the rage, Romeo was furious that his friend was dead and starts to fight with Tybalt.

Fate has brutal ways of twisting one's destiny and it surely did for both Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare wrote what is now known as the romantic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The play is highly recognized for it’s astonishingly composed writing. Another thing this play provides is the numerous debates that have come up from this very tragedy. One of the common arguments is between whether this tragedy was controlled by fate or by free will? For sure we can determine that the undoing of the two star-crossed lovers was in the hands of fate itself this is because of how critical is was for them to be born into rival families, their meeting was destined not chosen, and finally how they are always being battered by obstacles when they try

Fate is defined as, “The development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.” (Oxford University Press: 2018). In Romeo and Juliet, the question of how much free the young lovers have versus the predetermination of the stars plan, and which results in their deaths, is the crux of the play. Shakespeare was not the first to question the notion of Fate versus Free Will but the universal themes in his works, the most notable being this, continues to underpin our society to this day. The question itself dates back millennia.

Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control. This philosophical idea has existed since the very start of human life. Although this idea has been believed by people for centuries, others have questioned whether people’s lives are controlled by fate or by free will. Humans have found multiple ways to express their feelings about this topic, one way is to write about it. One example of a person expressing their feelings about this idea is in the tragedy play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s story is about two star crossed lovers that are from rival families. These relations force them to never get married. The piece then ends in both of the characters dying of suicide. Throughout the play, the author addresses fate through his characters’ dialogue. Romeo is the character that addresses fate the most in this play. Along with Romeo, I too have been personally affected by fate. Fate does control our lives because humans cannot create the extraordinarily positive and negative events that happen during our lives.

The Role of Fate in Romeo and Juliet Famous play by William Shakespeare called Romeo and Juliet is a story based on tragic love between main characters both from rival families (Montagues, Capulets). Only by the death of Romeo and Juliet the ancient family grudge finally ends. Fate was common in the Elizabethan era, people believed that it is a power greater than a man, which guides and controls their lives. We can find the invisible hand of fate through the whole play, Romeo and Juliet are trapped by it. No matter what the lovers do, how much in love they are, or how they make plans, it all only help fulfill their fate.

Romeo and Juliet: Fate or Free Will? Fate: (noun) The development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined by a supernatural force. The infamously tragic ending of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has often been evaluated by two ideas:

When Mercutio dies Romeo cannot ignore Tybalt any longer and decides to take revenge against him to restore and defend what Mercurio was trying to protect, the Montague family honor. Romeo not being able to let Mercutio or his family’s honor be tainted kills Tybalt as an act of revenge. Romeo succeeded in defending not only the Montague family honor but

In Romeo and Juliet I believe fate lead Romeo and Juliet to their death. Without fate they would’ve never met in the first play. There was a lot of bad luck in their relationship. They were also born into a family war. Therefore, fate was the cause of Romeo and Juliet.

Because of their recent marriage, he refrains from fighting her cousin Tybalt. Although Romeo shows a good intention here, later his whole manner changes. Shortly following his previous statement, Tybalt kills Mercutio under Romeo’s arm. This action then causes Romeo to have a flood of compulsive emotions, and he kills Tybalt. Romeo’s wrongdoing shows that he is shifting his behavior, from light and poetic to more dark and somewhat menacing.

William Shakespeare, the writer of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, utilizes the following two literary terms, foreshadowing and dramatic irony, in order to scrutinize the concept of “fate vs. freewill”. In Act II Scene VI, Friar Laurence conducts the marriage of Romeo and Juliet while avoiding the consent of their parents in hope that their marriage will resolve the family feud, but still has a doubt. Friar Laurence triggers the foreshadowing as he says “these violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume”, which portrays that the marriage of Romeo and Juliet will result in certain calamity (Friar Laurence, II, vi, 9-12). In this situation, fate is a more prominent aspect in

In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, fate is a key influence on the decisions and actions of all characters. Romeo and Juliet are two star crossed lovers who will go through any obstacle to be with one another. Romeo and Juliet love hastily, and learn when loving someone, love comes with a price. William Shakespeare foreshadows numerous events in the story by expressing the thoughts of characters, and what they feel emotionally. In William Shakespeare's play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the Friar is at blame for their deaths because he is self-centered and selfish, naive and avoids conflict, and does not follow through with the plan he makes.

Out of all of the characters in who had a part in the love and death of Romeo and Juliet in William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, Tybalt is the most responsible for their demise. Tybalt is the culprit behind the two ending their lives due to his own actions. Due to Tybalt’s short temper, and his duel with Mercutio, he eventually caused the suicide to occur.

A case of this would be Tybalt killing Mercutio, which causes Romeo to avenge Mercutio and kill Tybalt. As a result, Romeo is banished from Verona and sent to Mantua. If Tybalt never killed Mercutio, Romeo would never be sent to Mantua, it would be easier for Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet to think up a smarter plan for Romeo and Juliet to be together. Tybalt’s actions were out of Romeo and Juliet’s hands and yet they still affect Romeo and Juliet in the grand scheme of things. Another instance of others’ actions affecting Romeo and Juliet are the decisions of Juliet’s parents. They have shown to pressure Juliet in areas of her life, especially marriage. Juliet’s mother talks to Juliet about marrying Paris and imply that it was not a choice, she would have to. Later on, Juliet’s father forced Juliet to marry Paris and if she does not he will banish her. This put a heavy weight on her shoulders and it causes her to break down and threaten to kill herself. Marrying Paris was not Juliet’s decision. If Juliet never married Paris then she would not have to plan to escape to Verona and fake her death by drinking the potion. Similarly, Friar Lawrence makes a very rushed solution for Juliet to drink the potion and send letters to Romeo explaining the plan. If Friar Lawrence sent the letters to Romeo prior to Juliet drinking the

Tybalt went to the streets to fight Romeo, while Romeo had just returned from getting married to Juliet. When they met on the streets Tybalt was ready to fight, but Romeo refused to fight Tybalt, because he “loved Tybalt for a reason he could not explain. “Good King of cats, nothing but one of your nine lives, that I mean to make hold withal, and as you shall use me hereafter, dry-beat the rest of the eight./ Will you pluck your sword out or his pincher by there's” (3.1 47-50). Here Mercutio was making up for Romeos cowardly acts toward Tybalt, by goading Tybalt into a brawl. Romeo try’s to stop the fight, but only ends up getting in the way.