Julius Caesar Fate Vs Free Will

While it may just seem like semantics, free will and freedom differ. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines free will as a “voluntary choice or decision” or “freedom of humans to make choices that are not determined by prior causes or by divine intervention” (Free 1). Free will includes the ability to make simple, everyday choices. The definition of freedom differs from that of free will: “liberation from slavery or restraint or from the power of another” and “the absence of necessity, coercion or constraint in a choice or action” (Freedom 1). Someone with freedom can say, do, act, and feel however he wishes without the threat of outside forces.

     Of the three men, Caesar’s fate seemed most obvious to him and to the reader. However, Caesar used his free will in many instances to in large

Fate is the belief that something is destined to happen by a more godly figure and free will is the belief that it is not suppose to happen but

Fate and free will are epic subjects in life. When we cannot control something we blame it on fate, but we try to change the way things are with our free will.

Free Will is the capacity of acting without the pressures of fate and the ability to act because of one’s discretion. It is an idea that most believe in, because it means that you are in control

Free will is the ability to do or make your own choice/decision doing it at your own risk. And also free will is when you do what you want doing what you feel

In my opinion I believe free will controls our lives because the decisions people make affect the future lives of people and decisions. Free will also changes outcome in the future. For example our actions. There is enough evidence to claim that free will does control our lives. For example in the story on page 75, Act 5, scene 3 Malcolm had mentioned, “Let it be their comfort that we are coming there.

Fate is the development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded determined by a supernatural power. Free will is the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate;the ability to act in one’s own discretion. Romeo and Juliet has many examples of fate and free choice. Many say that there is no such thing as free will/choice, however romeo and juliet shows examples of both these examples show what might could really happen in the real world and how unpredictable it really is.

In Act IV, scene iii, line 282, Caesar’s ghost says “To tell thee thou shalt see me at Philippi” (Shakespeare 942). At first, Brutus is astounded to see the ghost and does not recognize it. Though when the ghost calls Brutus an evil spirit, he realizes who it is. In this quote, Caesar’s ghost is saying that Brutus will see him at the battlefields of Philippi. During one of the battles, Brutus gets another visit from the undead Caesar; he knows that his time has come. Though Brutus said that he would never take his own life as he saw it as cowardly, he accepts his fate and avenges Caesar’s death by taking his own life.

Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Julius Caesar demonstrates various aspects of heroic traits shown through Caesar’s character. Throughout the text, a common theme being portrayed is fate versus free will. After Calpurnia dreams of Caesar’s statue covered in blood during his arrival at the Capitol, Caesar is compelled to go against his wife’s advice and continue his conviction that death does not terrorize him. Caesar discloses, “Cowards die many times before their deaths” (2.2.32). Although he is convinced to stay home at first, Caesar is easily persuaded by Decius to go to the Capitol by claiming that Calpurnia’s dream was a misinterpretation.

In today’s society, many people argue over whether we are governed by fate or by free will. Some people say free will because they can control what happens in their lives. Other people say fate because they have no control over it. I believe that we are governed by free will. We can control what is going to happen in the future. Many examples of this come from the play Romeo and Juliet, and even though it is really old, its lessons about free will still apply to teens today.

My second notion of free will requires that an actor is able to decide between different possibilities of actions that lead towards different futures. Robert Kane calls this concept ‘a garden of forking paths’; every action leads to other actions that again allow for alternatives of action (Kane, 2005: 7). If an actor could not have done otherwise, he would not have had free choice. Even if he did not choose to do otherwise, he could not have done so. Free will seems to require the power to do otherwise, or our actions would

Though Cassius’ contention is not entirely wrong, Shakespeare emphasizes the importance of decisions made by free will affecting fate through Brutus and Casca’s agreement in joining the conspiracy, Caesar ignoring the soothsayer’s Ides of March prophecy, and Cassius’ decision in killing himself when he thought Titinus had

Freedom of the will is the choice between first order desires which creates a will. It is not limited by freedom of action, it is rather a question of whether it is a will we

In the play Julius Caesar, free will is given off to me. Brutus was not forced to stab Caesar, but he had the free will to do so. Brutus also had the free will to not stab Caesar, but he did instead. The soothsayer of the story foretold of the horrible incident that was to happen to Caesar, which represents fate, but anyone, not just Brutus and Cassius, could have stabbed Caesar. When Brutus and Cassius first started their plan of getting rid of Julius Caesar, they had the free will to choose not to murder Caesar, but they chose not to back out of their plan. Brutus says in Act two, scene one, “It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him, but for the general. He would be crowned.” this goes out to prove that Brutus had no personal opinion on killing Caesar, but was doing it for the people’s sake. Brutus believed that by getting rid of Caesar, he or someone else would rule in power over all