Predetermined Choices In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

In William Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo and Juliet, there are four quotes about fate and choice. The characters in the play choose their own fate, it happens because of their choices or actions. First, in the beginning of the play Romeo and Juliet are referred to as 'a pair of star-crossed lovers' (Romeo and Juliet, Prologue). Second, Romeo explains to Mercutio how he has a dream that if he goes to the Montague party he will die, but Romeo chooses to go to the party anyway. Third, Romeo kills Tybalt right after his marriage to Juliet. Fourth, Romeo decides to commit suicide because he hears of Juliet's death.

The concept of fate has touched many lives throughout the centuries, and over time it, along with its counterpart free will, has [been?] transcended into the form of literature. Its influence is evident in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, particularly in how Pip, and his object of affection, Estella, are repeatedly subjected to preordained events. Furthermore, free will, or the ability to determine our own destiny, also holds sway over the characters in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, specifically Romeo and Juliet themselves. Free will has a greater influence on the characters in Romeo and Juliet than fate, while in Great Expectations, it proves to be the opposite, with fate having more heavily impacted Pip, and his associates.

First of all, the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are a result of free-will because Romeo agreed to go to the Capulet’s party where he met Juliet. “I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown, But to rejoice in splendor of mine own.” (I.ii.107-108) In the beginning of the play after the Capulet’s servant invites Romeo and Benvolio by mistake, Romeo decided to attend the Capulet’s party to see Rosaline, even though he knew him being a Montague going to a Capulet’s party is a bad idea. It shows free-will that led to the death of Romeo and Juliet because if he had not chosen to attend the party he would not have met Juliet. “Is she a Capulet? O dear account! My life is my foe’s debt.” (I.v.131-132) After Romeo and Juliet finished their conversation while

Fate, an unseen force, gods or a god, however you’d like to say it fate determines our destiny. The evidence lies clear within the word of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. As the pair come across obstacle it become clear a bigger power is determining things for them. When Tybalt goes out off his way to find and fight Romeo, Mercutio is the one who decides to step in. Tybalt had no problem with Mercutio other than his defense of Romeo in this situation. If he had not stepped in for Romeo, Tybalt would not have killed Mercutio, and Romeo would have remained in his decision to not fight Tybalt. But it wasn’t Romeo’s choice. Just like it wasn’t Juliet’s choice to be promised to Paris. It was he father, not her, that threatened to drag her to the

Are humans consciously making all of their own decisions, or is there a deciding factor? In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, there are two feuding families, the Montagues, and the Capulets. The children of the two families fall in love and the play is the based on their story. Tragic events happen throughout the play based on the previous actions. In the play Romeo and Juliet, fate is the cause of all the tragic events as seen through the attitude of the characters, the fight scene, and the graveyard scene.

“Fate decides who comes into your life, your heart decides who stays in it” The creator of this quote is still unknown but you can not argue and say that it is not true. It especially regards to the tale, “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare. The idea of fate and choice are two big subjects that contribute to the story. “ Fate is to be destined to happen, turn out, or act in a particular way” (Google.com). “Free will is the power of acting without the constraint of necessity or fate; the ability to act at one's own discretion” (Google.com).

A person is never completely in control of their life. There is always some type of outside force, or fate, influencing a person’s actions and decisions. The philosophy of fate often relates to astrology, the belief that celestial bodies influence human action. The characters in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare believe that fate and the stars have absolute control over their lives and the actions they perform during the play.

Still another example is in Act III when Romeo kills Tybalt, Juliet's cousin who killed Romeo's best friend Mercutio. Before entering his duel with Tybalt Romeo says “This day’s black fate on more days doth depend;/ This but begins the woe others must end.” In this quote, Romeo is saying that this dark day is the beginning of many to come. After killing Tybalt in revenge, Romeo realizes that he will have to face consequences for disturbing the peace again, possibly death. Romeo then blames fate for this instead of his own actions saying “O, I am fortune’s fool!” insisting that fate has made a fool of him. This pattern of bad decisions made by emotional teenagers who blame the consequences on a larger force themselves is repeated over and over again throughout the play up until the very end. At this end, when analyzing the characters decisions in the play and where and when they blame fate, it is obvious that the stars are not the reason that so many ends up dead in this tragedy. Instead, it is when Romeo and Juliet decide to throw themselves into life with the mindset that it is not their fault of what happens, but the fate that controls them and it is too late to change that. It is when Romeo, Juliet, and the Friar decide to keep a marriage of two lovers from

The concept of love and marriage were extremely different in Elizabethan England than they are today. In Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare there are many examples of this concept. In this story, two families, the Montagues, and Capulets have been feuding for many generations. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet defied their societal rules and fell in love. This toxic relationship turned out to be the cause of many tragedies, including their own suicides. Romeo and Juliet are so in love, that they are both willing to kill themselves to finally be together. Although many people believe fate is responsible for this tragedy, that is not the case. In Romeo and Juliet, fate is not responsible for the tragedy at the end of the story, but the free will of both Romeo and of Juliet is to blame for the deaths of many characters including their own.

This is a tricky question because I think that our lives are determined by our acts of our free will but also by fate. The play written by Shakespeare; “Romeo and Julliet” showed us that our lives are determinded by our choices and by fate. Our choices could be controlled yet fate cannot be. Our actions are what we choice to do everyday but fate is what we never know what will happen. In Romeo and Julliet, Juliet made a choice to pretend to die so at last they can be together but because of fate, Romeo did not get the letter which caused him to think Juliet actually died of poison that got him to kiss her lips and also die along with her. But Juliet was not dead, it was fake so everybody could think she died so she could be with Romeo since

In the classic English Shakespearian story of Romeo and Juliet. A pair of star-crossed lovers “Romeo and Juliet”, are forced through hardships so they could reach there “happily ever after”. But fate has a different plan for them as they retch there eventual end. This is a story shrouded in death and bloodshed despite having a comical and romantic feel. I am going to explain how this story could have ended differently if some key details would have changed.

Some people say that a person’s fate is pre-determined. That nothing they do in life is by accident and everything that one does has been decided by a higher power. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare explores the theme of fate by allowing the audience to be party to his characters’ destiny. In the opening lines of the play the audience is told what is going to happen to the lovers, “a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.” Throughout the story, the audience is put in an omnipotent, god-like position from the start encouraging them to think about fate and to what extent our actions are free. In Macbeth, the idea of one character becoming both victim and villain is introduced. Macbeth falls prey to others' deception, and is supplanted

No matter how small or big, all of us make decisions every day that comes naturally to our lives. When making choices and decisions it is dependent on a person’s character and determines a direction, and it is imperative to make these with thought and judgment as it possibly can affect them positively or negatively. Utilizing the decisions made by the characters, Shakespeare builds upon these to form the actual tragedy in one of his most popular and known works, Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the story, important decisions are made, unfortunately, most are made without careful consideration or judgment that lead them to undesirable outcomes. Specific character behaviours can cause people to lose judgment, three of which are shown in the story like: letting their anger take over, their feeling of hopelessness, and basing your judgments for a lover in which these have affected the results.

William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is about two star-crossed lovers who are forbidden to be together because of their families’ rivalry. The ultimate tragedy of this play is the series of decisions made in haste which eventually led to the death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence, a well respected and trusted holy man, tells Romeo, “Wisely and slowly, they stumble that run fast” (2.3.94). While the Friar was giving this sage advice to Romeo, it was advice that he should have been following himself. The Friar influences the lover’s choices throughout the story which later results in their death. Shakespeare teaches the lesson that rash and hastily made decisions result in dire consequences as demonstrated through Friar Lawrence’s decisions to marry Romeo and Juliet, to advise Juliet to fake her death, and to abandon Juliet at her tomb.

Out of all the peculiar happenings and seeming coincidences we are forced to deal with in our curious lives, the existence and potentially powerful effects of fate just may be the single most mysterious and unpredictable of all. In one person’s life, fate may be their right-hand man, a force that makes itself apparent not as a foe, but rather as a friendly figure. Even more so, a figure eager to guide you in the correct direction, allowing your life to flow as smoothly as butter on warm bread. On the other hand, from the mention of another man’s fate may arise thoughts of the countless number of failures he has endured and the not particularly good luck he has possessed. In short, life is like a stack of cards dealt out you at the beginning of a card game. Considering the stacks as fates, there are a countless number of possibilities. Nonetheless, there is one thing that is for certain: If you despise your own fate, your fate will learn to despise you. Take Shakespeare’s classic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, a quintessential and at often times cliché tale of two lovestruck teenagers willing to obliterate anything in the path of their “true” love. Right from the first several lines of the play, we are enthralled by descriptions of a feud between two respected families of Verona. Although, the true conflict in the story does not set in until the star-crossed lovers set eyes on each other at Lord Capulet’s party. From this moment on, a cat-and-mouse game ensues with the sole