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Romeo And Juliet Essay On Fate

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Henry Miller, a 20th-century American writer, once said that “We create our fate every day . . . most of the ills we suffer from are directly traceable to our own behavior.”(Miller). Miller is linked a person’s free will to their fate. In Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters have a set fate from the very beginning. The play is about two feuding families, the Montagues, and the Capulets. Juliet is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague. Juliet and Romeo are two teenagers that decided to get married. Neither of their families knows, because of these Capulet arranges for Juliet to marry Paris. In the end, Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves. The main device used in the play is character. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses …show more content…

Romeo is free will only bring upon his fate, to die. Juliet is married to Romeo, however, her father, Capulet, does not know. Capulet arranges for Juliet to marry Paris. Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence because she does not wish to betray her husband, but must also marry Paris. He gives her a vial that contains a potion that will make it seem as if she is dead, but in fact, she will be practically asleep for 42 hours. She receives the vial and contemplates whether or not to use it. In contemplation, she pleads for “the heavens to smile upon my state”(4.3.4, Shakespeare). She is afraid and is given a sense that she is frail, though this language.She pleads with God to help her to go through what must be done. She asks for God to change her fate in such a way that she will live to see Romeo again. The word “heavens” can also be taken as fate itself, in this case, she is pleading that her fate is a pleasant one, one where she is happy. Juliet drinks the potion, everyone now assumes she is dead. Romeo learns of her death. He then wants goes to her tomb. He goes off to an apothecary to purchase a poison. He does this because he wishes to “defy you stars!” (5.1.24, Shakespeare). Again the stars are fate, and Romeo thinks he is defying fate by dying. It is not very clear but can be seen that Romeo is not someone who loves lightly. He hears his love has died and all he wants to do is be reunited with her. Through this, the reader can see that Romeo is a passionate

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