Romeo And Juliet Fate And Free Will Analysis

Decisions and choices- an act of or need for making up one's mind, and the right, power, or opportunity to choose. Fate- a four letter word, a noun defined as the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as being determined by a supernatural power. These are what many can believe as the most powerful forces that shape our future. The playwright, William Shakespeare, wrote a tragedy of two youngsters in love. This tale was filled with drama, mixed-emotions, laughs, heartbreaks, and affection. Written as a tragedy, the play had ended like other Shakespearean tragedies had ended; in death. The death was inevitable because of decisions and choices made fates were shaped and had played a part in the events that blossomed the love of two star-crossed lovers. As an illustration, picture two families at war with each other, a feud that everyone gets caught in the crossfire. For instance, when innocent citizens are tired of watching their supposed ‘peaceful’ streets get disturbed by the feud, and as the prologue states, “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.” (Prologue.6) The feud was poison for the city of Verona and its citizens. Besides crummy choices were made, therefore a cursed destiny was created for two naive lovers.

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.

     Fate, for better or worse, interrupts everyone’s daily life, whether he/she chooses to acknowledge it or not. Thinking about fate conjures up different feelings for different people; some people believe strongly in it, some people think of fate as ridiculous, and some do not care one way or the other. However, in many instances, such as in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, far too many coincidences occur to be strictly coincidental. Fate creates a powerful effect throughout the entire play, starting in the prologue, continuing as Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, and tragically ending in the lovers’ deaths.

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.

Free Will became a part of this when Juliet decided to take Friar Laurence’s advise in inhaling a potion that will make people assume she is died but will awake in 42 hours prier to when she took it. When Romeo had heard the news that Juliet was dead, he assumed it was true, and responded with the line; “Well Juliet, I will lay with thee tonight”. To me this line indicated how he feels for Juliet by dying in her will.

Friar Lawrence’s role in Romeo and Juliet Who is to blame for the deaths in the end of the play Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence is a main character who definitely affects the storyline. Some people might believe that Romeo and Juliet are to blame, but I believe, ultimately, Friar Lawrence is to blame. Romeo could be to blame because he stupidly fell in love and made Friar Lawrence marry him and Juliet. Romeo’s careless actions brought devastation to the Capulet and Montague’s families.

Rosa Parks overcame adversity in society to become an activist in the civil rights movement. In the famous play Romeo & Juliet, by Shakespeare, two teenagers from rival houses, Capulet and Montague, meet at a masquerade, fall in love, get married, and meet a tragic end. The theme of Romeo & Juliet is free will is fundamentally more in control of determining our destiny than fate is.

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.

Friar Laurence’s character flaws greatly impacted the end result of the play. The Friar should be punished for his poorly made decisions throughout Shakespeare’s story. His first mistake was when he initially helped Romeo and Juliet with the aid of the Nurse. Both Romeo and Juliet are children and their parents should be included in every decision made for them. The Friar married Romeo and Juliet in Act 3 of the play. “Till Holy Church incorporate two in one” (3.1.37) The marriage was the start of many issues. Such as Juliet’s inability to wed Paris, being a married lady. This led to Friar’s next choice of giving Juliet the sleeping potion—making her appear dead. “Take this vial, being then in bed,” (4.1.93) Giving Juliet the poison was the reason why so many characters had died in the end of Act 5 of the play. Paris had died fighting Romeo because he thought he was attempting to steal Juliet’s “dead” body. Romeo, ignorant of the fact that Juliet was not dead, killed himself. Juliet committed suicide because of her fiancé lying next to her lifeless. The poison given by Friar

Although the play “Romeo and Juliet” is lauded as one which excellently portrays unconquerable love, the most prominent theme of the play is not that of unconquerable love but rather of the death and tragedy that stems out from Romeo and Juliet disobeying fate for their own desires. This theme of relationship between fate and free will is present throughout the play and even emphasized through the use of literary elements. One such example of this theme being emphasized through the use of literary elements is the prologue. The prologue of the play employs the literary elements of alliteration, rhyme and foreshadowing to convey the theme of the relationship between fate and freewill, claiming that attempting to defy fate will leads to misfortune.

In the amazing and tragic play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare there are many characters that led to the plot and ending, but the most important character that gave Romeo and Juliet it’s plot and tragedy was the Friar. Every decision that the Friar makes affects the play in different ways, His decisions lead to the plot and the very catastrophic ending for the two lovers. Many of the Friar’s decisions were not very thought through, especially the ones that had to do with Romeo and Juliet that’s why without the Friar the storyline would have been very different and perhaps it wouldn’t have had such a tragic ending.

A tragedy is determined by the free will of the characters. If the character(s) make a good decision, most likely they will be a good outcome, however bad decisions may result in bad outcomes. Depending on the choices and actions of the characters make determines the rest of the story (future). What you do determines your future and your outcome. The outcome of a tragedy is determined by free will because the characters make decisions that lead to their actions which then leads to the outcome.

“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).

“You are free to choose what you want to make of your life. It's called free agency or free will, and it's your birthright.”(Source). The story about Romeo & Juliet is about two rival Houses which are The Montagues and The Capulets, Mr. Montague has a son named Romeo, Mr. Capulet has a daughter named Juliet, Romeo and Juliet fall in love but in secret for their families are enemies, in the end their choices get them killed. Now some people believe that fate decides your destiny, and others believe free will decides your destiny. The theme of Romeo & Juliet free will because it is truly, ultimately responsible for our destiny.

The theme of influence of fate can be found in both Romeo and juliet and in my novel The Statistical Probability of Love at First sight, in many ways. This theme can be found in Romeo and Juliet when Romeo goes to the capulet party and meets juliet there… It is love at first sight when they meet and the more he talks to juliet he instantly falls in love with her. I see this as a good example of influence of fate because before, Romeo wasn't planning on going to the party at all because he was still hungover on the thought of Rosaline, but mercutio ends up convincing him to go to see if he can get his mind off of her and find someone new. Also going along this same line of love at first sight in my novel, hadley and oliver meet each other in the airport after hadley realizes that she has missed her flight by four