Romeo and Juliet Fate or Free Will

The Tragic Story of the death of two teen star crossed lovers. Romeo and Juliet are two teens in love who are put death by nothing but their fate and their long lasting family feud. Even though Romeo and Juliet committed suicide, their untimely deaths are ultimately caused by Fate and the feud.

In Shakespearse’s classic play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the two star-crossed lovers created one of the most notorious tragedies known to man. Romeo and Juliet met as an act of a single force known as fate. Fate is the idea used to describe a circumstance when it is meant to happen; fate is the living body responsible for controlling everything, except the decisions you personally make.

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, tells the tale of two young lovers whose lives end in great tragedy. What makes their story so tragic is that despite their love for one another, their families are mortal enemies. Conflict is a central ingredient in Romeo and Juliet's sad fate. Although their love for each other is strong, it cannot overcome the deluge of conflict that surrounds them. Ultimately they are defeated by the conflicts of person vs person, person vs self, and person vs society.

Tybalt’s murder forces the Prince to exile Romeo. So, Mercutio and Tybalt’s deaths by fate let the plot move on. This event could not have happened if fate hadn’t brought Romeo, Mercutio and Tybalt together. Overall, fate bringing people together really effected what happened in Romeo and Juliet. In those people’s meetings, someone almost always died as a result, even if that death was indirectly caused by that meeting, which brings up a second subject, fates role in death contributing to moving the plot along.

When two people are meant to be together, no time is too long” (Anonymous). Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and West Side Story by Arthur Laurents show the pure evils of acting extremely hastily and how it can change the outlook on the future. Romeo and Juliet are two young lovers who were taught to hate one another and who suffer deeply because of the consequences of fate. Romeo and Juliet’s deaths were sure to be tragic as was hinted at early on throughout the play. Both families suffer with the loss of their children as well as other family members. Maria and Tony are split from one another because of extreme violence, hatred, and the differences between their New York City gangs. Each of them

The fact that Free Will didn’t take control of the story; it left Fate to be the murder of the lovers. Fate first kicked in when their eyes met at the Capulet party. When Romeo and Juliet spoke, their words had powerful contentment; they had such a strong feeling for one another that they could lay in each other’s arms forever. Their happiness didn’t last long; there were many reasons for this, for example; the marriage Lord Capulet arranged between Paris and Juliet. I believe that the plot of the play thus far leads the audience to believe that the deaths were a result of fate. The last act will determine once and for all if it is Fate or Free Will. Romeo again challenges Fate by

Romeo and Juliet suffered tragic and untimely deaths, far to early in their lives. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet fall in love with each other upon first sight. As the story goes on, they try harder, and harder to be with each other. With a long-standing family feud, they both end up suffering terrible deaths. Although Romeo and Juliet were directly responsible for their own deaths, fate and family feud are the actual reason they died.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy about lovers who end up killing themselves because they think that they cannot be together. Many people contributed to bringing about the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Some should be pardoned and some punished, but I think that the tragic deaths were caused mainly by fate.

Romeo and Juliet explores the tragic outcome of ‘true love’. In Romeo and Juliet, the two main characters (Romeo and Juliet) die because of their love for each other. What happens in Romeo and Juliet is that Juliet is meant to marry Paris but she doesn’t want to so she drinks a poison that is meant to show all of the signs of death for a certain amount of time and then she would

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

In Romeo and Juliet, adversity plays a large role in keeping the two star-crossed lovers apart, and after a short taboo romance, it is evident that their story ends in tragedy. The feud between their two families, both fate and destiny, encouragement from non-family members, and the deaths of the young couple, ultimately make this love story a tragedy.

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by Shakespeare around 1595. In the book the two main characters Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed lovers” who have a devastating ending of death inflicted on them by themselves after only being married for3 days. Although everyone plays a role, there are three main culprits for their tragic suicide.

Fate has always been of interest to society, and even today, people continue to question whether someone’s life is destined for a certain fate, or if it is shaped by their own free-will. Such thoughts come into play throughout various acts and scenes of Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s play often strongly suggests that Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is built upon fate and free-will. There are many critics who argue fate is what makes up this play in its entirety due to the various fate related ideas evoked throughout it. Although fate does indeed play some roles in the shaping of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, overall, it is free-will that plays a much greater role throughout their tragedy and is ultimately at work in this play.

“These violent delights have violent ends”. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare was a love story. This story was about two people who fell in love at a young age. They fell in love but to find out that their families hate each other. Ultimately Romeo and Juliet are both to blame for their death.

In Romeo and Juliet fate had a lot to do with their deaths, as it proves in the prologue the two households, the Capulets and the Montagues were enemies. Romeo and Juliet had no chance of being together because of fate and the feud. The two families are both to blame because of the parents rage. “Death-mark’d love”.(DBQ: Project, 2013) This quote explains how Romeo and Juliet’s love only leads to death. “Star Crossed Lovers”.(DBQ:Project, 2013) This means that Romeo and Juliet’s parents are trying to keep them away from each other because if not bad stuff will happen.