The Role Of Free Will In Romeo And Juliet

In the two stories The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisby they both were star-crossed lovers and made their own choices throughout the stories. For example they chose to love each other even though they knew it wouldn't end well. Personal choices affect the characters more than destiny because they decided to get married and they killed themselves.

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.

The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays, published in 1597. It is a story about how, “A pair of star-cross’d lovers [Romeo and Juliet] take their lives…/The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love…” (Prologue of Romeo and Juliet, 6-9) as they are forbidden to be together due to a long lasting and ongoing feud between the Montague and Capulet families. Their deaths are the results of many characters’ actions and fate, and there is not one distinctive person that can be blam¬ed for the young lovers’ deaths. Friar Lawrence is not to blame for these deaths as fate played a major role in their demise, he warned Romeo of his impulsive and unwise decision making, and his intentions were to abolish the ongoing feud between the two families. Further examination will prove that Friar Lawrence is innocent and his intensions were far from the passing of the two lovers.

The play Romeo and Juliet was one of the most famous love tragedies ever written. This love story unfortunately had a fatal ending. Many people argue over why the lovers had died, was it over Free Will or Fate?

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.

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.

The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were freewill because of the choices they decided to make along the way.There was many times throughout the story where Romeo and Juliet could have prevented their deaths. For instance, Romeo could have handled Tybalt better, Juliet followed the priest plan, and finally it was Romeos free will to kill himself.

Juliet’s acts of loyalty would not happen without Friar Lawrence’s help, sacrifice, and loyalty. One of Friar Lawrence’s huge risks includes marrying Juliet and Romeo, because he is also chosen to marry Juliet and Paris. This is significant because Juliet cannot get married twice, and Friar Lawrence is responsible for both of the weddings, so that can ruin his reputation. In order to keep Juliet safe from her family splitting up her marriage with Romeo, Friar Lawrence does everything in his power to stop Juliet’s wedding with Paris. Again, Friar Lawrence sacrifices his reputation for his respect for the love of Romeo and Juliet. Through everything, Friar Lawrence stays loyal to Romeo and Juliet by keeping the secret of their marriage

One of the most seasoned and most verbalized about inquiries ever is whether our lives are represented by destiny or by our own decision. William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet, brings this question to the surface. In spite of the fact that destiny appears to control what transpires to Romeo and Juliet their decisions contribute more to their destiny than destiny itself. Albeit a few reasons that Romeo and Juliet pass on are out of their control destiny is not the most sizably voluminous reason that the sweethearts wind up biting the dust.

In Roman Mythology, Fortuna was the goddess of fate and fortune. Her main assignment was to watch over the fate of an individual. In one hand she held a cornucopia, a symbol for all good things to flow in profusion. In the other she held a ship’s rudder, which symbolized her ability to steer the lives of humans. This makes her able to bring either happiness into one’s life, or complete adversity.

Most of Shakespeare's plays are conceived around a foundation in either tragedy or comedy, this polarity of themes allowing him to experiment with the full range of human emotions. Typically, an integral part of a Shakespearean tragedy is love, which is frustrated by a breakdown in order, or the character of the hero, due to some human limitation. The play Romeo and Juliet has all these typical characteristics. However, the resultant conclusion of events for the characters in this tragedy is adversely affected by the hands of fate, and not solely the product of human limitations. Fate in fact has a decisive role in the events of the play; it is a series of rapid coincidental events, which lead to the final tragedy.

Romeo and Juliet both made impulsive and spontaneous decisions that have led to terrible situations, yet their actions are not the only factors of their troubles. One of the main reasons that have influenced their troubles is the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. This feud has led others to believe that the love between Romeo and Juliet would eventually end the feud between the families. Friar Lawrence wed Romeo and Juliet because he thought that the marriage would eventually end the dreaded feud. Nurse chose to help them get married because she wanted to make Juliet happy. Not only did Romeo and Juliet's decisions lead to the majority of their troubles, but the influence and actions of those

The inevitability of fate is a question that has been asked or generations. Is your fate really predetermined or can anything happen in a butterfly effect kind of way? From a Christian point of view, God has a plan for all our lives and he also gave us free will to make our own decisions and live are lives for Him. Life to me seems almost as a butterfly effect as in every action has a positive or negative reaction. So if every one of Romeo’s actions led to his demise could he have made better decisions?