Theme Of Fate In 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.

It was their choices that contribute to their destiny more than fate did. For example, it was entirely Romeo’s choice to kill himself when he hears of Juliet’s death. Fate did not have an input into his decision, he decided his own fate. The message of Juliet’s fake death not reaching Romeo aids his decision, but does not cause his death. Again, when choosing to attack Tybalt, fate does not play a part in Romeo’s choice. He decides his own fate, which is o be banished to Mantua. He then calls himself “fortune’s fool” (3.1.134), in which he blames fate instead of himself for his misfortunes. Other choices that contributed to Rome and Juliet’s ‘predetermined’ destiny include Romeo’s decision to attend Capulet’s party, and Friar Laurence’s choice to marry the couple. Predetermined destiny plays a immense role in the play, but each choice made by each character effects Romeo and Juliet’s fate

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

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, we meet the characters and how their actions led to a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet met, end up falling in love, and – since both cannot dream of living without the other – take their lives. While the play ends in a tragic death for both characters, it was their own reckless decisions; though others might believe that it was destiny that played a large role in the lovers’ downfall. However, the majority of the text evidence points to them making their own choices leading to their demise.

Free will has a greater influence on characters in Romeo and Juliet as indicated by the many instances in which Romeo and Juliet decided that they wished to end their own lives. One such instance was when Romeo speaks to Friar Lawrence after having killed Tybalt. He states,“...--O, tell me, friar, tell me,/ In what vile part of this anatomy/ Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack/ The hateful mansion.” (Shakespeare III.iii.114-117) As this quote helps to illustrate, the power of free will can be quite harmful if used with malintent. If Romeo had been left to his own devices he would have chosen to stab himself. His decision to “sack/ The hateful mansion.” (Shakespeare III.iii.116-117) would have been of his own choosing, but it

Anais Nin once said, “You don’t find love, it finds you. It’s got a little to do with destiny, fate, and what’s written in the stars”. It is believed by numerous people that fate determines everything that happens in their lives, and they have no control over it, because their fate is already written in the stars. Fate is a somewhat controversial topic, but in the love story, Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, fate is looked upon as inalterable, and isn’t influenced by the person themselves. In this tragedy, the idea, fate is written in the stars, is shown through the literary devices, foreshadowing and symbolism, which shows readers that, everything happens for a reason, and fate is beyond their control.

Throughout the play, decisions dealing with fate are present, however, the most influential decisions to the plotline, and the ones that later set the foundation for the rest of the play are all dealt with using free-will. One such important decision that was dealt with through free-will was Romeo’s encounter with Juliet. As they meet each other and kiss, he tells Juliet, “Give me my sin again” (I.V.109). Here, Romeo is clearly making the decision to continue his relationship with Juliet. This would set the foundation for the whole play, and without his decision to continue the relationship based on free-will, the plot of the play may have been completely different. Free-will, also had other important effects on the plotline. It

First, the outcome of the play “Romeo and Juliet” was due to free will because of choices made by the friar. The

Romeo and Juliet always had free will it was Romeo killed tybalt of his own free will, it was friar Lawrence that married the two of them, Juliet's married Romeo instead of Paris without telling her family and chooses to fake her death without directly informing Romeo which lead to his death . It was both of their free will

Despite fate’s grasp on Romeo and Juliet being clear from the beginning, their choices in the play cause fate to build momentum and accelerate their lives to their inevitable end. Shakespeare’s original presentation of fate is of an inescapable event, but how the characters get there is less certain and more chance. Whereas Luhrmann’s fate is cruller and more controlling, but both interpretations of fate have the result of uniting the feuding families.

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet plays heavily on the ideas of fate, free will and luck, but the idea of fate is obviously the one that plays the biggest role. Many of the actions in the play can be shown as truly only being the character's destiny rather than their own choice, or free will. The play is categorized as a tragedy, which means that a cruel twist of fate or personal failure prevented the ‘heroic’ character from achieving what they fight for. In the beginning of Romeo and Juliet the narrator, also known as ‘Chorus’ in the script says, “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”.

Sometimes in life, we feel as though our actions and choices are predetermined by a greater force. We feel as though another being is determining our fate. But not every action is set in any book. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic love story where the two households, Montagues and Capulets, are fated to hate each other from an old feud. But the two households' children, Romeo and Juliet, decided to get married. Even when it seems all forces are pinning the children apart, they find a way to be together. One's actions and choices are not predetermined by a greater force, but are made by that person and that person alone.

The timeless tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet’, written by William Shakespeare, presents fate as a contributing factor the heart-rending death but fundamentally, their death resulted from thoughtless actions. Fate is defined as a force or power that predetermines events, was the love-driven suicide of Romeo and Juliet one of these inevitable occurrences. The spellbinding play focuses on the ancient feud between the Montagues and Capulets only the passing of their forbidden-lovers, Romeo and Juliet, could end. The combination of badly conceived judgments and hasty decisions are critical causes for the love-driven suicide. Whilst the theme of fate, is developed by Shakespeare through the use of foreshadowing, fate alone was not responsible for the protagonist’s

In the opening lines of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare appears to allow the audience to be party to his characters’ destiny. Throughout the story, the audience is encouraged think about fate and to what extent our actions are free. However, their fate is sealed and the audience is asked to question destiny and the ability to make free choices.

First off, Romeo had a major role in his and Juliet’s demise and made many free will decisions that