In the story, Romeo and Juliet, the final tragic outcome, namely the deaths of the two young lovers, was a result of human choices, rather than one of fate. Although fate played some role in Romeo and Juliet's deaths, the various characters' decisions and actions throughout the story eventually led to the tragedy. There were four main stepping stones, all resulting from man's decision, which finally ended with Romeo and Juliet taking their own lives.…
William Shakespeare is very intentional about character choices and their personalities. Each character plays an important role in setting the tragedy in motion. For this essay, I have chosen to analyze Tybalt, the Friar, and Benvolio’s personalities and explain how they contributed to the tragedies.…
Additionally, Fate is another hurdle Romeo and Juliet have to jump over,except this one appears in several scenes as the source of blame for death of the two. In the play’s Prologue the line, ”A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life”, appears. This line suggests Romeo and Juliet were bound to fall in love with each from their first breath because it is stating their love was written in the stars and the families they were born to wasn’t a coincidence but a destined event. As the Prologue continues it announces how the star-cross’d lovers have a death-mark’d love. Their love being described as death-mark’d is a bad omen because it is foretelling how Romeo and Juliet’s destinies are entwined,which will bring their deaths. Fate has already decided these…
Do teenagers today make the smartest decisions? Or do teenagers today have the opportunity to make many of their own decisions? In comparison to past decades, children in this current society are making many of their decisions primarily on the basis that our society is more guarded and protective. Children very seldom run around the neighborhood freely and have random playmates. Everything is organized and scheduled allowing little freedom for kids to make their own mistakes. This mentality consequently runs over into the parents dictating who their child dates. Once again this lack of decision making prevents teens from learning from their mistakes and taking the responsibility for their own lives. Therefore, teenagers today should be able to choose who they do and do not date without their parent's consent.…
In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, an important decision made by a character in the text is Romeo's decision to sneak into the Capulet's household after the party to see Juliet. Romeo's decision to sneak into the Capulet's house after the party to see Juliet is important because if he did not go back to see Juliet they would have never confessed their love for each other and plan their marriage. Romeo and Juliet would probably not have met ever again if he did not go back that night. Romeo's decision to kill Tybalt is an important decision because in result of Tybalt's murder Romeo is banished from Verona and unable to see Juliet ever again and Romeo's decision to kill Tybalt.…
First, Juliet decided that she agreed that she would marry Romeo. Juliet knew that marrying Romeo would cause a lot of trouble. Then, Juliet took the potion that Friar gave her. Juliet knew that it was very risky to drink the potion and that she could have died. Lastly, Juliet said “ Oh the rascal drank it all and didn’t leave one good drop for me”. (5,3,165-169). Juliet knew that her decision was very rational, nevertheless she still decided that if Romeo was not alive she should die.…
When being interviewed Brazilian, novelist and lyricist, Paulo Coelho claimed, “I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfil our destiny, but our fate is sealed”. In today's society, many people are conflicted on whether events in one’s lives are driven by one's choices or are simply meant to be. Coelho believes that both free will and fate play a role in one’s life, he says that one has the power to make certain choices, but in the end it all comes down to fate. The concept of fate versus free will can be seen in the fictional pieces, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, “Pyramus…
The tragedy Romeo and Juliet boasts a wide assortment of characters. Many of whom are often at odds with one another. Three characters in particular, Tybalt, Mercutio, and Benvolio, are three very different men, and are driven by impulses and their different characteristics. Tybalt is driven by his rage and craving for violence, Mercutio is driven by his friendship with Romeo, and Benvolio is often driven by his love for peace. But these men do share one common trait, loyalty. Tybalt, Mercutio, and Benvolio are loyal to their families and their friends without question and with great passion.…
Fate is the development of events beyond a person’s control. In the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, there are “two star-crossed lovers” who fall in love. Romeo and Juliet are from different families of the same status and their love is essentially forbidden. After all these misfortunate events trying to tear their love apart, they eventually take their lives as a result. Every character in the story made choices out of free will but these choices ultimately lead to fate. Fate was the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because it is depicted by foreshadowing, the feud between the Montagues and Capulets and the power of the future.…
When Juliet decides to fake her own death in order to be with Romeo, some may say she was being reckless, I say different. As Juliet is about to ingest the Friar’s potion she questions whether or not it will “work at all” or if “it be poison” and if she “wakes before the time Romeo comes to redeem” her (5.3.21-32). Juliet assesses her situation and goes through all the bad things that could possibly happen to her. Even though there are many risks associated with drinking the potion she does it anyway, why? According to David Dobbs it’s because “They [teens] weigh risk versus reward differently” and sometimes even tend to “overestimate risk”(Dobbs 5). Juliet thought that by drinking the potion things would work out for her. She would get to runaway with the love of her life, and escape marrying a man old enough to be her father whom she doesn’t even know. To Juliet Romeo was the reward that outweighed the risk of…
Juliet needs help to solve all her problems as if she has trouble thinking of a sensible solution. She makes hurried decisions and seems to view life in a pessimistic way when trouble comes her way. When she sought the Friar for help, her first reaction was “I long to die, if what thou speak’st speak not of remedy” (Act 4, sc i, ll 66-67). She then accepts the friar’s solution and decides to take the poison. “Give me, give me! Oh tell me not of fear” (Act 4, sc 1, ll 121) are her words spoken to the Friar. Her actions here are viewed to be brave but she did not think of any other…
In this soliloquy, we see Juliet in her final moments prior to drinking the vial that is meant to stop her heart. Beginning her passage she bids farewell to her Mother and Nurse, who each have no knowledge of the plan Juliet and the Friar have made to stop her impending marriage to the Paris. The Friar gave her a potion made from a poisonous flower, intending for her to use it to fake her own death. At the time the Friar gave to potion to her, she indicated that she would do anything it takes to get out of a new marriage, even threatening to take her own life. Yet now Juliet expresses to the audience (or reader) that she is a bit skeptical of the plan, true to her natural character, being a skeptic who thinks things through fully. For the remainder of the passage we see her debate with herself and explore many possible…
There has been debate on whether Romeo and juliet's lives ended because fate or personal choices. In the play Romeo and Juliet both romeo and Juliet went through complicated situations. Romeo and some friends crashed a party they weren’t invited to. This is when Romeo and Juliet first met each other. Shortly later the two maid plans to go get married. Personal choices have greater impact on the characters than fate.…
In addition, Juliet’s willingness to partake in Friar’s plan and to kill herself if everything fails shows how impulsive she truly is. As Juliet states on pages 84 and 85 just before she takes the potion Friar gives her to prevent her from marrying Paris since she has already married Romeo, “Come, vial. What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then to-morrow morning? No, No! This shall forbid it. Lie thou there. Lays down a dagger.” (IV.iii.21-24). Juliet was ready to permanently kill herself if this plan didn’t work. She is so in love with Romeo that being with anyone else would be a tragedy. The potion she takes will make her look dead for 42 hours and…
Capulet’s ball is entirely in the hands of destiny. By chance, a young knave of the…