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    The Fate and Family Feud of Romeo and Juliet are the reason for their untimely death. In the story Romeo and Juliet fall in love and with the long lasting family feud still going on‚ there are a lot of ups and downs. They still find love and get married‚ but then it ends with the two deeply in love lovers taking their own lives. The untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet are caused by the fate and family feud. Others might think that the Nurse and Fryer Lawrence are in fault of Romeo and Juliet’s

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    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

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    and Juliet v.s. Fate and Their Flaws Even though both Romeo and Juliet were struck in the crossfire of their families. This story‚ Romeo and Juliet was a true masterpiece and has been for ages. It has been known to some as the greatest tragedy of all time but to others its greatest love story of all Shakespeare’s pieces. Fate and the behaviors of Romeo and Juliet were a big reason why this beautiful story was such a mixture of tragedy and comedy. Ultimately fate and their character

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    many narratives. Fate‚ reason and human agency are no exception to this and are dealt with in various ways. The texts which I will use to examine these are as follows the set text: Sophocles: Oedipus the King‚ as well as the two excerpts: Plato ’s Apology and Homer ’s The Iliad. These will be discussed below and finally compared in the conclusion. Fate can be defined as a power that is believed to control events . However fate as far as Greek mythology goes is not just fate. Fate does not always

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    struggles that would make a mere man tremble in fear. Homer’s epic is centered around ones free will against the hierarchy of power‚ and Odysseus’ destiny to embark dangers for a way home. Many historians and translators of these tales believe that the fates were not heavily shown in these books due to a power unseen. Though not directly perceived‚ the sisters whom have controlled lives for hundreds of years are represented in the backround theme of an otherwise black and white curse. In the Odyssey by

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    Death should not be scary it is something we will all go through and Hamlet will soon discover he has to accept fate. In the play Hamlet by William Shakespeare‚ Hamlet struggles to notice his life will change and to trust his fate. In Act I and ll is shows his resisting in fate‚ where in Act lll and lV is his turning point where he wants to accept his fate but does not believe. In Act V‚ Hamlet notices he can trust his fate and this was the plan for his life. Hamlet does not want to believe in his

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    Romeo and Juliet: Victims of Fate or Choice? Romeo and Juliet were not victims of fate: as many people believe‚ but instead were two lovers that made terrible choices.  When I was a little kid; I often times heard the love between a boy and a girl referred to as Romeo and Juliet. I would always think to myself that I wanted to be just like them some day. However as I grew up and actually read the story and was old enough to interpret the events that actually occurred: I begin to realize that this

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    The Fate of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is one of the most known Shakespearian play driven by fate or poor influenced decisions? Although decisions play a role in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare it doesn’t play as much as fate. From the play when the Servant ran into romeo‚ and asked him to read the guest list was all driven by fate. Also when Balthasar happens to see Juliet’s fake funeral‚ and immediately does to tell Romeo. And finally when the Friars message wasn’t able to go through

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    prison is not enough‚ the death penalty should be worse than what it is‚ and public executions have a greater deterrent effect. There are a lot of families that want more justice to the person who killed a family member then life imprisonment and that is just what they should get. For a family who has one of their own taken from them‚ the grief they feel is unimaginable. They need justice to be served to aid them to deal with their loss; they need the victim’s death to be avenged. Life imprisonment

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    Fate and Romeo and Juliet The famous author Lemony Snicket once said‚ “Fate is like a strange‚ unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like.” I blame fate for Romeo and Juliet’s death because I believe fate is the thing that controls everything and cannot be changed or altered‚ it is what it is. Everyone has an end at some point and Romeo and Juliet’s had to be at young age. I also blame fate for a different reason‚ it isn’t just

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