CONSIDER THE ROLE OF FATE AND FREE-WILL IN THE PLAY It might seem at first glance that the role of fate in the play is crucial to its outcome. Certainly many of the characters blame fate/destiny for what happens to them‚ and the language of the play does at times encourage the audience to view the events as dominated by fate. Romeo for example describes himself as ’fortune’s fool’‚ and the prologue seems to follow his judgement in its pronunciation of the couple as ’a pair of star cross’d lovers’
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I will be talking about how fate took the‚ part of ending the lives of the two main characters‚ in the book Romeo and Juliet. So what is fate? Fate is generally thought of as the idea that one’s future is already planned out for one’s self. But there are two sides to fate‚ the one where your choices are made for you and your life is going to go down a path whether you like it or not or the fate where the choices you make predetermine your fate. Now why do I think fate is the one to blame for this
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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
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_________ Date: __________ FATE Scene/ Incident /page nos. (where theme is exemplified) Evidence showing aspects of theme (*Select key phrases) My Comments/ Explanation (A1S1) Prologue - Chorus reminds audience that the love of Romeo and Juliet will lead to their deaths “A pair of star-cross’d lovers” “Whose misadventured piteous overthrows‚ do with their death bury their parents’ strife.” “The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love” -Fate can clearly be seen as the
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in 1595. It is widely known to be a tragedy but what caused this atrocity to be so renown? It may be universally known that fate played the principal role throughout the play but by examining the specific circumstances and causes of these situations‚ it is evident that all the events leading to the tragedy are the result of choice rather than fate. Many believe predetermined destiny was key to the deaths of the “star-crossed lovers” but
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Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy of Fate It has always been the dearest hope of mankind that the twists and turns of life‚ a seemingly random progression of sheer coincidence‚ are in fact a part of the designs of some higher order. Somewhere‚ we reason‚ there must exist an emergent pattern to the chaos of our existence. To this intangible being who directs our course we have assigned the name of fate. It is fate‚ and not humble human choice or character‚ that steers Romeo and Juliet to the tragedy
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‘Shakespeare intends the audience to see that the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was destined to happen’ In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare‚ is about two “star crossed” lovers who are destined to end in a tragic accident. Fate is the path that leads to the future and cannot be altered no matter the outcome. Set in Shakespearean time‚ fate was believed to be in control of people’s lives. The fact that Romeo and Juliet would never live a peaceful life‚ none of the tragedies would
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Romeo and Juliet Essay Some believe that whatever happens during the course of their lives is inevitable and every event destined and laid out before them like a map to their life; in other words‚ fate. Fate is defined as a force‚ principle or power that predetermines events‚ it is the inevitable events that are destined by this force. Why do Romeo and Juliet meet? Why do Mercutio and Tybalt have to die? Why does Juliet awaken seconds after Romeo dies? These occurrences are caused by fate.
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The Course Of Fate Fate is a concept that will ever be obscure to us‚ even through our best intentions to discover its secrets and its ancient workings. It can be the most dangerous foe or the best ally‚ an unfathomable force that whisks itself through life. Try as we might‚ the concept of fate will always be out of our grasps. Some may not believe in fate‚ others do‚ but whether it exists or not‚ it still has a role in our lives; always making us question our existence on earth. No one can comprehend
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The Fate of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is known as one of the most memorable love stories‚ so the theme must be about love‚ or is it something else? In Romeo and Juliet‚ the star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet fall in love first sight. They then try to hide their love from their families due to the major conflicts between them‚ but in the process‚ they both end up dead because they tried to escape their families’ grasp. Although the main theme of Romeo and Juliet is often thought to be about
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