In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo & Juliet we look at two star-crossed lovers‚ from opposite sides of an ancient grudge in the town of Verona and their struggle between fate and freewill. Shakespeare deliberately creates characters that can be held accountable for the tragic deaths of the central roles. Their untimely demise can be attributed to four contributing factors: The poor advice of Friar Lawrence and the Nurse‚ the two feuding households‚ the impulsive behaviour of our chief protagonists
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Who is to Blame for the Deaths of Romeo and Juliet? The mechanism of fate works in all the events that these star crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ come upon. Their feelings towards each other was never forced upon‚ Romeo already had feelings for another woman. Friar Lawrence’s plan was pretty well thought through and fool proof. The odds that two people from two opposing households could come together and fall in love head over heels for each other was never planned‚ but rather fate has brought
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in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet and in Pyramus and Thisbe are affected more by their choices than by destiny. Have you ever went to go plan something and things went totally wrong for reasons everyone can see but you? You over planned and under planned and people showed up to early and way too late. Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe did just this throughout their stories. They jumped to conclusions and death was the outcome. They put too much trust in themselves and others around
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Romeo 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
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“The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”‚ the two protagonists‚ Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet‚ are “a pair of star-crossed lovers” [Prologue] whose tragic death “buries their parents’ strife” [Prologue]. In the play‚ many factors lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet; among these are fate‚ impulsive love and the rivalry between the Montague and Capulet family. As one of the central themes of the play‚ fate plays an important role in Romeo and Juliet’s death. Through out the play‚ fate seems to control
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The events of Romeo and Juliet are heavily influenced by fate‚ as oppose to the actions of the characters. To be precise‚ occurrences in the play are not always as a result of conscience choices that characters make. Rather‚ chance occurrences (or predestination‚ depending on one’s opinion) cause events to take place; these events seriously alter the course of the play. Fate affects us all every single day‚ but the sheer number of occurrences related to fate‚ as well as the powerful affect these
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The Lover’s Fate Fate is defined as the development of events beyond a person’s control. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet was entirely out of their control‚ and could only be blamed on fate. We have all had the experience of a perfect storm of multiple causes ruining a day’s plan‚ while entirely out of your control. It is frustrating and impossible to overcome. Worse yet‚ is when we are blamed for the failure. We cannot blame the tragic end of Romeo and Juliet on the two children. 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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Romeo and Juliet‚ a pair of impetuous teenagers‚ fall in love with each other‚ get married and kill themselves. There are many people that we can blame for their deaths‚ but it is Romeo’s and Juliet’s fault for killing themselves. The first reason would be when they found out that the other had died‚ they decided to kill themselves instead of moving on with their lives.. Second‚ they continued to fall in love with each other knowing that their families hated the other. Third‚ they were impulsive
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Who is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Many of you think that different characters are responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet but I don’t think so. I believe that fate is responsible for the death. Right from the prologue‚ there is a clear indication that fate is going to play a big role in the play. The prologue says ‘ancient grudge’‚ ‘fatal loins’‚ ‘star-cross’d lovers’‚ ‘death mark’d love’ and ‘ children’s end nought could remove.’ This makes clear references to the family
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