“O gentle Romeo‚ if thou dost love‚ pronounce it faithfully. Lady‚ by yonder blessèd moon I vow‚ that tips with silver all these fruit-tree tops.” Were these the words that led to the death of Romeo and Juliet‚ but the treaty between the Montagues and Capulets? There were many decisions in the story that led to the downfall and deaths of many different characters of the novel. Friar Lawrence plays a huge part in the tragic deaths of the teenagers. He offers his help to Juliet‚ thinking
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a person’s fate. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ two star crossed lovers were not meant for each other‚ but they continued to see each other. This ended in the death of both of them. Romeo and Juliet were truly in love because they took their own lives for each other‚ they went against their family morals to be with each other‚ and they devoted all of their time to each other. Romeo and Juliet demonstrated their love by taking their own lives. Once Romeo found out Juliet was dead. He knew
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people believe in fate and destiny. Their belief is that what happens in their lives is already predetermined‚ and one cannot change it. Others believe that the events that occur in life are caused by one’s own decisions‚ and by making a different decision would consequently change the course of one’s life. The idea of fate is explored deeply in Shakespeare’s play Romeo & Juliet‚ and it influenced heavily the outcome of the story. In this essay‚ we will discuss the roles that fate‚ accidents‚ and miscalculations
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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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Romeo and Juliet‚ Fate or Free will? The story of Romeo and Juliet is a tragic tale of love and hate. The story ends in conflict and controversy because of their families and other outside forces in which fate was a factor. The "Star Crossed Lovers" death was caused by free will and blinding love‚ this was a significant turning point in the book because Romeo was banished. As the story goes on characters such as Tybalt and Mercutio set off a spin of events eventually ending in the death of the
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Fate: Is it just an excuse? Excuses are something people use to clear themselves or others of the blame of their own foolish actions. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ it is not fate‚ but impulsive and desperate actions that bring about the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. In the Victorian era‚ fate was known as the development of events out of human control‚ and determined by a supernatural power. By no means was the demise of Romeo and Juliet out their control. It happened because of the choices
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Hands of Fame In tragic story lines‚ there will most always be a tragic hero‚ who the author uses to show the audience the catastrophic ways of mankind. The downfall the tragic hero experiences is usually caused by his own hand‚ but even through the hero’s expiration‚ he’s often forgiven and shown to possess redeeming human qualities. Three main theories of the tragic hero are the Aristotelian model‚ the Shakespearean model‚ and the modern tragic hero. Each model has five defining
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realize this happened in a span of five days. Romeo and Juliets love was doomed from the beginning‚ they were both fast to move and slow to think kind of people. Through all of the similies and metaphors said by the two lovers and the Friar‚ one can see that Shakespeare knew their horrible fate was inevitable. One would think that Juliet knew her fate from the start. The first instance of predicting her own fated was in Act 1‚ Scene 5 when Juliet said‚ “ My grave is like to be my wedding bed”
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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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In Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ fate is responsible for the young couple’s death. Fate creates situations for the plot to advance‚ starting with the catalyst of this whole affair‚ the servant who could not read. Fate pushes him to Romeo‚ who just so happens to be in “love” with Rosaline‚ one of Capulet’s guests. At the party‚ Romeo just so happens to fall in love with Capulets only daughter (1.5.116). Henceforth fate seems to be at rest until the death of Mercutio‚ the first death
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