April 2012 Romeo and Juliet: Fate or Free Will? In Shakespearse’s classic play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ the two star-crossed lovers created one of the most notorious tragedies known to man. Romeo and Juliet met as an act of a single force known as fate. Fate is the idea used to describe a circumstance when it is meant to happen; fate is the living body responsible for controlling everything‚ except the decisions you personally make. Act I indefinitely demonstrates Romeo and Juliet met as
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climax of the entire play when Romeo exclaims “O‚ I am fortune’s fool!” Fortune/Fate is important because it touches on Romeo’s dream foresaw in Act One‚ Scene Four that what happened at the party would lead to his untimely death. Romeo killing Tybalt and being banished from the kingdom is a main contributing factor to him being killed Love as a destructive force is used in this scene as Romeo states that the reason that Mercutio dying is that his LOVE for Juliet has caused him to become effeminate
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Throughout all of human history many people have felt helpless or at the mercy of higher forces. In ancient greek mythology‚ three goddesses known as the Moirai spun the thread of life and assigned every individual their fate that no man or god could interfere with. In ancient Egypt people believed the god Shai determined the length of each individual’s life who could protect or condemn a person in the afterlife. Most people in Shakespeare’s time also believed in a predetermined fate‚ and he explores
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Fate is the dominant theme throughout the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. The word fate generates a bit of confusion‚ and can have many different connotations. Fate is an inevitable and often adverse outcome or condition; destiny. The destinies of these two lovers was not revealed to the reader at the start of the story‚ but every event brought Romeo and Juliet closer to their inevitable fates. Romeo and Juliet‚ the two lovers‚ shared the unfortunate fate that they were from feuding
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Freeman English I – 4th Hour 06 March 2014 Romeo & Juliet Dreams and fate are defined as a force‚ principle or power that predetermines events; it is the inevitable events that are destined by this force. Romeo and Juliet’s fates were intertwined from the moment of their birth‚ families driven by hate pushing two young lovers together. At their age‚ love can seem like the only aspect of life. Having fate overtaken their thoughts and lives. If fate is real then there was nothing that anyone could
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Murders Of Romeo And Juliet In the play Romeo and Juliet two lovers in the middle of a family feud are driven to commit suicide. The three characters that are most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are Friar Laurence‚ the nurse and Romeo himself. Friar Laurence secretly marries Romeo and Juliet and devises a plan to fake Juliet’s death. The nurse helps Romeo and Juliet sneak out and send messages to one another and then turns her back on them when they need her the most. Romeo sneaks
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When it comes to fate‚ there are two types of people. Those who believe it and those who don’t. The definition of fate‚ is the development of events beyond a person’s control; be destined to happen‚ to turn out‚ or act in a particular way. We see this definition put to use in both‚ “Oedipus the King”‚ and “Romeo and Juliet”. Is fate a real thing though? Or is it something we just see in books. Do we have control over everything that happens to us? Or is our life in the hands of “fate”. Everyone has
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Ending scene: The play I have studied is Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. This play is set in Verona‚ It revolves around the ‘’star crossed lovers’’ that fall in love despite their families have an ‘’ancient grudge’’ against one another. The closing scene in this play had a powerful impact on me as it was full of excitement‚ suspense drama and finally tragedy. There is a lot of suspense in the closing acts of the play as it is clear everything has already gone wrong for the two ‘star crossed
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or not but fate plays a huge part in shakespeare’s plays. In Romeo and Juliet ‚by William Shakespeare‚ it seems that fate is the reason for the tragic death of them both. Fate foretold the deaths of Romeo and Juliet‚ this would eventually‚ end the feud their families had. There are several events in the play that fate takes control of. Even in the prologue it mentions they were meant to die “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;”(Prologue‚ 6) The events are: in Act 1‚ Romeo and Benvolio
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story of Romeo and Juliet‚ the ending was the couple killing themselves because of misfortune‚ bad timing and confusion. If I could create an alternate ending this is what it would be like: When Romeo was informed that Juliet had arrived‚ instead of going crazy‚ he went straight to the Friar. While there‚ he asked what was happening and the Friar explains that he has put Juliet to sleep. Then the three of them head to her tomb to find Paris there. The Friar tells the whole story of Romeo and Juliet
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