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 Romeo and Juliet’s lives and forces them together and apart. One example of how fate brings the two lovers together is in Act 1 Scene 2‚ where Capulet Servant invites people to the
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not been for something as simple as carelessness. Even though Romeo and Juliet committed the act of suicide‚ Friar Laurence and Juliet’s Nurse are ultimately to blame for their deaths. Some people may believe that fate is to blame for the Lovers’ deaths. They might think that the lovers took their own lives because something as harsh as fate left them no choice‚ but they are wrong. They are wrong because Romeo would not have killed himself‚ which would have led Juliet to not kill herself either‚ if
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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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lives because of a god or goddess or both. One example of a woman who fulfills this description is Io. One day‚ Zeus falls in love with Io and as usual Zeus got his way and with some tender words he convinced Io of his love for her. With Hera’s jealousy on top of Zeus‚ Zeus turns Io into a cow in order to protect her from Hera. Io being a frenzied cow gets an unfortunate life doing nothing better than wandering around. Another woman who is unfortunate in Greek Mythology is Echo. Echo is a nymph that
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clouded her mind. Her father king added fuel to the flame of her jealousy and aimed the punishment towards her‚ not so much at her lover. This was evident in the passage of the story that exclaimed‚ "...she knew who the lady was. It was one of the fairest and loveliest of the damsels of the court who had been selected as the reward of the accused youth should he proved innocent of the crime of aspiring to one so far about him‚ and the princess hated her." Regardless of what decision she made‚ she would
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It is very obvious that Hamlet is stating how troubled he is that his own mother married so soon after his father’s death. The least Gertrude could’ve done for Hamlet was fake that she was upset at least a little so that he would have more comfort in it‚ as much comfort as someone could have after finding out their father had been killed. Hamlet tries to convince Gertrude that Claudius was responsible for King Hamlet’s death‚ but she was very offended that he would try to talk bad about her current
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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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Romeo and Juliet who to blem?? In my opinion I think that there is a lot of people to blem for Romeo and Juliet’s death. One of the people that we should blem for Romeo and juliet’s death is themselves. Romeo and juliet didn’t think of themselves or their beautiful future and even their families. When Romeo killed himself just for one minute he should have think of his mother‚ father or his family‚ his friend‚ his life without Juliet. When Juliet killed herself what she should have done in my
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The girl is always the dramatic one in the relationship‚ right? Well‚ not in this case. In the play‚ “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare‚ tells of a tragedy that takes place in Verona‚ Italy‚ between two lovers--Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Both of their families--the Montagues and Capulets--have this ancient feud that took place during their ancestor’s time. The ancient family feud eventually came to a horrific summit‚ which lead to both families into committing homicide. Most of the
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The play MACBETH is filled with suffering. It begins with reports of a bloody battle‚ an execution of a traitor and Macbeth’s bloodthirsty heroism as he "unseamed" one of the invaders "from the nave of the chaps". In comparison MacBeth’s later actions are even worse as he commits violent crimes against his own people. Much of the suffering in the play is directly attributable to Macbeth. However‚ the central focus of the play is the suffering he himself undergoes‚ as he makes his way through his
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