Examples Of Free Will In Romeo And Juliet

To begin with, Juliet’s parents had a good marriage set up for her with Paris, but Juliet wanted to rebel. Juliet made a plan with Friar Lawrence to fake her death so she could live happily ever after with Romeo. In Act 4, Scene 1, Juliet asks Friar Laurence for advice on how she could get out of marrying Paris. She insists she would even kill herself to avoid the marriage. The two make a plan for her to take a

Fate of Romeo and Juliet Marcus Aurelius says, “Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart.” This quote shows one how to love the people fate brings to them. In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare, the play shows an example of fate bringing two people together. However, Shakespeare gives the readers an example of how fate can cause love and tragedy. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet, fate affects characters such as the plague, Mercutio, and Tybalt's death.

One of the biggest questions regarding to the play "Romeo and Juliet" is who was responsible for their deaths? People all blame different characters in the play such as: Friar Laurence, their parents, themselves, and even fate. Even though some people might disagree with what I am about to say, I think that the only people at blame for this is no one else but Romeo and Juliet. I believe that at the end of the day it was their own, free will, decision. It was Romeo's decision to go to the ball, both, Romeo and Juliet's decision to keep their relationship going, and finally it was their decision at the end to kill themselves.

Tybalt’s character is described throughout the play as aggressive and a fighter. Mercutio acknowledges this when he calls Tybalt “ more than a prince of cats” ( 2.4.19) This nickname refers to Tybalt being a skilled fighter. Tybalt has the upperhand in the fight and Romeo’s chance of victory can be determined as nothing. However, providence manipulates the events so that Romeo both the means and motive to kill Tybalt after the death of Mercutio. Providence allows Romeo to act upon revengeance and selfishness, giving him the power to kill Tybalt out of hatred.He seeks revenge on Mercutio’s death and disowns his commitment to Juliet and her family, only thinking about his own problems. His conflicting emotions, a result of providence’s manipulation, can be seen as he turns from an angry tyrant to a weeping coward in minutes after killing Tybalt. “ Oh I am fortune’s fool” (3.1.132) Through the oxymoron, Romeo acknowledges that providence has played a role in his killing Tybalt. This proves to be a major climax in the play for Romeo is separated from Juliet, thus creating more tension in their relationship. This is the first step towards their

Which brought problems to everybody involved. To emphasize my claims Juliet takes Friar Lawrence's potion to make her appear dead in hopes that when she wakes up she'll be in her family tomb and Romeo will be there to take her to there happily ever after. Juliet is deciding whether or not to take the potion the friar gave her she says “What if the mixture do not work at all?... What if it be a poison the friar subtly hath ministered to have me dead,... I fear it is; and yet methinks it should not.”

Fate didn’t make Tybalt challenge Romeo to a duel it was his idea and he followed through in sending a letter for them to fight. “I do protest I never injured thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise till thou shalt know the reason of my love” (3.1.65). Romeo had the chose whether he would fight Tybalt or not and because of his love for Juliet he declined Tybalt’s challenge seeing as they were now family. No outside force had him stand still and not draw his sword. If Romeo would have fought Tybalt, Mercutio wouldn’t of decided to fight him and Mercutio would still be alive.

If Juliet had used her sense of logic and predicted the outcome, then she would not have to face this consequence. To further expand on the idea of making decisions with the heart, Romeo also makes many decisions based on his emotions. Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend, stands up for him against Tybalt and is tragically slain by him. Romeo cannot bear to watch his friend die, so he seeks revenge by taking Tybalt’s life. Romeo states in anger, “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain?

Is it Romeo and Juliet’s fate or their free will to die for each other? From the beginning, their families are against each other. This just makes the love between them stronger to be married in secret from their families. Romeo is a sixteen-year-old Montague and Juliet is a thirteen-year-old Capulet. The story of Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona.

When Romeo found out that Tybalt killed his best friend, Mercutio he was mortified and angry. He fought Tybalt and killed him. Romeo chose to kill Tybalt it was his freewill. Although It caused him to be banished from Verona. Romeo and Juliet

Juliet does not like her mother telling her what to do and furthermore, who she is to marry. She loves Romeo and only wishes to be with him. In response, Juliet takes the matter into her own hands by faking her own death by buying a sleeping potion from Friar Lawrence, all of which eventually leads to Romeo's

Romeo is fully aware of the princes decree that any bloodshed between the two families will not result in warnings, but will result in death. Romeo completely ignores the princes order however, proceeds to kill Tybalt. If he had not killed Tybalt he would have never been banished and they could have lived a happy life. However one could say that because Tybalt killed Romeo's best friend Mercutio in a duel, that Romeo was obligated to defend his friends honor. Although that is true, Romeo still did not consider the consequences that would befall in his relationship with Juliet as a result of killing Tybalt. One last and the most important example of their impetuousness is the final scene. Romeo fearing that they will never be together again and takes the poison killing himself seconds before Juliet wakes up. Juliet thinking only of her lost husband, kills herself before she considers fleeing with the priest, and falling in love with another man. If Romeo had only waited, instead of being hasty, Juliet would have awaken in time to Stop Romeo from killing himself. Juliet could have led a promising life had she not kill

Romeo wants revenge and fights with Tybalt. In this fight, Romeo kills Tybalt. When Romeo realizes the consequences of his actions, he says that he is “Fortune’s fool” (3.1.142). He believes that he has no control over the killings of Mercutio and Tybalt. However, these events are caused by his own rashness. Romeo chooses to fight with Tybalt and even starts the fight. Romeo fights to avenge his friend’s death. Romeo’s actions are rash because he does not consider the results of his actions. Romeo could resolve the conflict in some nonviolent way, but his mind is fixed on killing Tybalt. Romeo is exiled from Verona because he kills Tybalt. His rashness causes problems for his own family as well as for the Capulets and for the Prince. Romeo’s rashness in killing Tybalt leads to his killing himself.

When Romeo was trying to stop the fighting between Tybalt and Mercutio he ended up hurting Mercutio. Romeo’s feelings got in the way because he just married to Juliet, a Capulet, and Tybalt is her cousin. So he was trying to keep the peace. This means that Romeo made a decision without thinking and he made it with his feelings too. His feelings got in the way of him fighting against Tybalt.

Feeling guilty, Romeo feels responsible for Mercutio’s dying because as Mercutio is about to die, he blames Romeo for his loss. Trying to redeem himself he kills Tybalt in vengeance for Mercutio. Afterwards, the Prince banishes Romeo from Verona for the murder of Tybalt. Romeo kills Tybalt on impulse and does not think about the consequences and acts before he thinks. Romeo does not think at all when he kills Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Romeo’s banishing is one of the most

In William Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo and Juliet, there are four quotes about fate and choice. The characters in the play choose their own fate, it happens because of their choices or actions. First, in the beginning of the play Romeo and Juliet are referred to as 'a pair of star-crossed lovers' (Romeo and Juliet, Prologue). Second, Romeo explains to Mercutio how he has a dream that if he goes to the Montague party he will die, but Romeo chooses to go to the party anyway. Third, Romeo kills Tybalt right after his marriage to Juliet. Fourth, Romeo decides to commit suicide because he hears of Juliet's death.