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How Do Romeo And Juliet Make Decisions

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The play of the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, begins with two teenagers who fall in love, feud going on with their parents, get married in secret, and commit suicide within the same week. The two teens, Romeo and Juliet, did not think about any of their decisions clearly, and acted in very rash ways. Committing suicide, partaking in others deaths, and everything else that had happened all could have been avoided, it was not fate, destiny, or love, it was “lust” and quick irrational choices made. Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, a sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” (In Act 1, scene II, lines 52-53). This quote shows that Romeo does not love for personality or because he actually loves, but because …show more content…

This idea can quickly be disagreed upon because “ destiny” and “fate” are not stronger than their own wanting to do what they chose to do. For example, it is not fate that makes you want to go to college. It is a personal choice for why you went, unless you are being pressured to go. Even then it isn't fate that the other person is pressuring you to go, it is still their choice. But it is your choice to listen to others about going and going. Romeo and Juliet were not pressured into getting married secretly, murdering Tybalt and Paris, faking death, and killing themselves. It was not their destiny to go on with all this, it was their own irrational ideas and actions. Overall, the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, was not determined by “destiny” or by “fate” but by lust and teenage “love” better known as irrational personal choices. There is not a single example of fate or destiny in this play, it is all determined by the quick act of personal choice, and what they thought was real “love.” Romeo's act of killing Tybalt is what ultimately led to their demise, if Romeo would have thought about what he was about to do the play would not have ended that

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