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Romeo And Juliet Free Will Quotes

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In the famous play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there is an argument that Romeo and Juliet’s love was free will, meaning that they had complete control over their actions. However, that is simply not true. Destiny is defined as a decision from a higher power, like karma, an event that you don’t have control over. Destiny can cause unexpected or normal events to happen. Romeo and Juliet's love was destined to fail because both of their parents hated each other, they didn’t meet by coincidence, and they rushed their relationship. From the start of the play, both Romeo and Juliet’s families hate each other. In one of the first scenes in Romeo and Juliet, the two families are fighting in the street. An example of the two families fighting …show more content…

This will cause tension and make it very difficult for Romeo and Juliet to have a healthy relationship, assuming both of their families are fighting all the time. Sooner or later, it would cause Romeo and Juliet to drift apart and for their relationship to end. According to PsychCentral, “parental dislike of a significant other or spouse can be blunt, subtle, or passive-aggressive. And it can wreak havoc in relationships — if given the chance”(Lawrenz). This quote is significant to Romeo and Juliet’s relationship because both of their parents hate each other’s kids and just the overall family. Generally speaking, if their relationship had lasted longer, the rivalry between the Montagues and Capulets would have driven Romeo and Juliet apart. Furthermore, Romeo and Juliet did not meet by coincidence. For instance, when Romeo says, “I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown. But to rejoice in the splendor of my own” (Shakespeare I.ii). This quote was said after Romeo helped the butler read the invite list, which in return the butler invited Romeo to the party for the …show more content…

He thought she was the love of his life. If it was not for Romeo going to the party to see Rosaline, he would not have met Juliet. The Cambridge Dictionary describes the word coincidence as, “an occasion when two or more similar things happen at the same time, especially in a way that is unlikely and surprising”(COINCIDENCE). The Cambridge Dictionary also says that destiny is defined as “something that is supposed to happen in the future” (DESTINY). These two definitions are different. Their love is not a coincidence because the definition for destiny is something that is supposed to happen and the definition for coincidence is when something is unlikely to happen. These two words have opposite meanings. In addition, Romeo and Juliet’s love was destined to end because they rushed their relationship. We know this because Romeo said, “Th’ exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine”(Shakespeare II.ii). Romeo said this quote to Juliet basically saying if you promise to love me forever then I will also promise to love you forever. Also in Act II scene V, Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet the day after the balcony scene. This means that Romeo and Juliet got married the day after they

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