The Consequences Of Free Will In Romeo And Juliet

Decisions and choices- an act of or need for making up one's mind, and the right, power, or opportunity to choose. Fate- a four letter word, a noun defined as the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as being determined by a supernatural power. These are what many can believe as the most powerful forces that shape our future. The playwright, William Shakespeare, wrote a tragedy of two youngsters in love. This tale was filled with drama, mixed-emotions, laughs, heartbreaks, and affection. Written as a tragedy, the play had ended like other Shakespearean tragedies had ended; in death. The death was inevitable because of decisions and choices made fates were shaped and had played a part in the events that blossomed the love of two star-crossed lovers. As an illustration, picture two families at war with each other, a feud that everyone gets caught in the crossfire. For instance, when innocent citizens are tired of watching their supposed ‘peaceful’ streets get disturbed by the feud, and as the prologue states, “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.” (Prologue.6) The feud was poison for the city of Verona and its citizens. Besides crummy choices were made, therefore a cursed destiny was created for two naive lovers.

Rosa Parks overcame adversity in society to become an activist in the civil rights movement. In the famous play Romeo & Juliet, by Shakespeare, two teenagers from rival houses, Capulet and Montague, meet at a masquerade, fall in love, get married, and meet a tragic end. The theme of Romeo & Juliet is free will is fundamentally more in control of determining our destiny than fate is.

The concept of fate has touched many lives throughout the centuries, and over time it, along with its counterpart free will, has [been?] transcended into the form of literature. Its influence is evident in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens, particularly in how Pip, and his object of affection, Estella, are repeatedly subjected to preordained events. Furthermore, free will, or the ability to determine our own destiny, also holds sway over the characters in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, specifically Romeo and Juliet themselves. Free will has a greater influence on the characters in Romeo and Juliet than fate, while in Great Expectations, it proves to be the opposite, with fate having more heavily impacted Pip, and his associates.

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet focus on the two young lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who fall in love and die within a span of three days. Romeo and Juliet illustrate how the love brings them together to over power the control of their relationship. The moment that Romeo and Juliet declare their love for one another, they try to keep their love a secret since they are the children of the feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Initially their families would be outraged against their relationship that Romeo and Juliet propose to hide the truth of their love. Once Romeo and Juliet reveal to the Nurse and Friar Lawrence their plans to marry, their relationship is nothing but a risk of problems. Romeo is unafraid to show his love that he teases Tybalt teasing him about falling in love with Juliet, although not explicitly. However, the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt, occur when Romeo and Juliet take actions to protect themselves, but they are not however, protected. Juliet protects her relationship by committing a false death only for Romeo to believe it as true. As a result, the act to protect Romeo and Juliet’s relationship a secret are examples of the failed actions both Romeo and Juliet try to prevent; however, it is not ‘fate’ that control their lives and deaths.

The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were freewill because of the choices they decided to make along the way.There was many times throughout the story where Romeo and Juliet could have prevented their deaths. For instance, Romeo could have handled Tybalt better, Juliet followed the priest plan, and finally it was Romeos free will to kill himself.

Fate is the belief that a greater power has planned out your life. Freewill means that humans have control of their life. Fate says that you are not responsible for your actions and anything that happens to you is by chance. Freewill is the ability to choose courses of action, and there is a logical reason for everything. Humans have control of their destiny and what they do is their responsibilities. Do we humans have control of our lives destiny or are humans controlled by outside forces meaning they are not responsible for their actions?

In the story Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the “star-crossed” lovers took their life in an unfortunate series of events. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence were all involved with the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo was impetuous and did not try to find the cause of Juliet’s “death”. Friar Lawrence was also unknowing of the future, but still gave an extremely important message, one that would define life and death, into the someone else’s hands. Certain actions, such as finding out about the Capulet party was fate. Although many events were caused by the lovers’ immaturity and impulsiveness, fate was the major cause for their deaths.

The play Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare 420 years ago in the late1600s. The play is about two star crossed lovers, from two opposing families Montague and capulet in fair Verona. Romeo and Juliet meat and fall in love, as star crossed the author is trying to tell us that their fate is controlled by the stars and that no matter what they do, they will always be doomed to a tragic end that freewill and there own choices has very little to do with their fate. The theme I will be focusing on is fate and free will which lead to there tragic ends.

Fate vs. Free will. What is the balance between the two? In the play Romeo and Juliet, Romeo screams up to the heavens, “O, I am fortune's fool!”, suggesting that he didn’t have control of his future. Romeo got stuck in the moment and made the decision to steer his fate down a never ending hill. "But He, that hath the steerage of my course, / Direct my sail!" Romeo makes the decision to attend something which leads to something much bigger than he could hold. He evan feels inside him that something doesn't freel in place, but he forges on ahead waiting for the problems to show themselves from their disguises. These 2 quotes show the balance between fate and freewill. But where is the line drawn between them? What was shakespeare so focused on by fate and free will? How did this play out in the play?

Was Romeo and Juliet written in the stars or an act of freewill? Many argue that Romeo and Juliet's death was fate taking its course, but I disagree. Romeo and Juliet in my opinion was not an act of fate, but an act of freewill because of many things the characters could have done to stop the tragedy that was their undoing. In general, Romeo and Juliet's deaths were not an act of fate, but free will because of the choices the characters got throughout the story and the horrible judgement Romeo and Juliet had.

Have you ever made a decision that led to a bigger problem? In Romeo and Juliet, ultimately Romeo and Juliet’s decisions lead to their deaths. Decisions originate all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from where they meet until they die. Little decisions such as getting married, going to a party, and giving a potion can all lead to big consequences. Little decisions such as getting married without anyone’s permission can lead to a bigger consequence.

Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. Free will is the ability to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of responsibility, praise, guilt, sin and other judgements which apply only to actions that are freely chosen. A choice is something that you make.

Romeo and Juliet is a play about two young lovers who strives to be together, they are trying to change their fate using their own decisions. The decisions Romeo and Juliet make are based off of their own free will, which causes their ultimate demise. Through the decisions they make, causing a chain of events, the emotions which influence and fuel those decisions, and the consequences of each decision which causes the next choices that will need to be made.

Fate is the cause of inevitable outcomes destined to happen. In William Shakespeare’s play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are impacted by the effects of fate. However, human factors caused by free will profoundly affect the tragedy of their love. Romeo and Juliet’s ill-fated lives made them destined to die due to fate. Although their death has been written by fate, Lord Capulet, Tybalt, and Friar Laurence have influenced their death in many ways.

Timing is everything. This popular phrase has been stated many times before. Time shows that all things are supposed to happen at their own time and place. Rushing time can end in tragedy, just like in Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare’s. This tale of two “star-crossed” lovers involves irony about the past, present, and future.