Comparing Determinism In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Relating some philosophy on our chosen novel- One of the philosophy I chose to relate Romeo and Juliet with is "if love be rough with you, be rough with love." And this kind of philosophy is Realism because realism philosophy is the belief that some aspects of reality are ontologically independent of our conceptual schemes, perceptions, linguistic practices, beliefs and many more. What I understand about the stated quote above is if you love someone, go after them no matter how hard it is. Don't let love get you down; be better than it; put yourself out there and get what you want. If love is making your life difficult, don’t give up easily and fight for what you love because an act of fighting means you’re aiming to win or be successful and if you get that success in love, you’ll be much happier. Relating it to William Shakespeare’s novel Romeo and Juliet, at Act 1 Scene 4, the conversation began between Romeo and Mercutio before they attend the Capulet's masquerade party, and …show more content…
Because based on my research Determinism is the philosophical idea that every event or state of affairs, including every human decision and action, is the inevitable and necessary consequence of antecedent states of affairs. Relating it to Romeo and Juliet, We can see Romeo's mode of loving change from infatuation to a much more profound or mature love. First he is in love with a girl named Rosaline and is love sick. Then he met Juliet and his emotional life is transformed by excitement and affection. The thing that has changed is that with Juliet, his love is reciprocated and this seems to release him from a paralyzing spell of depression. He is released to fly high with Juliet but not for long as their stars are crossed. Juliet's love for Romeo empowers him, gives him courage and determination to press ahead with his suit. Sadly, we never find out how well they will be matched, or how long the love will