Romeo and Juliet
A tragedy with free will
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you're dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will” (Jawaharlal Nehru). In this play by the Audience will be introduced to an essay written for the purpose to show that this play is full of free will. many people debate on weather this play is full of fate or free will. rest assured that this play is full of free will. continuing this statement the thesis of this play will be shown. In the tragic drama of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare free will is seen through the decisions and actions of the two characters Romeo and Juliet in the story. this is a summary of the play/story of Romeo and Juliet. There were once two houses the Capulets and the Montagues they always hated each other for reasons unknown. Two main children of this story originated from the feuding families Romeo of the Montagues and Juliet of the Capulets. …show more content…
this story has many moments of free will. What romeo next says shows that the tragedy in the story was definitely free will. What romeo will say uses free will to kill himself by buying poison. When he goes to Mantua, he buys poison wanting to kill himself next to Juliet. After all, the party stuff and Romeo and Juliet get married Romeo gets banished for killing Tybalt out of rage of Tybalt killing Mercutio. Next Juliet fakes her death with a potion in order to be with Romeo. Romeo hearing of this event buys poison so that he can kill himself “And if a man did need a poison now whose sale is present in Mantua.”(1088) Romeo free willingly bought poison to kill himself next to Juliet's sleeping body. Romeo's death was brought upon his own choices like said in the quote Romeo bought poison. He didn’t have to buy the poison, but he showed that this story is filled with free will and not fate. The character in this story that was just explained is just the tip of the spear of this
A tragedy with free will
“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you're dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will” (Jawaharlal Nehru). In this play by the Audience will be introduced to an essay written for the purpose to show that this play is full of free will. many people debate on weather this play is full of fate or free will. rest assured that this play is full of free will. continuing this statement the thesis of this play will be shown. In the tragic drama of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare free will is seen through the decisions and actions of the two characters Romeo and Juliet in the story. this is a summary of the play/story of Romeo and Juliet. There were once two houses the Capulets and the Montagues they always hated each other for reasons unknown. Two main children of this story originated from the feuding families Romeo of the Montagues and Juliet of the Capulets. …show more content…
this story has many moments of free will. What romeo next says shows that the tragedy in the story was definitely free will. What romeo will say uses free will to kill himself by buying poison. When he goes to Mantua, he buys poison wanting to kill himself next to Juliet. After all, the party stuff and Romeo and Juliet get married Romeo gets banished for killing Tybalt out of rage of Tybalt killing Mercutio. Next Juliet fakes her death with a potion in order to be with Romeo. Romeo hearing of this event buys poison so that he can kill himself “And if a man did need a poison now whose sale is present in Mantua.”(1088) Romeo free willingly bought poison to kill himself next to Juliet's sleeping body. Romeo's death was brought upon his own choices like said in the quote Romeo bought poison. He didn’t have to buy the poison, but he showed that this story is filled with free will and not fate. The character in this story that was just explained is just the tip of the spear of this