Fate And Freewill In Romeo And Juliet

"Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona,where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny, where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes pair of star-crossed lovers take their life" (William Shakespere). In William Shakespere's famous tragedy love story "Romeo and Juliet". Talks about how two young lovers fell in love. Then kill themselves because of their families great grudge. Is their death fate or freewill?

There is a lot of the thought of fate and freewill in this story. Freewill is probably one that most people would go with. That reason is because of so many people that are accused of all of the ones who has been murdered or killed themselves. For instance, a lot of people would blame Tybalt because he killed Mercutio which was Romeo's best friend. Also people would say that it is Romeo's fault, because he …show more content…
Fate can also tie in with this story. It is hard to spot but fate is when Romeo and Juliet first fell in love. For that reason is because they knew that if it got out to their families they would never be able to each other again. Which means Juliet would have to marry Paris and Romeo would probably commit suicide. To end this paragraph the to me the most obvious fate is them falling in love.

In Romeo and Juliet the theory of fate or freewill to me would be freewill. Because of the many characters has deadly characteristics. Like Tybalt he loves to fight and hates the Montagues and Mercutio is a Montagues best friend. Also Romeo has a dark side of him when angered by people kills who ever he is angry at. The characteristics of many of the characters in this play are brutally violent. Which can be the triggered by the freewill of men. In conclusion, the characters in this book are prideful to their families and would do anything to keep their family