Romeo and Juliet: the Domino Effect of Fate and Decisions Fate is the key to everyone's future, along with the decisions made by “destiny”. But the question is, does fate have the largest impact future wise, or does the decisions one makes affect us more? In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare the decisions and fate the characters have affects their lives drastically. In the story, two lovers hold a forbidden love. When Romeo sneaks into Juliet’s party he instantly falls in love with her. Later on Juliet is forced to marry a man she does not want to marry. Instead she decides to take a potion in order to fake her death so that Romeo could come save her. However, Romeo never receives the message that Juliet is not dead,
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When Romeo’s friends persuade him to attend the Capulet’s party, since they will be doing so, he states, “I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown,/ But to rejoice in splendor of mine own” (Shakespeare 193). In this part of the play, Romeo agree’s to go to the party which then causes him to meet Juliet. This demonstrates that Romeo’s decision does affect the play. In the same scene where Tybalt kills Paris, Romeo reacts in anger and kills Tybalt while saying, “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain?... Fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!” (Shakespeare 232). If this scene would have never occurred, Romeo would have never been exiled from Verona. This scene was the moment where things began to get very complicated, demonstrating that Romeo’s decision does have an impact on the plot of the play. Romeo’s decisions in the play affect the future of Juliet and his …show more content…
When Juliet and Romeo make eye contact, they later bump into one another and Juliet says, “For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, and palm to palm in holy palmers’ kiss” (Shakespeare #). Juliet’s fate was to meet Romeo, and to fall in love with him after a kiss. Their love is later on the base of the story. All of the events happen because of the loe. When Juliet doesn’t get to catch Romeo alive before he drinks the potion. She see’s him dead, kisses him but, “thy lips are warm” (Shakespeare 274). Juliet's destiny was not to see Romeo before he drank the poison. This caused her to commit suicide. Juliet’s fate plays an important role for both hers and Romeo’s
When Romeo’s friends persuade him to attend the Capulet’s party, since they will be doing so, he states, “I’ll go along, no such sight to be shown,/ But to rejoice in splendor of mine own” (Shakespeare 193). In this part of the play, Romeo agree’s to go to the party which then causes him to meet Juliet. This demonstrates that Romeo’s decision does affect the play. In the same scene where Tybalt kills Paris, Romeo reacts in anger and kills Tybalt while saying, “Alive in triumph, and Mercutio slain?... Fire-eyed fury be my conduct now!” (Shakespeare 232). If this scene would have never occurred, Romeo would have never been exiled from Verona. This scene was the moment where things began to get very complicated, demonstrating that Romeo’s decision does have an impact on the plot of the play. Romeo’s decisions in the play affect the future of Juliet and his …show more content…
When Juliet and Romeo make eye contact, they later bump into one another and Juliet says, “For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, and palm to palm in holy palmers’ kiss” (Shakespeare #). Juliet’s fate was to meet Romeo, and to fall in love with him after a kiss. Their love is later on the base of the story. All of the events happen because of the loe. When Juliet doesn’t get to catch Romeo alive before he drinks the potion. She see’s him dead, kisses him but, “thy lips are warm” (Shakespeare 274). Juliet's destiny was not to see Romeo before he drank the poison. This caused her to commit suicide. Juliet’s fate plays an important role for both hers and Romeo’s