The presence of conflicts definitely takes an impact on the fates of people. From the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and Francis Ford Cappola’s film ‘The Outsiders’, the audience can learn from the tragic consequences of the characters conflicts what kind of fate is determined for the characters. Due to the severe consequences of conflicts, the characters can choose to fight fire with fire and make more conflicts or sit back and become a better person. Conflict determines fate because the aftermath of conflicts can cause an escalation or, in better places de-escalation. Characters strong morals and family expectations can cause people to jump into conflicts there weren’t really prepared for; although sometimes several conflicts can lead to a happy ending.
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It is truly tragic how fate turned out in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet and Lady Montague all died due to this conflict that was an “ancient grudge”. Capulet expresses how they were all “poor sacrifices of [their] enmity”. Capulet and Montague are seen making up as Capulet asks for “[his] hand” and Montague says he will “raise her statue in pure gold”. Shakespeare shows the audience how all of their conflicts are now seen so meaningless and definitely shouldn’t have been the cause of death for several lives and how the families now have reconciled. However, in ‘The Outsiders’ the Socs and Greasers do not reconcile from the death of their gang members, although Johnny does express how they’re rivalry is “useless” and how “fighting ain’t no good”. The death of them does make Ponyboy question why they fight in the first place though, which makes the audience believe that these conflicts have caused a positive impact on Ponyboy. After several conflicts, eventually they will all seem meaningless and a nicer fate will be in
Firstly, due to characters strong …show more content…
It is truly tragic how fate turned out in ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet and Lady Montague all died due to this conflict that was an “ancient grudge”. Capulet expresses how they were all “poor sacrifices of [their] enmity”. Capulet and Montague are seen making up as Capulet asks for “[his] hand” and Montague says he will “raise her statue in pure gold”. Shakespeare shows the audience how all of their conflicts are now seen so meaningless and definitely shouldn’t have been the cause of death for several lives and how the families now have reconciled. However, in ‘The Outsiders’ the Socs and Greasers do not reconcile from the death of their gang members, although Johnny does express how they’re rivalry is “useless” and how “fighting ain’t no good”. The death of them does make Ponyboy question why they fight in the first place though, which makes the audience believe that these conflicts have caused a positive impact on Ponyboy. After several conflicts, eventually they will all seem meaningless and a nicer fate will be in