Romeo And Juliet Fate Vs Free Will Essay

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Which affects your life more? Fate or free will? Fate has a bigger impact on your life than you think. Pyramus and thisbe is a story about two lovers who killed themselves because they thought one other died. Pyramus thought thisbe got eaten by a lion so he killed himself then thisbe returned and killed herself. Romeo and juliet is a story about two lovers that loved each other so much they died because of it. Romeo was banished so juliet pretended to kill herself then romeo found her and killed himself. She woke up to find her lover dead and killed herself.The hidden oracle is about the god apollo who was cast out olympus to save the oracles. When he was sent to earth he met a demigod who was the perfect person to help him on his quest. They went on to save the hidden oracle. I believe fate had a great impact on the characters life in these stories. Destiny had a great impact on the way these characters futures turned out in the end.
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In romeo and juliet romeo died because of cruel fate. The message containing the plans for juliet's fake death were delayed to the point that he never got them. Since he didn't get the message he thought he had actually lost his love and killed himself. Pyramus killed himself because of fate. Thisbe was attacked in the jungle and dropped her scarf. A lion found the scarf and chewed it up which made him think that his love had been eaten. Fate caused thisbe to get attacked in the woods and for the lion t chew up the scarf. Pyramus killed himself because he thought that his love had been eaten. Apollos friends and family got hurt because of fates choice to make him human. Apollos enemies thought they could hurt his family and his best friend because he was turned human. Since chose to make him human he was not strong enough to stop his enemies. Fate caused his family and friends to get

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