The concept of fate, the idea that there is a higher power that controls every aspect of one’s life, has plagued mankind since the dawn of philosophy. According to an article called “When it comes to fate, even non-believers believe”, "Among God-believers, 84.8 percent reported some degree of belief in fate, 13.0 percent reported they were neutral and 2.2 percent denied belief in fate." Almost everyone believes in fate at some point in their life; although, the event in their life where fate affected them and made them deduce that fate is real can derive from either bad or good luck. If something random happens to someone and it favours them, like winning the lottery, then that is good luck for that person; likewise, if something random happens
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There will always be a reason why one meets certain people; either fate wants their life to change the other person’s, or fate wants that person to change their life.
To commence, the Capulets and Montagues loathe each other due to their differences and partly due to their paths being intertwined by fate; their feud creates numerous unnecessary conflicts and causes the lives of others to alter. For instance, when members of each house and servants break into a sword fight, Sampson says, "Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow," (1.1.60). The feud between the two families creates several fights between them, which would not occur if fate did not align the two families; the fights between the two families could be prevented if fate would have allow them to be. The individuals from the families that start the fights are quick to resort to violence when they get mad, but it was fate that made them like this by forcing them to meet certain people who …show more content…
As an example, the explanation of the message from Friar Laurence that must reach Romeo through a friar to Mantua is, "In this resolve. I'll send a friar with speed. To Mantua, with my letters to thy lord," (4.1.23-24). Unfortunately, Friar John’s decision to not travel alone but instead with a fellow brother, who happened to be infected from the plague, causes his downfall and the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. This is due to the loss of the letter, which makes Romeo unaware of the truth and causes the death of himself and Juliet; all of this was caused by Friar John’s inability to make smart decisions and by the spread of the plague, which is due to the city’s people's’ outgoing personalities and their ignorance about the dangers of spreading germs. Additionally, another example is how Romeo and Juliet are not supposed to be in love with each other, yet Juliet ignores this due to her strong headed personality and says "My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me. That I must love a loathed enemy," (1.5.137-140). Romeo and Juliet’s names bind them to their fate due to their two families
There will always be a reason why one meets certain people; either fate wants their life to change the other person’s, or fate wants that person to change their life.
To commence, the Capulets and Montagues loathe each other due to their differences and partly due to their paths being intertwined by fate; their feud creates numerous unnecessary conflicts and causes the lives of others to alter. For instance, when members of each house and servants break into a sword fight, Sampson says, "Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember thy swashing blow," (1.1.60). The feud between the two families creates several fights between them, which would not occur if fate did not align the two families; the fights between the two families could be prevented if fate would have allow them to be. The individuals from the families that start the fights are quick to resort to violence when they get mad, but it was fate that made them like this by forcing them to meet certain people who …show more content…
As an example, the explanation of the message from Friar Laurence that must reach Romeo through a friar to Mantua is, "In this resolve. I'll send a friar with speed. To Mantua, with my letters to thy lord," (4.1.23-24). Unfortunately, Friar John’s decision to not travel alone but instead with a fellow brother, who happened to be infected from the plague, causes his downfall and the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. This is due to the loss of the letter, which makes Romeo unaware of the truth and causes the death of himself and Juliet; all of this was caused by Friar John’s inability to make smart decisions and by the spread of the plague, which is due to the city’s people's’ outgoing personalities and their ignorance about the dangers of spreading germs. Additionally, another example is how Romeo and Juliet are not supposed to be in love with each other, yet Juliet ignores this due to her strong headed personality and says "My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me. That I must love a loathed enemy," (1.5.137-140). Romeo and Juliet’s names bind them to their fate due to their two families