Fate and free will in Romeo and Juliet Essay

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    emotional state and Fate was responsible for causing an…

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    Controversies on Freewill in Romeo & Juliet Everyone makes choices out of their own free will which affects their life at that time, but it also affects others life. The choices people make now can either create bonds or inflict them with wounds, but it is the choices that are made. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare contains characters that act through freewill which causes a number of incidents. The tragedies of the main characters Romeo and Juliet occur in the…

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    For all of written history we have had a question that has been debated by many scholars and laymen as well. Is it fate that controls our destiny or the actions we decide to do? I myself am on the side of free will. The play Romeo and Juliet demonstrates this quite clearly. A real life example of why we have free will are that we have a well developed brain. This might seem none important, but it is what lets us have cognitive thoughts. We can predict what will happen if we make a certain…

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    the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare. The story is a tragedy and follows the twists and turns of Romeo and Juliet’s forbidden love that eventually leads to their deaths. Both participants in the relationship partake in risky actions that could cost them their lives due to them being children of the opposite household, Romeo from the Montague household and Juliet from the Capulet household. Scholars on the issue believe that their deaths were the causes of fate, but I believe their…

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    Romeo and Juliet Essay It can be difficult for many to believe the great influence a piece of writing from centuries ago can have on modern society. Though written awhile back, readers can still relate to the many concepts present in majestic works like William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Among one of Shakespeare's most influential works, the tragic story of these two star-crossed lovers has left behind a lasting mark, been engraved in the minds of its audiences. Many of the valuable…

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    Boss A fate written in the stars. A destiny disciplined by our imperious elders. A future allegedly predetermined for us despite our own will to be free. We are slaves to our own choices… supposedly. More often than not, we fall in a cycle of trying to please others, but in doing so, our own happiness, dreams, and destiny can come at the price for our incompetence. To believe that you do not have a choice in the matters of your future, is like saying you have no control over your own actions. In…

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    One makes choices out of their own free will which affects their life at that time, but will ultimately determine their fate. In Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet, the theme of conscious choices deciding one’s destiny is expressed through the tragic outcome that occurs due to Romeo and Juliet’s poor decision making. Romeo and Juliet’s weaknesses provoked them to make flawed choices out of their own free will, deciding what path their lives would take; this brutally ends up in a situation where…

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    play Romeo and Juliet who contribute to the deaths of the main characters. Though Shakespeare chooses to push most of the blame of the tragedy onto fate, Friar Lawrence, Romeo and Juliet’s families and Romeo and Juliet themselves stick out as candidates for the epic ending. Friar Lawrence is the one to first marry Romeo and Juliet. As well as this, he is also the person to administer the magic potion to Juliet. Even more so, he relies on someone else to deliver a very important letter to Romeo.…

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    The tragic conclusion (Act 5 Scene 3) The moment that I have decided to explain in detail from Act 5 was in scene 3 where Romeo and Juliet are confronted by Fate vs free will in a Tragic conclusion for Romeo, Juliet and all Capulets and Montagues. During the final act of Romeo and Juliet, both Romeo and Juliet decide to take fate into their own hands and both are very emotional about each other and their actions easily show how much emotion, and how young they both were, and how they were not…

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    you've lost everything that made it worth living?" Throughout time, there have been many tragedies caused by romance. For example, the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is known for its romantic tragedy between two star-crossed lovers. The lovers are responsible because in the end they are the one who had control of their actions. Romeo and Juliet had many opportunities to come out to their families about their marriage, but didn't and now they suffer in death. In Fact, their…

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