Role of fate in Romeo and Juliet Essay

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    Franco Zeffirelli did a fantastic job portraying Shakespeare’s vision of Romeo and Juliet (1968 film). The horrible tragedy of the fate of two teenagers due to the consequence of an unreasonable feud between their two families, the Montague and the Capulets. A timeless story of young forbidden love that cannot and will not be stopped by anything other than death. Romeo and Juliet has always been a story of a deep passionate and pure love that we have all wished for, of course not to the same end…

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    3.2. Romeo and Juliet themselves As we all know, Shakespeare's tragedy ends with Romeo and Juliet commiting suicide. Romeo deliberately takes the poison after he thinks that Juliet is dead. After Juliet finds out that Romeo is dead, she deliberately stabs herself with a dagger. That is the reason why they are responsible for their own death, because it was their own choice and nobody told them to do that. Furthermore, their feelings are another reason for their death. Looking back at the…

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    Who is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, star crossed lovers whose forbidden love led to their untimely ends. An attraction and love so real the two risked everything to be together which ended in pain. Who is to blame for the tragedy or were they fated to be apart. After Romeo was banished from Verona due to him killing Tybalt, Juliet is left with nobody in her corner. She grieves for her husband and her parents threaten to disown her if she…

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    level. Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is an elaborate tragedy about the relationship between two lovestruck teens. Romeo was born into the Montague family, and Juliet, on the other hand, was born into the Capulets. These two families were feuding with each other. The desire the two forbidden lovers had for each other, was too much to bare, and eventually their eternal love drew them to eternal death. True love can drive people into doing things that do not make any sense. When Romeo…

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    Although Romeo and Juliet is confusing to people being all about love, it is considered mostly a tragedy to romance. Romeo and Juliet is about two families (Montague and Capulet) who are long-time rivals and fight each other constantly in the city of Verona. In these two families the son of Montague, Romeo and the daughter of Capulet, Juliet fall in love at first sight despite their parents hating each other. They love each other so much that they get secretly married by Friar Lawrence. Many…

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    between and comedy and tragedy and who is at fault for it. Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two lovers whose relationship complicates to a point that their love story turns into a tragedy that ultimately leads to their deaths. Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight and get married the next day. The Nurse, who raised Juliet, and Friar Lawrence, who serves as a mentor and father figure to Romeo, appear much more invested than Romeo and Juliet’s respective parents. This marriage remains a…

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    In Shakespeare’s classic tragedy story of Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers by the same name are vocalized to be star crossed lovers from the chorus of the play. They show substantial intimacy for each other, until both Romeo and Juliet tragically commit suicide for one another. As human beings, we almost always crave to find someone accountable for a tragedy of this sort. This has been debated for centuries, but it is clear that the Nurse and Friar Laurence are the ones to be blamed for their…

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    Romeo and Juliet are star-crossed lovers who got into a horrible tragedy, either because of fate or the people around them. This couple can 't outrun their fate but the people around them influenced their decisions. After this horrible event i think the people who played the most significant role in their death is Tybalt, Paris, and Friar Laurence. The demise of Romeo and Juliet is a big event that got affected by a lot of people and affected a lot of people. The first person of main…

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    The True Culprit of Suicide Who responsible for the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers that take their own lives, that is the question I must answer. Their bodies have been found in the Capulet Mausoleum along with the dead count Paris the fiancé of Juliet. Juliet heir of the Capulets, was mispronounced dead three days prior to these events. Many look to Paris or the Prince of Verona for blame, but I have a different theory. The true cause of the young lover’s tragic demise was far…

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    One could argue that their death was fate or simply a series of poorly made decisions. The tragic tale of Romeo and Juliet consists of an enormous amount of hastily made decisions. As ill-fated as the two lovers may have been, the root of all their problems can be traced back to rash decisions. The reason Romeo and Juliet meet in the first place is because they decide on a whim that they are going to go to the Capulet party to show Romeo that there are other beauties besides Rosaline. In the…

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