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    Who’s to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths? In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare both end up killing themselves out of grief from the other either being dead or falsely dead. Someone had to cause this to happen, but who? Romeo and Juliet came to this fate because of Capulet+Lady Capulet, Friar Lawrence+Friar John and Juliet’s nurse. Capulet and Lady Capulet are responsible for Romeo and Juliet committing suicide. In act 3 scene 5 Lady Capulet tells Juliet that she is going to marry…

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    Fate and Free Will in Romeo and Juliet By Dougal Perrers William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a classic tragedy about two young lovers born into feuding families. The conflict of fate and free will is a recurring theme throughout the text, and Shakespeare frequently uses literary techniques to shape the direction of the story. Romeo and Juliet are ultimately responsible for their own end, but their deaths were undeniably influenced by the philosophies of their time. Shakespeare relies…

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    lived. The three themes Fate versus Free Will, Passion, and Love versus Hate play an important role in Shakespearean plays, more specifically in Romeo and Juliet. The theme of Fate in Romeo and Juliet is widely discussed. Romeo and Juliet believed that they were not in control of what happened to them. They thought that everything that was going to happen to them was out of their control, and that their actions did not affect the way that their lives would turn out. Romeo himself even mentions…

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    THE CONTROLLING FORCE OF FATE Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most notable works. Through Elizabethan theatre and elegant love poetry, Romeo and Juliet is a renowned fan favourite. The tragic tale talks about a pair of star-cross’d lovers who endure a tragedy of love-against-all-odds. The love of the couple must attempt to withstand the turmoil of fate. The main concept theme of Romeo and Juliet is the role of fate. Shakespeare wrote the play with the intention of a controlling…

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    Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ it was clear that the theme of love and fate was conquered throughout the play; which then determined the star-crossed lovers’ deaths. Actions shape and define who people are. This is seen in the play although, it is impossible to argue if fate and destiny are something tangible and visible to the eye. However, if it were to exist there would be nothing wrong in saying that it is one’s actions that will then determine fate. While Romeo and Juliet are responsible…

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    Hatred And Violence In Romeo And Juliet

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    are enmities, Juliet is devastated when she realizes her love for Romeo cannot endure. She expresses her grief to the nurse while saying, “My only love sprung from my only hate!...Than I must love a loathed enemy.” (Act I Scene V Line 138-141). Juliet apprehends that her parents would forbid her to marry Romeo because he is the son of their worst enemy. Hatred plays a part in this scene because since the Montague and Capulet families detest one another, this in turn affects Juliet. Furthermore,…

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    Romeo And Juliet's Fates

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    William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a provoking love story filled with suffering and tragedy. The star-crossed lovers were only partly responsible for their fates with surrounding influences such as Friar Laurence, the Nurse and Tybalt also leading them to their tragic fates. Romeo and Juliet were not entirely responsible for their fates even though they did make their own decisions and knew the consequences. From the beginning of the story, Romeo showed snippets of his fate with him…

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    Fate In Romeo And Juliet

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    Fate, by definition this means something that is destined to happen. The main theme in Romeo and Juliet is fate because in the opening prologue there is a mention of fate between the two families who are feuding and romeo mentioning that he has a bad feeling about attending the ball. Fate is shown throughout the play Romeo and Juliet. This is shown when Romeo and Juliet meet, before Romeo had said that he had a bad feeling about something that was going to happen the night that they met. Romeo…

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    Romeo and Juliets death case! Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about to lovers who died from their famalies hatred. The charecters timing / coencidence,Romeo, and fate are primarily respnsible for the death of romeo and juliet becuase they all build suspense and leads up to theyre deaths. Timing/Coincedence is responsible for romeo and juliets death becuase juliet was pushed into marring paris. This was at the same time romeo was exiled,The capulot thinks the wedding would help take…

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    Lastly, fate played such a role in Romeo and Juliet that they loved each other till “death did them part.” Juliet is willing to hurt her family and loved ones to be with the man she truly loves, and adores, ( Act 4, Scene 3) “Seeking out Romeo, that did spit his body, Upon a rapier’s point. Stay, Tybalt, stay! Romeo, Romeo, Romeo! Here’s drink. I drink to thee.” During Act 5, Scene 1, Romeo talking about having a dream in which Juliet comes to him and finds him dead. Little does he know that…

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