Free Will In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is probably one of shakesperes best works hes ever created “I fear, too early, for my mind misgives, some consequence yet hanging in the stars, shall bitterly begin his fearful date. With this night's revels, and expire the term of a despised life closed in my breast by some vile forfeit of untimely death” (Shakespeare 3). William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is widely regarded as a tale of tragic love, offset by the hatred of a family feud. A lesser examined aspect of the play is the theme of fate vs. free will. This theme is accomplished through metaphor, rhythm, and character tropes. Ultimately, these literary elements illuminate the author’s intentions and form the main point of the narrative.

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“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; whole miss-adventured piteous overthrows do with their death bury their parents' strife” (Shakespeare 2). Romeo and Juliet’s choices mirror those of their parents – opposite in nature and equally influential. It is the characters that propel the narrative, demonstrating both the sometimes cruel, unchangeable realities of fate beside the determination of youth. Tradition vs. progress are evident in the contrast between generations (Nevo 42). In conclusion, William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet presents the dual imagery of fate and free will, offset by the play’s larger theme of love and hate. Fate plays a role all throughout the play weather it’s with the families or specifically Romeo and Juliet fate has influenced them all in some kind of way or another like how the families keep fighting because of what someone did or didn’t do at a certain random point the just wanted a reason to fight the other but that reason always came because fate intervened in something or another like when the Frair wanted Romeo and Juliet to get married to stop the fighting I think there could have been several different ways that