Belief is a fickle thing. You really don’t get any physical benefit or lack thereof simply for belief. Psychologically, however, belief can be a very powerful thing. It can also be so in ways that we are simply incapable of understanding with our limited knowledge. But in any case, I would have to say that simply believing in fate is not enough to avoid physical consequences, but can occasionally lift some psychological burden off one’s metaphysical shoulders. This theme comes time and time again in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The characters in the play often believe strongly in fate, using it to avoid psychological burden, but more often than not, their belief is in vain.
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Romeo and Juliet is about two young lovers born of different rivaling families. The two lovers fall in love only too find that their families are enemies. Romeo wants to stop at nothing to have Juliet his love. The feud soon causes their deaths and many others hurt.
In the fair city of Verona, two rival families, the Montagues and Capulets were involved in a nasty family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Even the townspeople were involved in the dispute, because the families were always fighting in the streets and causing disturbances. They disrupted the streets of Verona and even Prince Escalus tried to break up the fighting. They were given a warning, by him that another public fight would result in death. While this was occurring, Romeo, (a Montague) the main character, was getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household had just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, whom her parents wished her to marry. Yet she did not love him. Romeo goes to a party in an effort to forget about Rosaline. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agreed to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agreed to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague) a good friend of Romeo ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt killed Mercutio, which caused Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona. At the same time, the Capulet's were planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet didn't want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that would make everyone think that she was dead. Friar Lawrence promised to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo was currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo didn't receive the message on time and upon hearing of her "death" went to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she wakes to find her lover's dead corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and with their shared sorrow, finally make peace with each other.
Juliet to accept Paris' courtship. After the brawl, Benvolio talks with his cousin Romeo, Lord Montague's son, about Romeo's recent depression. Benvolio discovers that it stems from unrequited love for a girl named Rosaline, one of Lord Capulet's nieces. Persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline. However, Romeo instead meets and falls in love with Juliet. After the ball, in what is now called the "balcony scene", Romeo sneaks into the Capulet courtyard and overhears Juliet on her balcony vowing her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the Montagues. Romeo makes himself known to her and they agree to be married.
Romeo and Juliet is widely known to be a tragedy, but what caused the atrocity for which it is so renowned? Some may argue fate was to blame for Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths, that the situations these young lovers faced were depicted as being out of their control. Could Romeo have refused to attend the Capulet masque? Was Romeo destined to duel the raging Tybalt? Did Romeo and Juliet truly have to kill themselves? If one considers the specific circumstances and causes of these situations, the fact that all scenarios are the result of choice rather than chance, and the notion that the characters were never left without options, only one conclusion can be determined. It was unarguably the decisions made by characters, not those made by fate, that were responsible for the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet.
This hatred causes many brawls including one in Act 3 scene 1. This brawl is a pawn of fate that pulls Romeo further apart from Juliet. In this scene Tybalt is upset because he believes that Romeo had crashed the Capulet ball, though in reality he had no harmful intentions. He is blood thirsty and wants to battle Romeo. Romeo is Mad, passionate and hasty. He is already symbolically dead and Mercutio and Benvolio believe that he is in no state of mind to fight, and if he were to do so he would not stand a chance against Tybalt, the prince of cats. Mercutio Is worried about this so in his attempt to protect Romeo he fights Tybalt which unleashes a big fight. Tybalt kills Mercutio. This upsets Romeo so much that he kills Tybalt because he was overwhelmed with passion and makes a hasty decision. Now bringing things back to the Capulet ball. Fate begins with Tybalt hearing Romeo express his love for Juliets beauty aloud and becomes filled with anger because he believes that Romeo is there to crash party since he is a Montague. If Tybalt never heard that, he would have never instigated a fight and Romeo would not have been exiled. This is fate rearranging time and circumstance to pull Romeo farther away from
When Romeo and Juliet first met was it truly by fate, an accident, or the beginning of an uncertain outcome? First of all Romeo and Benvolio come across two servants who mention the party at the Capulet house and invite Romeo and Benvolio to come. The first mistake Romeo makes is when he decided to attend the party even though it is the party of their rivals, the Capulets. Romeo decides to go because Rosaline will be there and he plans to wear a mask so no one will realize he is a Montague. Pursuing this further Romeo arrives at the party with a heavy heart and is searching for Rosaline. While searching for Rosaline, Romeo is blindsided by Juliet’s grace and beauty, which causes him to suppress the thoughts of Rosaline. Romeo unable to control himself says, “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!/It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night” (I.V.17). Finally Romeo was recognized as a Montague by Tybalt, the nephew of Lord Capulet. Tybalt reaches for his sword to confront and kill Romeo in front of all of the g...
Romeo and Juliet, a play by William Shakespeare, is about the tragedy of two lovers. The two lovers are from families that hate each other. Romeo is a Montague, whilst Juliet is a Capulet. Romeo had loved another girl, only to find she was to become a nun. He then went to a party hosted by the Capulets, and fell in love with Juliet. He met up with her, as she also liked him, and they eventually got married. Their happiness did not last long, however, as Tybalt, a man from Juliet’s house, killed Mercutio, a relative to the prince and Romeo’s friend. Romeo then proceeded to kill Tybalt, which lead to his banishment. Juliet put herself in a death-like state to be with Romeo, who found out and actually killed himself. Juliet
... an understanding of what establishes the guest-host relationship helps one to recognise how significant the role of xenia is. Being a good host and offering hospitality would lead to the uncovering of a stranger’s identity, which is seen during Odysseus’ homecoming. This plays a major role in the epic due to the fact that Odysseus must reveal his identity to reclaim his home and rid it of the suitors that have moved into his palace. Due to Telemachus’ hospitality towards Odysseus when he is disguised as a beggar, Odysseus is able to take the necessary steps to secure his home, determine who should be punished and take up the bow used to kill those who defied him and his wife. Hospitality is essential in creating this vital moment within the epic and what it has been built up to. Xenia defined who a person truly was and helped Odysseus eventually make his way home.
While majority of the women are enslaved, imprisoned or forced to enter this profession, there are some women who enter this profession simply because they enjoy such acts and believe that it is a good way of making a lot of money easily. On a very personal front, such a profession is not wrong morally and ethically to them. They believe that just like other professions, prostitution is another profession that pays them in return for the services that are provided by them. According to these women, they work hard and their owners reward them with money in return for their hard work. These women believe that their job is just like any other job – the boss pays his or her worker for working hard and getting the job done. To these women, there is nothing wrong with this profession. They believe that their customers only require casual sex and it is their responsibility to entertain them since it is their profession. “If this is right, then engaging casually in an activity that has the potential for romantic significance needs not destroy that activity 's romantic significance on other occasions. If we accept this, then we would need a separate argument to explain why casual sex destroys sex even though casual eating does not destroy eating” (Moen). However, the entire society views such women with disrespect and for them; such professions are immoral and unethical. The society believes that these women are
Fate. How does a small four-lettered, one-syllable word play such an important role in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet? Fate is “the development of events outside a person’s control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power.”, however, in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, fate is reality; fate is always causing ruckus that is forced to be faced. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, it appears that the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is determined completely by fate and teaches somebody that fate can be the cause of happiness but it can also be the cause of disappointment. Romeo and Juliet thought that the twist of fate to bring them together was the best thing that could have happened to them... but was it really?
From a personal perspective, the stigma associated with mental illness is largely attributed to the lack of mental health awareness within our educational systems and communities. Often these individuals in hindsight lack empathetic understanding and foster negative attitudes regarding a person suffering from a mental illness and view them as of irrelevance due to their abnormal behavior. The stigma of mental illness is problematic and frequently contributes to discriminatory behavior from those who lack the mental capacity to recognize that these individuals have difficulties functioning in their day-to-day activities.
These lines foreshadow that there will be many impediments keeping them apart and eventually killing them both. It might be thought that the tragic ending is caused by them choosing to love each other. However, if fate does not bring them together in the first place, they will never have the opportunity to establish their love. Romeo and Juliet are affected by their choices and fate right from the beginning. Romeo’s actions and chance also cause the chaos in Romeo and Mercutio’s fight scene with Tybalt.
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