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The Role of Fate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
'Romeo and Juliet', the first romantic tragedy was based on a poem
translated from the French 'Novella' (1595).
Romeo Montague, who is in love with Rosaline, goes to a party in an
attempt to take his mind off her. At this party he meets Juliet
Capulet and immediately falls in love with her. Later he finds out
that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides
that he loves her in spite of this, and so does Juliet. They confess
their love for each other during the very famous balcony scene in
which they agree to secretly marry the next day. Friar Laurence agrees
to marry them in an attempt to end the fight between the families.
Unfortunately, the fight between the Montagues and the Capulets gets
worse and Mercutio (Romeo's best friend) ends up in a fight with
Tybalt (Juliet's cousin). Tybalt kills Mercutio, which causes Romeo to
kill Tybalt in a fit of rage. For this, Prince (the Chief of Police)
banishes Romeo from Verona.
Juliet Capulet, according to her parents' wish, is to be married off
to Paris. She does not want to marry him so she arranges with Friar
Laurence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that will make
everyone think that she is dead. Friar Laurence promises to send word
to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to take her to
Mantua (where Romeo is residing, after being banished from Verona).
Unfortunately, Romeo does not receive this message on time and upon
hearing of her death, he goes to Juliet's empty tomb where he drinks
poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she awakens to find
her lover's corpse...
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.... If Romeo hadn't gone to the party,
he would never have met Juliet who would have been married off to
Paris. In this case, the story would not have taken place. While going
to the party, Romeo feels that he would die at an early age. His
negative thinking could also have been an 'incentive' to his own
death. Romeo and Juliet decide to get married. This is a wrong
decision in the play but is decided by fate. Friar Laurence made the
biggest blunder of all by agreeing to get them married. If Romeo had
controlled himself and not killed Tybalt, he would not have been
banished from Verona. This would prevent another worry to his tragic
love life; crime.
By killing Tybalt, Romeo Montague became a criminal and a fugitive.
"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life."
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in mad love with the other. They let themselves do almost anything for the other and at times it seems like too much to do, even for the one they love. Although fate and character traits play a key role in the play, ultimately Rome and Juliet’s personal choices lead to their downfall.Fate originates all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from when they met until they die.
Fate can be defined as being “a power that determines and controls everything that is or happens,” (Newfeldt (Ed.) p.431) while destiny can be described as “what is predetermined to happen in spite of all efforts to change or prevent it.” (Newfeldt (Ed.) p.321) Therefore, fate is the entity that decides all that will occur, and destiny is the decision made by fate. Tragedy can be defined as the dramatic representation of serious and important actions that turn out disastrously for the main character. This indicates that the tragedies in Romeo and Juliet were the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, and to say fate and destiny were not responsible for these tragedies, is to say the characters of the play, rather than some intangible force, were aware and in control of the actions that caused Romeo’s and Juliet’s
They are then married by Friar Lawrence. On that same morning Mercutio is killed by Tybalt, Romeo the retaliates by killing Tybalt which gets him banished from Verona. Then Juliet's parents arrange a marriage for
Mercutio, Romeo's kingsmen, invites Romeo to crash a Capulet party. Romeo at first passes on the offer, but then decides to go. The choice to attend the party made way for so many negative things to happen. The choice to attend the Capulet party gave him the opportunity to meet Juliet but also create more bad blood with the rival family. Essentially Romeo doomed himself right from the start.
If Romeo had restrained himself from killing Tybalt, or waited a day before killing himself after hearing about Juliet's death, it. might have ended happily, and if Romeo didn't have such deep feelings. his love for Juliet wouldn't have existed in the first place. Juliet, like Romeo, shouldn't have rushed into marrying each other, and. Juliet said, "It was too rash, too unadvis'd, too sudden.
Throughout the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare constantly utilizes the motif of stars to convey and develop the prominent theme of fate. Even as early as the prologue, the words, "A pair of star-crossed lovers..." reveal Shakespeare's intent in conveying the association of fate with this motif. Like stars, fate exists in the heavens. Both are untouchable and unalterable, and as seen in this line, it is inev... ... middle of paper ... ...
think this is the case as, in spite of his arrogance, he does care for
Romeo is angry and in need of revenge, which creates an intense fight between Tybalt and Romeo. Romeo wins this battle, killing Tybalt. He leaves in a hurry, only to discover that he would be banished from Verona. The death of Tybalt is absolutely devastating for Juliet. Her cousin was murdered by her husband.
In society, people have varying opinions on fate. Many question whether life’s events are pre-determined by fate or whether people have a destiny to serve a greater purpose. Fate versus free will is an archaic topic among philosophers that is ultimately up for interpretation.The question on whether or not something else is controlling life’s events or if they are simply a coincidence faces us in some point of our lives. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare plays with the idea of fate and its control on the events in the play. He forces us to realize the destiny between Romeo and Juliet involves the fate between the two opposing households as well. Shakespeare blurs the line between fate and free will in his play Romeo and Juliet to show that the outstanding cause of Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy was not something decided- it was fate. It is evident by the events in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet that fate was the main cause of the tragedy in the play, and that Romeo and Juliet held the destiny to finally end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.
Fate in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Before starting to decide to what extent fate was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, I should first decide what is fate? According to the dictionary, fate is the 'inevitable destiny or necessity destined term of life; doom.' This basically means, that fate can be described as a pre-planned sequence of events influencing ones life. In Romeo and Juliet, it is obviously true to say that fate was a contributor to the deaths of the young couple, but could it have been the sole contributor?
Romeo denies the fate of Mercutio who fought against Tybalt and lost, so he challenges Tybalt to fight in defense of his honor. His sense of honor would not allow himself to ignore the death of Mercutio. It mandated his absurd behavior to take Tybalt’s life which even further separated the Montague and Capulet family. Moreover, Romeo still decides to marry Juliet after he takes Tybalt’s life. His sense of honor leads him to find Father Lawrence who will marry both Juliet
At the Capulet's party he found a new love by the name Juliet, instantly upon impulse they meet and kiss. By the next day, under Friar Lawrence's guidance, they meet again and get married. Romeo and Juliet were soon married and later that afternoon Juliet's cousin Tybalt kills Mercutio during a small fight in the street. Romeo sees this injustice and upon impulse kills Tybalt in revenge.
Because the love between the young couple is so powerful, they go to Friar Lawrence and they are secretly married. On the day of their marriage Tybalt, Juliet's cousin, challenges Romeo to a duel. In the midst of all this chaos, Romeo's best friend, Mercutio, is murdered by Tybalt. Romeo then slays Tybalt out of revenge. When the prince of Verona finds out what Romeo has done, he banishes Romeo from Verona forever.
After the wedding, Romeo runs into Juliet’s cousin Tybalt, who hates him. They engage in a duel, and Romeo kills Tybalt. He fled the scene of the crime. Later, he discovers from Friar Lawrence that rather than executing him for murder, the Prince of Verona has declared that he be banished forever. Instead of being relieved and grateful, Romeo laments his fate and claims that he would rather be dead than be separated from his dear Juliet.
Fate has a funny way of showing up at the wrong moments in time. Is it possible that our lives are predestined? Or is our understanding of human nature a repetitive cycle of ongoing circumstances that seem to lead in one direction: tragedy. In the play: The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by playwright William Shakespeare. Our two protagonist our faced with a difficulty that is common in our day and age. Two lovers destined to seek each others comfort only to be hindered by an ongoing feud that in essence began before their inception.