Romeo and Juliet is a play based on fate. I say Romeo and juliet is a play based on fates because in the play Romeo and Juliet were meant to be together. Some reasons that Romeo and Juliet are based on fate is that in the prologue it says that Romeo and Juliet are “Death marked” and have no control on what's going to happen. Another fate is when Romeo walk down the road he conveniently Walked into the guy who had the list of who would be at the party. Another fate is before Romeo walks into the Capulet's
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are governed by fate or by our personal choice. William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet, brings this question to the surface. Although fate seems to control what happens to Romeo and Juliet their choices contribute more to their fate than fate itself. Although some reasons that Romeo and Juliet die are out of their control fate is not the largest reason that the lovers end up dying. For example, when Romeo hears of Juliet's death before he is told that it is being faked. Romeo heard of his love's
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Cursed by Fate The entertainment industry uses the idea of fate and destiny to portray characters as having an untouchable astronomical fate. It can influence those through social media in the form of horoscopes and auto generated personality traits. One’s external decisions truly dictate where they want to go and achieve in life, without being fear mongered by social media and religion. A destiny can inspire and destroy one's life if not acted upon appropriately. William Shakespeare uses this concept
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Fate is a predetermined and unpredictable path of events beyond human control; it is a supernatural power which cannot be changed by anyone or anything; it is inescapable (“Fate”). In countless situations humans rely on fate and luck; however, relying on a predetermined future does not always turn out well. The power of fate can often be a monster as proven in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. A person cannot choose their fate. The two “star-cross lovers” have no control over their destinies
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What is fate? Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. Some people think they meet certain people and certain events in their life happen by fate. In other cases, people believe that your life is in your own hands and you make choices using your own free will. In Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the idea of fate is brought up multiple times within Romeo and Juliet’s lives. Fate is responsible for the passing of Romeo and Juliet
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to Be Ruined Fate is a universal idea expressed in famous literature all throughout history. One of the most well-known literary works of all time is Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The full title of the play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet , clearly depicts that there is an unfortunate end to Romeo and Juliet’s story. Beginning with Romeo falling in love at first sight with Juliet and ending with their notorious deaths, the best explanation for the strange coincidences is fate. The tragic end
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Fate is strong in Romeo and Juliet, but why does Shakespeare give so much power to destiny and when the characters actually have a choice to make that determines their outcome in their world? Throughout Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, destiny is hinted through foreshadowing and is fairly common in the beginning of the story. Characters can be destined to rise up to the challenge or fall trying. In the play set in Verona, two star-crossed lovers have an untimely end, and their
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a play riddled with tragic twists of fate. An unfortunate combination of character flaws and pure fate end this story with many characters dead. Among those, are Romeo and Juliet. The fault does not lie solely with the stars above. The main cause of tragedy comes from the mere mortals within the confines of Shakespeare’s created world. The ones to blame for the death of these star-crossed lovers are none other than Montague and Capulet! Montague and Capulet are the
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Romeo and Juliet’s death was caused by fate. Fate by definition, is the development of events by a supernatural power. Their deaths was caused by fate, first of all because of their chance meet at the Capulet party, and Friar Lawrence’s plan for the lover’s to be united once again. Fate first began intervening with the lives of the two star crossed lovers, at the Capulet party. Right before heading into the party, Romeo voices he has a feeling of the party going to be the beginning of something terrible
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because fate did it for you. We can't control our actions or decisions that we have done or made. Some things in your life are just meant to be. You have no control over your actions. In the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, fate and destiny is the reason why two young people, Romeo and Juliet, fall in love. First, Romeo and Juliet were secretly in love with each other, and then they try to ignore this feud between their families. Lady and Lord Capulet forced Juliet to marry
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Romeo and Juliet and their fate Fate is the supposed power that predetermines events. Romeo and Juliet, the two young lovers in William Shakespeare' s Romeo and Juliet, ended up becoming a large part of what could be called "fate". Fate seemed to control their lives and force them together, becoming a large part of their love, and the ending of their parent's hatred. Fate became the ultimate control power in this play, and plays a large part in modern everyday life, even if we don't recognize it
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of the play---fate or the choices of the characters? Use specific details from the play to support your responses. Definition of key words: Significance-important Role-part of the play Tragic-bad; terrible event Conclusion-end Fate-destiny Choices-decisions Romeo and Juliet’s choices play a more important role in their death at the end of the play rather than fate. Prompt 2. Did true love or immaturity play the more significant role in the events of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Use examples
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Verona of Romeo and Juliet can obscure its deeper, more important function. The Prologue does not merely set the scene of Romeo and Juliet, it tells the audience exactly what is going to happen in the play. The Prologue refers to an ill-fated couple with its use of the word “star-crossed,” which means, literally, against the stars. Stars were thought to control people’s destinies. But the Prologue itself creates this sense of fate by providing the audience with the knowledge that Romeo and Juliet will
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Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. “ Two houses by the names of Capulet and Montague are involved in a feud with one another. While indeed Romeo and Juliet are from different house, they however, are not exactly rivals. They meet each other at a dance and fall in love at first sight, but because of fate, their love will be a tragedy. In addition, the cause of the tragedy is because of fate and their family’s long lasting feud. Nevertheless, The feud between each family proved difficult for Romeo and Juliet’s
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Fate plays an important role in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, or at least the concept of fate. The job of fate in the book helps brings many of the twists that help aid the ending to this tragic story. With the guidance of fate Romeo was able to meet, or more so see, Juliet at the Capulet party. Fate also had a hand in getting Romeo to that party to be able to spot Juliet in the first place. It too had assisted in getting Romeo exiled from Verona, by making him be at the wrong place
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be dictated by our choices. This gives an intriguing look at destiny itself and the causes of fate. William Shakespeare was a unique English poet, playwright, and actor, who is best known for his projects of english writing and for being the world’s preeminent dramatist. William is most noticed for his work in the dramatic irony filled novel/play called The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet are the famous star-crossed lovers who come to the decision of death because of their families
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In William Shakespeare’s play, the infamous ‘Romeo and Juliet’, many are blamed for the death of the two lovers. There are many people who may fall under this category, of being part of the reason as to why the couple did die, however one which stand out the most in Shakespeare’s play seems to The Capulet family for their aggressive, callous behaviour towards their so called ‘beloved’ daughter Juliet. Another person whom is in the book and is to blame is Friar Laurence for his ignorance and the fact
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Greater Power: Fate The Friar once said, “A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents.” Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare about ‘a pair of star-crossed lovers’, as the prologue says, forbidden to love each other because of a family rivalry. They both eventually take their own lives, because of a power out of their control. Fate had a greater impact on the characters in the play than personal choice. This tragedy was fate because Romeo and Juliet were destined
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are our lives already predetermined on a roadmap signed by fate and destiny? In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, there are several occasions where the characters’ actions are influenced. For some, their actions are a result of fate and destiny’s interference, while others brought their own misfortune upon themselves due to their own human error. In Shakespeare’s drama, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the element of fate and destiny is less responsible for the final outcome, while
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In Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, he examines the idea of destiny as it pertains to the title characters. As early as the prologue of the play, Romeo and Juliet are cast as “star crossed lovers”(1.1.6). This results from their families’ feud, their hasty, secret marriage, and Romeo’s banishment. The Montague’s and Capulet's age old feud dooms the love of their children. At the party, Romeo and Juliet find love at first sight. Juliet’s response upon leaving Romeo in identity is “my only
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play about fate and chance. It would seem that coincidental occurrences may have been the only role in their demise, but this is not entirely true. In the play Romeo and Juliet, the events leading up to their deaths were also instruments of fate, and not just of mere "bad luck". Of course, chance had a big role to play in the tragedy. For example, the Montagues and Capulets were not always enemies, as there used to be peace in the streets of Verona, before several
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believe in either fate or free will. It is a difficult subject to get a final answer to, but many things happen for a reason and that is where fate takes its role. I am going to tell you why Fate is the most logical answer when it comes to Romeo and Juliet. In the play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare both characters show their belief in fate throughout their words and actions. Both characters fell in love and continued their journey to get married, but in the end fate took the lives of
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story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo” The story of Romeo and Juliet was written by the author William Shakespeare. The story is about star-crossed lovers defeated by fate. While Romeo and Juliet physically committed the acts that ended their own lives, fate and the long-standing family feud should be blamed for their deaths. Fate is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet. Some might think that is was the nurse to blame sine she helped Romeo and Juliet get married. They would be wrong
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Anelle Snyder Mrs. Minyard Comp/Lit 9 (5) 12 January 2011 Romeo and Juliet The battle between love and hate will never change one’s future fate. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, tells how loving and hating one another will not interfere with your later destiny. Shakespeare’s story takes the reader deep into the meaning of fate. Romeo and Juliet’s lives are changed dramatically after they meet each other for the first time. They knew before that their families had a great feud going
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outcome of Romeo and Juliet was controlled by fate or free will. In Romeo and Juliet, free will overpowers fate. Juliet's actions had consequences. Juliet inflicted her own wounds by choices she made. In romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare is proving life is controlled by free will, just like Juliet's actions lead to the death of 2 “star crossed lovers”. Free will over powers fate. Anyone can say everything can be controlled by fate, but because of free will. Juliet decided marry Romeo, Juliet knew Romeo
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The play of Romeo and Juliet had a rather peculiar antagonist. We read that the antagonist was not an actual human being or anything we can see for that matter, but rather the abstract work of fate. Shakespeare essentially set it in stone that the death of the two characters was a necessary thing. Nothing could stop the death from occurring, hence why I believe the antagonist was fate.Fate was what lead to Romeo and Juliet falling in love with each other, although they came from feuding
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Pre-IB English 9 5 October 2014 Fate or Human Choice? A debatable question that has lived for years is whether fate or human choice controls our lives. William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, divulges the answer. Both fate and human choice plays an important role in the plot of Romeo and Juliet. Fate controls what happens to Romeo and Juliet however their choices contribute to their fate. Peter running into Romeo and asking to him to read the letter is fate; however Romeo’s decision to go
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A Preordained Tale A brief insight regarding the strong influence of fate in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet… Sheel Shah Ms. Maynard May 15th, 2014 Fate is a powerful force, responsible for the inevitable events that occur in one’s life – to some extent, this statement is definitely true. In the 16th century play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, this theme is highlighted upon, drawing attention to the lifestyle and beliefs of the individuals living during the time; this gives
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the question, who is to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet, there could be more than one to blame. We all know the tragedy of what happened between Romeo and Juliet; they both die. Who should be held responsible for their deaths? The families of the Montagues and the Capulets, Friar Lawrence, and fate should be blamed for the death of Romeo and Juliet. The next couple paragraphs will show evidence of why they are to blame. (DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who's to Blame. 2013. A Mini Document Based Question
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The idea of fate as Romeo claims “ I am fortune’s fool” is to show that there is a development of events beyond Romeo’s control. When Romeo kills Tybalt out of revenge, he assumes that Juliet will no longer love him. He describes his fate as fortune’s fool because he has killed family of his wife, Juliet and he thinks she will despise him for doing so. People have different ideas of fate but it depends on how they are feeling at the time of the current event. Juliet might feel her fate is questionable
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