Romeo and Juliet: Did Fate End it All? In the story‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ the two young lovers are destined to fall in love. The story‚ however‚ has a tragic ending. William Shakespeare foreshadows the theme of fate in the Prologue with the quote‚ “A pair of star crossed lovers take their life.” (Prologue‚ L6) Fate represents a greater power that predetermines events in their lives and is unchangeable. Back in William Shakespeare’s time‚ the Elizabethans believed that this power rules
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Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ one of the main characters‚ Juliet‚ commits suicide near the end of the play. Friar Lawrence is directly responsible for the death of Juliet in all ways. He makes not only one‚ but three mistakes that all lead to Juliet’s death. He gave a poison to Juliet‚ he trusted someone else with a letter of great significance to deliver to Romeo‚ and he fled when Juliet was in the most danger at the tomb. Had he not have made these three major terrible mistakes‚ Juliet might not
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paradoxically‚ Juliet fell in love with the only son of her family’s great enemy‚ and many died due to their ruthless hate and disregard for reason or peace. Juliet was‚ at first‚ a very obedient child and agreed to marry Paris for her parent’s sake. When she met Romeo‚ all of this changed. Her love for Romeo is ironic‚ because out of all possible suitors‚ he is the only out of bounds. Juliet’s “only love sprung from [her] only hate” (61). Juliet‚ is torn between love and hate of Romeo in different
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Romeo changes throughout the play as he is constantly maturing. In the beginning he was an immature boy who thought he loved a girl called Rosaline‚ but was mournful when he found out the feeling wasn’t mutual. He sat under a tree “adding to clouds more clouds with his sighs”; he locked himself in his room and made himself an “artificial night”. It is only when Benvolio‚ Romeo’s cousin‚ asks him to attend the Capulet ball‚ so he may compare Rosaline’s beauty with others to make “thy swan a crow”
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The want for revenge leads many of the characters in Romeo and Juliet into murderous acts which eventually leads to severe punishments and a further need for revenge. The everlasting revenge in Romeo and Juliet is first born from ancient grudge between the Capulets and the Montagues‚ which is ultimately settled with the tragic‚ abrupt unifying factor of both Romeo and Juliet’s death. Several instances within the interactions of the characters suggests that vengeance is driving force of the plot‚
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Which is more powerful‚ lies or love? In Romeo and Juliet lies seem to be overpowering love in many aspects. More than marriage‚ lies are what bond Romeo and Juliet. Because of said lies‚ more fights occur‚ Romeo is banished‚ Juliet’s relationship with her parents is damaged‚ the Nurse and the Friar are both stuck in a circle of lies. The “love” that Romeo and Juliet have is based on lies‚ their whole relationship is a lie stacked upon another lie‚ that ruined and damaged other relationships and
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The story of Romeo and Juliet contains many controversial topics that are mainly focused on teenagers. The most amazing fact about this story is that even though this story was written hundreds of years ago‚ the teenagers today still go through the same ordeals or‚ even wonderful events as well. One of these important topics in this story was friendship. Romeo and Mercurito’s friendship was portrayed as what people would call today a "best friends" status. This was quite obvious in the text and
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greatly responsible‚ Romeo did not deserve to be banished‚ and the Nurse is never chastised for the problems she caused either. Friar Lawrence does not take any responsibility for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet’s that he brought about. It was his unwell thought out plan that caused it. If he had thought of the consequences of marrying them before hand‚ maybe he wouldn’t have rushed into it. Also‚ he should have anticipated what could go wrong in his plan for getting Juliet out of marrying Paris
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society is by using Romeo and Juliet‚ by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet has fate infused within the whole story. In Romeo and Juliet‚ fate caused many troubles of death‚ love‚ and life. In the Shakespearean society‚ fate played a huge role. An example of fate in the Shakespearean society is in The Prologue. “Two households‚ both alike in dignity‚/ In fair Verona‚ where we lay our scene‚/ From ancient grudge break to new mutiny‚/ Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean./ From forth the fatal
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Romeo and Juliet are two star-crossed lovers‚ and the feud between their house ultimately leads to their death and others. They fall in love‚ but their love lies in Fate’s hands‚ and it is doomed‚ but who or what is to blame for this fatal relationship? Their death can be attributed to 3 main things: the feud between the Montague and Capulet households‚ Friar Lawrence’s plan‚ and Juliet’s parents forcing her into marriage. The feud between the houses is what made the entire story what it was. Tybalt
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