Does fate control you‚ or do your decisions control fate? In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ the main characters fall in love but kill themselves at the end. Both Fate and personal choices had an impact on the characters in the play. Fate played a role when Romeo was asked by a servant to read the invite to Juliet’s party‚ but he had a hard time deciding whether to go to the party or not. “Servant: God gi’ go-den. I pray‚ sir‚ can you read?... Romeo: Stay fellow; I can read…(192)
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“I will not fight with destiny.” (Antigone 873) Many people believe that Classical Literature from the Greco-Roman heritage either glorifies war along with negative things or that it teaches people positive things such as to persevere as well as to be hospitable‚ xenia. Characters in all the Classic Literature’s that one will read‚ still struggled to forge their own destinies as well as not fighting against destiny. In the Iliad‚ it teaches very important lessons like family being the number one
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Fate at work “Fate doesn’t care about your plans” by unknown. This is shown a lot in this play and this is true in every way. Sometimes your plans work out‚ but sometimes they do not work out. The play “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare is considered one of the greatest tragedy play of all time. This play take place in Verona‚ Italy in the 19th century‚ where kings‚ queens‚ and servants still existed. This play is about two families’ vendetta‚ the Capulets and the Montagues
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Fate vs. Freewill In Shakespeare’s Tragedy Macbeth‚ it is very debatable if fate‚ or freewill is what causes Macbeth to do the things he does through out the tragedy. Freewill is at work most through out the tragedy because Macbeth is convinced he can change or speed up the fate the three weird sisters prophesized for him at his own will. Throughout the play‚ Macbeth slowly begins to think he can modify his fate by using the prophecies told to Macbeth by the weird sisters and attempting to change
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Fate is said to be the mystical force that has already predetermined the events that will happen in our lives. Some people believe in this mystical force‚ while others would rather believe in top hat wearing turnips. The question if fate is real has been debated from centuries from the ancient Greek philosophers to middle school students. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ fate is to blame for the demise of the play’s two main characters. The actions of other people and coincidences are two examples
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tragedy of fate or a tragedy of characters. Tragedy of fate is the tragic fate of the story that the character can’t stop from happening. While tragedy of character is the tragic conflict‚ influence between characters. For example a sorcerer controls a knight him to do evil actions that is Tragedy of Character. An example for tragedy of fate is a hero is told that he is going to fall‚ and break his leg while fighting a dragon‚ and the hero does. So is Macbeth a tragedy of fate or is it a
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himself who had honor and power before. The scenes playing in the 11th century Scotland. During the play‚ Macbeth deals with his ambition and fate‚ also his people around. As the play goes on‚ we see the pattern that fate versus free will pretty much of the scenes and words of characters. The three witches seems like they sometimes foreshadowing Macbeth’s fate‚ or sometimes they manipulate all events. After they gave some prophecies to Macbeth and Banquo‚ He pointed out that “If chance will have me
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would be a play that explains how fate is too powerful to conquer. Oedipus’s fate was what caused his downfall‚ there was nothing he could do. Depending on what religion their culture is fond of‚ the god/gods would have wanted Oedipus to kill his own father‚ marry his mother‚ and stab his eyes out. Oedipus couldn’t have done anything about it. Fate led Oedipus to the crossroads as said in the play‚ "Short work‚ by god-with one blow of the staff" (Sophocles 189). Fate was the one that decided all his
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Oedipus was struck with many obstacles throughout his life. These obstacles decided his fate‚ even if it was predestined. Some of the decisions Oedipus made were‚ what he thought‚ as his free will‚ but were already written into his fate. Free will is built into fate because the decisions a person makes is their way of deciding how they want to end their life‚ whether that is on a positive or negative result. Oedipus was destined to kill his father‚ marry‚ and have children with his mother‚ Jocasta
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Oedipus: Fate vs. Free Will In Oedipus the King‚ one of Sophocles’ most popular plays‚ Sophocles clearly depicts the Greek’s popular belief that fate will control a man’s life despite of man’s free will. Man was free to choose and was ultimately held responsible for his own actions. Throughout Oedipus the King‚ the concept of fate and free will plays an integral part in Oedipus’ destruction. Destined to marry his mother and murder his father‚ Oedipus was partly guided by fate. This prophecy
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