Essay On Free Will In Romeo And Juliet

Fate or Free Will? The suicide of Romeo and Juliet concluded the Shakespearean tragedy, Romeo and Juliet. These naïve teenagers had the pressure of extreme tensions created by their families, the Capulets and Montagues because of their ongoing feud. The anxiety that this feud brought upon the young couple caused them to make irrational decisions with little guidance or time to maturely view the situation. Romeo and Juliet’s death at the end of the play was fate because of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets, the lack of time to process events, and Juliet being pressured into married to Paris. Throughout the whole play up until Romeo and Juliet’s death, the families were unable to get along. Their problems became so absurd that the

The life-changing events in this tragedy happened very quickly and consecutively. The main reason why Friar Lawrence was opening to marry these children was to settle the family feud, but there was never a calm situation where notifying their parents about their feelings would be appropriate until after Romeo and Juliet had died and the families agreed to end their rivalry. Also, Friar Lawrence, a close friend and advisor of Romeo, had very little time to brainstorm plans to save Romeo and Juliet’s lives, as they both showed signs of acknowledging suicide. He was also one of the only ones that they trusted with their secret so it made his decisions seem even more weak. Furthermore, when Juliet finally agreed to marry Paris, Capulet moved the wedding up an extra day when it was already so soon. This made it urgent for Friar John, Friar Lawrence’s friend, to get the message of Juliet faking her death to Romeo before it was too late and he assumed it was real. However, that one chance of relaying the message to Romeo was ruined when Friar John was accused of having the plague and quarantined. Seeing that Juliet was no longer alive, Romeo was driven to kill himself. The numerous conflicts that began from a need to rush proves the crucial impact that the loss of time had on Romeo and Juliet’s