Free Will
A person with free will is a person that is explained with love and fate. In the story “Romeo and Juliet,” by William Shakespeare, two young lovers are ripped apart because of their feuding families, and one being a Montague and the other being a Capulet. Throughout the novel, free will is shown when Romeo and Juliet ignore their parents orders and decide to pursue a romantic relationship, when the Friar decides to allow Romeo and Juliet to marry each other in silence, and lastly, when they decide to sacrifice their lives for each other.
Later in Act 2 Juliet says “ Deny thy father and refuse thy name, or of thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and i'll no longer be a capulet.’ (2.2,33-36). In this part of the scene Juliet is trying to convince Romeo to use his free will to carry on their love for each other and put his family aside. The couple will eventually figure out that they are not meant for each other, but their free will convinces them to keep trying. They try to get the Montague and Capulets to respect each other more and this would happen if they continued to see each other. The total opposite happens and this will end up pushing the feuding groups even farther apart.
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Letting a Montague and a Capulet Marry Each other with absolutely no one knowing shows a ton of free will. The Friar disobeyed the parents of both Romeo and Juliet and let them both marry each other, because he believes if he does so it will end the battle of the two families. “ For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your households’ rancor to pure love.” (2.2 Scene 3). The Friar had good intentions and wanted the family's to be on better terms, that is why he allowed Romeo and Juliet to get married. Even though the friar did have good intentions when getting them married, it did not end up well, and it even pushed them farther away and made the situation