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Examples Of Free Will In Romeo And Juliet

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What is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s death? Fate or free will? What freewill means is that it is the ability to have self-control, which would not be classified as fate. Others think it was only fate which had controlled them and not freewill.In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare,it was free will that had caused Romeo and Juliet's death, because they had ended themselves which shows they were very desperate which does not make them look good. Both Romeo and Juliet had used free will to take their own lives.During “Romeo and Juliet” Romeo believed that fate controlled him but when he had killed himself he still believed fate controlled him. What happened when Romeo and Juliet got married is “Forbear this outrage”. Tybalt, Mercutio, …show more content…

From forth the fatal loins of these two foes,’A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth were their death bury their parents’ strife “(Shakespeare I.i 1-8) Fate is not controllable, like the family are born into and how their relationship goes.Romeo and Juliet can not choose their pathway, which is how their problems are all caused by their fate ;they cannot tell their families about their relationship because of how much they dislike This would show that fate is responsible for their deaths because of how both of their families have a lot of hatred for each other.Furthermore, although their families are different, at some points, they would get along and Romeo and Juliet had decided to date without telling their parents. When Romeo had arrived at the Capulet party, Tybalt had shown his anger to Capulet, “Young Romeo is it? ’Tis he,that villain Romeo.Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone. A bears him like a portal gentleman, And, to say truth, Verona brags to him.To be virtuous and well-governed youth.I would not for the wealth of all his town.Here is my house do him

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