Examples Of Free Will In Romeo And Juliet

Fate and Free Will

The first work of literature we will be looking at is Middlesex. In Middlesex, the main character, Cal, was born with a very rare birth defect where he had both male and female features because his parents were siblings. At the beginning of the novel he identified as a female and was called “Callie”. Later in the novel he went to the doctor because of an injury and found out about his birth defect and that he had male parts. After he found this information out he changed his identity to a male and was called “Cal”. The second work we will be looking at is The Matrix. In this film, the main character, Neo, was given two options, the red pill or the blue pill. If he took the blue pill he would go back to the regular life he

Early in the play fate was introduced when it referenced star-crossed lovers, meaning that their tragic end was already predetermined. In the play, it states, “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; whose misadventured piteous overthrows. Doth with their death bury their parent’s strife.” The conflict between the two of their families set up their relationship to be seemingly never meant to be; however, their death would end their families’ strife. In this play, many of the characters mention the concept of fate and that it cannot be escaped. For example, in the play, Romeo says after meeting Juliet, “O, I am fortune’s fool,” implying that he is now a victim of fate and has no control over it. Although these may seem true in the end there are a series of events leading up to the death of the two. Romeo and Juliet exercised free will by choosing to pursue their love and get married in secret while their families were fighting. Romeo’s loyalty to his friends and family forced him to do something about the conflict and ultimately led to the exile of Tybalt. In the play, Romeo says, “And fire-eyed fury be my conduct no!” This shows that Romeo is using his own free will to take revenge against Tybalt. Romeo’s decision later leads to him getting banished. In the end, although Romeo and Juliet’s fate seemed to be set in

In the first paragraph, Cal’s fate was predetermined at birth when he was born with a rare genetic defect called 5-alpha-reductase deficiency. Cal didn’t like the fact that he was different and wanted to start a new life in San Francisco. In doing this, he was able to find out who he really was sexually and decided to change his identity. Cal used free will in order to find his true desires, become whom he wanted, and ultimately rewrite his own destiny. In the second paragraph, Neo was told he was not “The One” which meant he would never be able to defeat the matrix and save humanity. Instead of believing this fate and just accepting it, he took matters into his own hands. Neo began to fight the agents but couldn’t seem to win until he was shot, killed, then resurrected. After Neo came back to life, he remembered what Morpheus had told him about freeing his mind and found a new sense of power that allowed him to break the matrix and defeat the agents. By using his abilities and freeing his mind he exercised free will in order to become “The One” and rewrite his destiny. In the third paragraph, Romeo and Juliet had been told that they were