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Romeo And Juliet Fate Vs Free Will Essay

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Paulo Coelho, a Brazilian lyricist and novelist, once stated, “I can control my destiny, but not my fate. Destiny means there are opportunities to turn right or left, but fate is a one-way street. I believe we all have the choice as to whether we fulfill our destiny, but our fate is sealed.” This means that destiny is controlled by our actions and how we choose to do something but fate is not able to be controlled and is something that occurs without us knowing about it. A topic of debate has been whether or not our emotion influences or motivates our action and causes us to make illogical decisions which cause other harm and despair due to those particular actions. William Shakespeare's tragic play, Romeo and Juliet, discusses the topic …show more content…

Many characters in the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare has acted out illogically due to their emotions, one of which is the emotion of desperation shown by Friar Lawrence and Juliet. When Friar Lawrence hears about Romeo and Juliet's love for each other even if they were from enemy houses he becomes desperate to stop the feud so he agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet without thinking of the consequences of marrying them. Friar Lawrence says, “O, she knew well/Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell./But come, young waverer, come go with me./In one respect I’ll thy assistant be;/For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love”(II.iii.90-95). This ancient feud between the enemy houses the Capulets and the Montagues has been going on for as long as the citizens of Verona remember. And has leads to lots of violence and death to both the Montagues and the Capulets families in the streets of Verona. Since this feud has been going on for so long even the servant of both houses hates and seeks violence for the opposite house. Friar Lawrence has been there to witness all the …show more content…

When he heard about Romeo and Juliet's love for each other even if they were from enemy houses he saw an opportunity to end the feud. This is supported by when Friar Lawrence said,”...For this alliance may so happy prove/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love”(II.iii.90-95). The Friar is willing to take the chance of marrying Romeo and Juliet because it “May” turn the household hate for each other into pure love. Which shows that Friar Lawrence's desperation clouds his decision to end the feud that he didn’t think of the consequence of marrying Romeo and Juliet in secret. Another example is after Juliet got home and told her father Lord Capulet that she accepts Paris' will and will be his bride she went straight to her room and took out the poison that she was given by Friar Lawrence and a dagger that she had in a drawer and starts to procrastinate about drinking the poison. Juliet says.”O, look! methinks I see my cousin’s ghost/Seeking out Rome, that did spit his body/Upon a rapier’s point. Stay, Tybalt, stay!/Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee”(IV.iii.56-60). Juliet was so fearful of drinking the poison that is provided by Friar Lawrence that she almost didn’t drink the poison and almost

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Ishant Ghimiray Ms. Baker English 8-Period 8 13 March 2023 Friar Lawrence’s role for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet In the city of Verona there lived two houses that hate each other that constantly fight. Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play by William Shakespeare that tells the story of two young lovers who come from feuding families. Friar Lawrence is a character who played a role in the tragic end of the play. He made several poor choices that ultimately led to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.

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When Romeo first comes to talk to Friar Lawrence about marrying Juliet, Friar Lawrence is hesitant to perform the ceremony. He thinks that Romeo is moving too quickly, and that Romeo should not get married to a person he has just met. Despite his doubts though, he marries Romeo and Juliet behind their parent’s backs in the hopes that a marriage between the two families will end the feud. Friar Lawrence does not take into account how this will affect Romeo and Juliet. He even predicts that “These violent delights have violent ends,” meaning that he thinks that their love will end badly because it began so

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Also when friar Lawrence gave her the poison knowing that it could kill her and leave romeo devastated and sended romeo away for juliet leaving them both sad knowing they could but die because of it. (Shakespeare 4.1.90-95). Wednesday is tomorrow. Tomorrow night look that thou lie alone Let not the nurse lie with thee in thy chamber. [holding out a vial].

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But come, young waverer, come go with me. In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happily prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love. ”Friar Lawrence is talking to Romeo about him and Juliet getting married. This quote shows that friar Lawrence wanted Romeo and Juliet to get married. He also wanted them to get married because he thought it would cause a feud.

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Friar Lawrence first comes to know of the couple through the hot headed Romeo. Friar Lawrence, being a citizen Verona, knows too well of the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. The Friar sees Romeo's feelings for Juliet as a possible way to end the feud. While this is righteous thing to do, and would indeed benefit all parties, Friar Lawrence does show to be a bit self interested at times. His hasty and radical methods, including having Juliet play dead, are done so as opposed to more conservative methods all in the hopes of ending the feud and the possible rewards to his reputation and his spiritual afterlife.

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She hopes his actions are forgiven, even though he is exiled. Juliet believes her love for Romeo is irreplaceable because Romeo is the only man she has truly grieved. With this information, Friar Lawrence should see how desperate Juliet is to reunite with Romeo. He knows that since they love each other so much, Romeo and Juliet would do reckless acts for each other. Friar Lawrence put himself in a delicate situation by marrying the two so quickly.

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In Act 2 scene 3 Friar Lawrence is telling Romeo he will only marry Romeo to Juliet because it might stop the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be;/ For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancour to pure love” (Shakespeare II. iii. 92-94). Friar Lawrence saying this is showing that because he meant no harm.

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As well as confirming the plan with Romeo. Juliet should not be left alone at the vault. Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet too soon, without fully thinking things through. The Friar’s intentions were to end the two families feud by marrying Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence states, “In one respect I’ll thy assist be, For this alliance may so happy prove To turn your households’ rancor to pure love (II.ii.97-99).”

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Friar Lawrence knew about their family's violent feud. He knew there was no way their parents would ever consent to Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, and yet he went through with it. He hoped that the wedding would produce peace, and he must have known that it wouldn’t when he chose to marry them in secret. On page 411, the Friar and Romeo argue back and forth about whether or not he should marry them. The Friar finally gave in, stating, “Thy Love did read by rote, that could not spell.

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The Friar originally believes Romeo is just infatuated with Juliet but agrees to marry them in hopes to end the Family feud (Doc. C). Friar Lawrence says “these violent delights have violent ends” while marrying Romeo and Juliet (Doc. C), showing he knew there would be fatal repercussions but he was willing to sacrifice them to end the feud. Juliet comes to Friar Lawrence asking him to find a way to prevent her marriage because he married her to Romeo and he devises the plan (Doc. C). Friar lawrence comes up with the plan for Juliet to fake her death but he knew he couldn't guarantee her

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In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Friar Lawrence is the most responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet with his poor judgment and planning, marrying a young couple who knew each other for only a couple hours, providing Juliet with a dangerous potion, and failing to notify Romeo of the dangerous plan putting him in danger. First, Friar Lawrence agrees to marry a couple with the knowledge that they have only known each other for a couple hours when he says, “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love” (II.III.90-92). Friar Lawrence agrees to marry the two believing it will help the feud between the two families. This is a rather poor decision on his part

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In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence’s insensibility causes him to give Romeo and Juliet rash advice, leading to the pair of star-crossed lovers’ ultimate doom. When Romeo seeks advice from Friar Lawrence in hopes that he can marry him with Juliet, the Friar agrees, in hope of “[turning the] households’ rancor to pure love” (2.3.99). However, as an adult, and as a man that others seek for help, Friar Lawrence should have put more thought into the different ways the families could react by the marriage. The Friar should have realized that there was a big possibility that the Capulets and Montagues would be angered by the wedding. Instead, he makes his decisions upon the improbable idea of reconcilement through marriage.

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This theme is very prevalent in an Elizabethan tragedy. In Shakespeare’s Elizabethan tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, two teenagers from feuding families fall in love, get secretly married, and succumb to the influences of fate and free-will. Over the course of a five day period, there are six deaths and multiple schemes that go awry. In this play, Friar Lawrence, fate, and the feuding families are all to blame for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, ultimately illustrating the consequences of irrational behavior.

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