The influential story of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, written by Shakespeare, is more than just the famous love story. It has a much deeper meaning that has impacted the thoughts of many, as well as impacted how modern writing is interpreted. It is well-known for the two families who didn’t like each other; but when the two rebellious children met, they fell in love. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet knew they were in love with each other but felt as though they had to keep it a secret. Because of this forbidden love, the story undergoes a tragic ending. However, when reading father into the story to identify the lesson that is trying to be taught, the idea of fate is vaguely shown, which is why many people ignore it or debate this piece …show more content…
Within this specific text, “Romeo and Juliet”, there are many compelling perspectives that can be analyzed, but it mainly focuses on fate and free will. Fate is the pre-direction of life that is already set out for everyone; and as some people tend to argue, fate is out of a person's control. On the other hand, free will is the decision you are able to make in your own life. Now, whether or not you can control your fate by free will is a complex topic to conclude, so there isn’t a definite answer. But “Romeo and Juliet” describes the fate of two forbidden lovers whose lives ended simply because they couldn’t live without one another. Their fate was to meet each other, fall in love, and get married all within a short span of a few days. Shakespeare’s work contains many situations that present “free will” but in reality, they had no choice, and no matter what, the story would end in a tragedy. Even the beginning of the story states “star-crossed lovers” which proves the characters had no control of the outcome. The main circumstance that reveals fate is …show more content…
In this story, the Montegue and Capulet families have had a long-lasting family feud. The conflict among the families affects the city of Verona and ends in the death of numerous characters. Romeo Montague crashed the Capulet’s party which is when and where he caught sight of Juliet; beginning the tragic love story. They fell deeply in love the moment they saw each other and were both determined to get married. Later, Juliet’s dad informed her that he planned a marriage with Paris, but little did he know she was already marrying Romeo. After Romeo and Juliet received advice form the nurse and Friar Lawrence, they agreed to secretly get married and sneak Romeo into Juliet's room at night. When it was almost time for Juliet to marry Paris, she wanted the friar to give her medicine to make her be temporarily unconscious. This way, it would keep her from marrying Paris and when Romeo showed up, she would wake from her sleep and stay with him. Friar had planned to have a letter reach Romeo that informed him about the plan so there weren’t any misunderstandings. But, Romeo never received the letter so when he saw her, he jumped to the conclusion that she was dead. His quick actions led to him buying and drinking poison from an apothecary because he loved her so much and wanted to live in heaven with her. If he had gotten the letter and known she was