Fate In Shakespeare's The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet
In William Shakespeare’s well-received play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, two star-crossed lovers unite resulting in a fatal ending. Juliet, coming from the house of the Capulets, was only a young girl who was promised to a lord in two summers if she liked him back. This was a strict agreement with the family because it would have given them the power of the town because of his lordship. But when Juliet met Romeo, she became infatuated with him which triggered her immaturity to interfere with many of the decisions that she made, leading her onto a tragically-ending path. Juliet’s beauty and passion lead to her death because of her unwise and hasty decision making; fate and freewill influence her outcome by showing her the path of death and her taking it.
Fate had an effect on Juliet’s outcome when the servant was given the guest list to invite them formally and ironically could not read. He then asked the young Romeo to read for him and he requested: "My master is the great rich Capulet, and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry!" (I.ii.81-84) Romeo was destined to attend the party because had the servant been able to read, they would not have asked Romeo to read the list and Romeo would not have been invited. Coincidentally, Juliet came out of her room and met the suitors who were present …show more content…
In between the clashes of the Montagues and Capulets and the death of several minor characters, Juliet’s outcome stands before all. When fate brings her and Romeo together, she becomes reckless and falls in love with the idea of being in love concluding in a tragic ending. The aforementioned instances signify that the death of Juliet was due to the unwise path that her fate had set out for and that she had followed using her freedom of
Fate had an effect on Juliet’s outcome when the servant was given the guest list to invite them formally and ironically could not read. He then asked the young Romeo to read for him and he requested: "My master is the great rich Capulet, and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry!" (I.ii.81-84) Romeo was destined to attend the party because had the servant been able to read, they would not have asked Romeo to read the list and Romeo would not have been invited. Coincidentally, Juliet came out of her room and met the suitors who were present …show more content…
In between the clashes of the Montagues and Capulets and the death of several minor characters, Juliet’s outcome stands before all. When fate brings her and Romeo together, she becomes reckless and falls in love with the idea of being in love concluding in a tragic ending. The aforementioned instances signify that the death of Juliet was due to the unwise path that her fate had set out for and that she had followed using her freedom of