Providence’s Manipulation in Romeo and Juliet
In the play Romeo and Juliet Providence ensures that Romeo and Juliet die in order to end the feud between the two families and bring order to Verona. Providence is a combination of the Greek Fates, and God’s will, and throughout the play it is manipulating events to bring order to Verona. The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues creates disorder in the city of Verona. In order to bring an end to this feud Romeo and Juliet must die. The manipulation of Providence is required in order for Romeo and Juliet to die.
Providence manipulates events in order for Romeo and Juliet to fall in love, creating opportunity for the feud to end. Providence ensures that Romeo is in depression, which creates
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a health concern which Montague is worried about. Many a morning hath he there been seen, With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew, Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs. But all so soon as the all-cheering sun Should in the farthest east begin to draw The shady curtains from Aurora’s bed, Away from light steals home my heavy son, And private in his chamber pens himself, Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out, And makes himself an artificial night: Black and portentous must this humour prove Unless good counsel may the cause remove.(1.1.135-136) Montague wishes to find out the cause of Romeo’s depression, and the cure for the illness.
Montague asks Benvolio to help him in finding either the cause or the cure. Providence ensures that Benvolio’s cure consists of Romeo falling in love with other women “By giving liberty unto thine eyes/ Examine other beauties.”(1.2.221-222). Providence’s manipulation makes the illiterate servant of the Capulets ask Benvolio and Romeo help reading the invitation list for Capulet’s feast, which coincidentally Rosaline will be attending, which creates a reason for Romeo to attend. Providence also ensures that Mercutio is also one of the attendees of the feast, granting Benvolio and Romeo access to the event as part of Mercutio’s group. Providence makes sure that Capulet is making Juliet choose a suitor, from his selection which will attend his …show more content…
feast, My will to her consent is but a part; And she agreed, within her scope of choice Lies my consent and fair according voice(1.2.17-19) creating a situation where Romeo and Juliet will be at the same location. By the manipulation of Providence, Capulet allows Romeo to stay at the party. By Providence’s manipulation all of the guests will be wearing masks, ensuring that neither Romeo or Juliet will be aware of the others identity. Providence also ensures that the servant Romeo asks information about Juliet’s identity, the servant is unaware of who she is. Due to the fact that Juliet was choosing a suitor, Romeo had the opportunity to court her, allowing them to fall in love. Providence ensures that when Romeo jumps over the wall into the Capulet’s orchard, he lands right under Juliet’s balcony, and that no guards were present, allowing Romeo to hear Juliet profess her love for him, and that he in turn can declare his love for her. Providence ensures that Romeo asks Friar Lawrence to marry Romeo and Juliet. Providence manipulates Friar Lawrence into supporting the marriage, ensuring that he is willing to marry Romeo and Juliet in secrecy, ensuring that no one can interfere in the marriage.These manipulations allow for Romeo and Juliet to fall in love. Providence manipulates events to create a situation where Romeo and Juliet are separated, establishing a will to die. Providence ensures that Tybalt will confront Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio, and that Mercutio will get offended by Tybalt, and challenges Tybalt for a duel “Tybalt, you rat-catcher, will you walk?”(3.1.72). Providence ensures that when Romeo interferes the combat, Tybalt can strike Mercutio with a deadly blow, giving a reason for Romeo to be angry at Tybalt. Providence manipulates Tybalt into returning, and that now Romeo will battle Tybalt. Providence ensures that Romeo will live by allowing him to win the battle. As Providence had made sure that Tybalt had killed Mercutio, before getting killed by Romeo, so that Tybalt was to be punished by death for breaking the Prince’s law. Henceforth the Prince grants Romeo mercy by only exiling him instead of killing him, as Tybalt would have been sentenced to death. Providence ensures that Romeo experiences a will to die due to banishment from Verona, and being separated from Juliet “Ha, banishment? Be merciful, say ‘death’:/For exile hath more terror in his look,/Much more than death.”(3.3.12-14). Yet Providence ensures that Romeo is with Friar Lawrence, who is preventing Romeo from killing himself. Providence ensures that the Nurse is able to find Romeo, and deliver Juliet’s ring, indicating that Juliet wishes to consummate their marriage, ensuring that their marriage cannot be annulled . Providence ensures that the Nurse is able to warn Romeo and Juliet about Lady Capulet heading to Juliet’s chambers, allowing Romeo to leave Juliet’s chambers before getting caught. This manipulation by Providence, creates a desire to die in both Romeo and Juliet if they are separated. Providence manipulates events so that Romeo and Juliet will die. Providence ensures that Juliet’s depression over Romeo’s exile, is perceived as sorrow over Tybalt’s death by Capulet. Providence manipulates Capulet into finding health concerns in Juliet’s depression, and ensuring that Capulet’s cure consists of Juliet marrying Paris. Providence ensures that the wedding is arranged to take place in a nearby time, creating concerns for Juliet. Providence manipulates Juliet into willing to die rather than marrying Paris, and manipulates her into asking help from Friar Lawrence, who coincidentally has a potion which can create an illusion of death, instead of actually killing Juliet. Take thou this vial, being then in bed, And this distilling liquor drink thou off, When presently through all thy veins shall run A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse Shall keep his native progress, but surcease. No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest. The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade To wanny ashes, thy eyes' windows fall, Like Death when he shuts up the day of life; Each part, depriv’d of supple government, Shall stiff and stark and cold appear like death. And in this borrow’d likeness of shrunk death (4.2.93-104) Providence ensures that Juliet takes the potion, before the arrival of Paris, allowing her to escape the wedding. Providence manipulates events so that Friar Lawrence’s messenger, who was supposed to deliver Friar Lawrence's plan to Romeo, is unable to deliver the message, ensuring that Balthasar would deliver the false news of Juliet’s death to Romeo. Providence manipulates Romeo into telling Balthasar to hire post-horses, to ensure a fast arrival to Verona. Providence use the false misinformation of Juliet’s death to create and intent of suicide in Romeo. Providence ensures that Romeo is located near the house of an Apothecary in poverty, ensuring that the Apothecary will be willing to sell poison to Romeo, even on a holiday. The delay of Friar John caused by Providential manipulation ensures that Friar Lawrence is not informed that Romeo is misinformed. Providence ensures that Paris and Romeo would both be at Juliet’s tomb, ensuring that Romeo and Paris would battle, and that in the meanwhile Page will be able to call the watch “O Lord, they fight! I will go call the Watch.”(5.3.71). Providence ensures that Romeo is able to kill Paris. By Providence’s manipulation , Romeo discovers Juliet still unconscious, making Romeo believe that Juliet was dead, ensuring that Romeo kills himself before Juliet awakes. Providence manipulates events so that Friar Lawrence would be haste and in the darkness would trip over a the graves “Have my old feet stumbl’d at graves!”(5.3.122). By Providential manipulation Friar Lawrence must leave the tomb as the Watch had arrived, preventing him from stopping Juliet’s suicide. Providence ensures that Juliet awakes after Romeo kills himself. Providence manipulates events so that Juliet is able to find a dagger on Romeo’s body, and kill herself before the Watch can enter the tomb. Through Providence’s manipulation Romeo and Juliet end up killing themselves. The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues brings disorder to Verona, and Providence’s manipulation is required in order for the feud to end.
The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues, causes chaos in the lives of the regular citizens of Verona making them angry at both families,
Clubs, bills, and partisans! Strike! Beat them down!
Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues! (1.1.67-68).
Neither Montague or Capulet are able to end the feud, as the feud had gone beyond their control, indicating that Providence’s manipulation is required in order to end the feud. Providence manipulates events so that both Montague and Capulet only have one child, and that Montague and Capulet are too old to have any other children “That God had lent us but this only child,”(3.5.165). This ensures that the death of Romeo’s and Juliet’s death would be sufficient in ending the feud. Providence ensures that both Montague and Capulet arrive at the location of Juliet’s and Romeo’s death, ensuring that they find their bodies at the same time. Providence manipulates events so that Friar Lawrence is present at the tomb, ensuring that Capulet and Montague will be able to find out about the Romeo’s and Juliet’s marriage, ensuring that further conflict would not
arise. I will be brief, for my short date of breath Is not so long as is a tedious tale. Romeo, there dead, was husband to that Juliet, And she, there dead, that Romeo’s faithful wife. I married them, and their stol'n marriage marriage day (5.3.229-233) Through this manipulation Providence ends the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets. Through Providence’s manipulation in Romeo and Juliet order is brought back to Verona as the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues comes to an end after the death of Romeo and Juliet. Through Providence’s influence, Romeo and Juliet fall in love and experience a lack of will to live once they are separated. The lack of will to live allows Romeo and Juliet to take their lives once they are separated by death. In order to end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets Providence must ensure that all events play out so that Romeo and Juliet die as a consequence of the feud. Without the influence of Providence, disorder in Verona would continue to exist, and the feud would have not ended.
Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a story of two young lovers. These two hearts, Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet belong to feuding families. The family feud causes them to keep their love a secret and therefore only Romeo, Juliet, Benvolio, the Nurse and Friar Lawrence know of their love. Romeo and Juliet are able to look past the feud and let themselves fall in mad love with the other. They let themselves do almost anything for the other and at times it seems like too much to do, even for the one they love. Although fate and character traits play a key role in the play, ultimately Rome and Juliet’s personal choices lead to their downfall.Fate originates all of the conflicts in Romeo and Juliet, from when they met until they die.
Romeo and Juliet is widely known to be a tragedy, but what caused the atrocity for which it is so renowned? Some may argue fate was to blame for Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths, that the situations these young lovers faced were depicted as being out of their control. Could Romeo have refused to attend the Capulet masque? Was Romeo destined to duel the raging Tybalt? Did Romeo and Juliet truly have to kill themselves? If one considers the specific circumstances and causes of these situations, the fact that all scenarios are the result of choice rather than chance, and the notion that the characters were never left without options, only one conclusion can be determined. It was unarguably the decisions made by characters, not those made by fate, that were responsible for the tragedy in Romeo and Juliet.
As these words echoed through the hall of the Globe theatre little did William Shakespeare know that this tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, would be examined and admired by playwrights for decades to come. So does fate play a major part in this tragedy? Or does their blood stain the garments of civil hands? Could it have been the loyal Mercutio, who swore on both their houses?? Tybalt the hated enemy? or was it Friar Lawrence who tried to end the fighting between households. Or does the blame go on the ancestors who began it. Many would agree that the death of these lovers cannot be blamed on anyone but themselves. This question cannot be answered without looking deeply into each characters involvement in the tragedy.
The feud between the Montagues and Capulets- The loss of Lord Capulet and Lord Montague’s children bring the two households together. Romeo and Juliet’s death helped their parents realize how wrong their feud was and bond over the commemoration of their children. For example, Lord Montague want to build a statue of Juliet, so everyone can remember her, and Lord Capulet wants to build a statue of Rome beside Juliet. This project helps bring the families together, and set aside their
An ancient grudge and parents too blinded by hatred to break it, bear the ultimate blame for the tragic death of Romeo and Juliet. Friar Laurence was just attempting to mend the rift between two households. Nurse desired to make Juliet happy. The parents were selfish and could not get over their enmity with each other, and their children suffered the repercussing consequences. Bombarded by the indecision of all, Romeo and Juliet were free-spirited, love-struck, and young. Sadly it was their deaths, not love or marriage that finally brought the two houses together and Verona peace.
The story takes place in Verona, where they live two families are rivals, the Montagues and the Capulets. Romeo, sole heir of the Montagues, coming in uninvited to dance mask Capulet, which meets Juliet, only daughter of the Capulets; both fall in love at first sight. Knowing that their parents never allow their union, they marry in secret, with the help of Friar Laurence. The day of the ceremony, Tybalt insults Romeo, nevertheless the latter refuses to fight. But Mercutio, the best friend of the young Montague, engages death duel with Tybalt. Romeo and Tybalt tries to separate fail to mortally wound Mercutio. Romeo, Tybalt challenges and then avenges his friend killing his adversary. The Prince of Verona, outraged by the events, Romeo sentence
There are many forces in the tragic play of Romeo and Juliet that are keeping the two young, passionate lovers apart, all emanating from one main reason. In this essay I will discuss these as well as how love, in the end, may have been the cause that led to the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Their strong attraction to each other, which some call fate, determines where their forbidden love will take them.
In Act 1 scene 2, a Capulet servant is walking along the streets of Verona trying to hand out invitations to a party. The only problem with this is the servant can't read. He runs into Romeo and Benvolio on the street. They read the list for him and decide to go to the party that the Capulets are throwing. This is fate because if the servant had run into any other person on the streets of Verona, Romeo would never even know about the Capulet party. Benvolio told Romeo to "Go thither and with untainned eye compare her (Rosaline's) face with some that I shall show". He wants Romeo to go look for someone at the party to get over his first love Rosaline. This is a bad thing for them since when Romeo and Juliet meet they don't know they are enemies. The servant running into Romeo and Benvolio is fate. If they hadn't run into each other, Romeo would've never met Juliet.
In efforts to overcome such hindrances to their love, Juliet feigns her death as planned. However, as a result of miscommunication, Romeo takes the news seriously, and thus, being propelled by zealous devotion, both use death as the key to unity. A variety of themes are implicated throughout the play. Fate, in particular, is well demonstrated. By using the motif of stars and characters such as Friar Lawrence, Juliet, and Romeo, Shakespeare truly and masterfully conveys that fate is the inevitable, unalterable and omnipotent force that controls all actions unto their consequences.
The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues was the major conflict throughout the play. The family feud between the Capulets and the Montagues made living in Verona difficult for everyone. Quarrels burst out in the village, causing destruction of property and the rivalry forbid
It is not merely a coincidence that Romeo and Juliet meet in the first place. A serving man comes across Romeo and Benvolio in the first act, unaware that they are Montagues, and informs them about the Capulet party: "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" (I ii, 86-88). It is by fate that Romeo and Benvolio run into the Capulet serving man and discover the party. It is not just a simple accident that the serving man tells the two cousins about the party at which Romeo is destined, yet unaware, that he will meet his love. Furthermore, before Romeo attends the Capulet party, he says, "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars / shall bitterly begin this fearful date" (I iv, 114-115). Romeo already predicts what the fates have in store as he says something bad might transpire if he dares to show up at the party, where he will meet Juliet.
In the fair city of Verona, two rival families, the Montagues and Capulets were involved in a nasty family feud that goes back years before any of the members were born. Even the townspeople were involved in the dispute, because the families were always fighting in the streets and causing disturbances. They disrupted the streets of Verona and even Prince Escalus tried to break up the fighting. They were given a warning, by him that another public fight would result in death. While this was occurring, Romeo, (a Montague) the main character, was getting over his last love, Rosaline, and was very upset. Juliet of the Capulet household had just been introduced to a wealthy young man, Paris, whom her parents wished her to marry. Yet she did not love him. Romeo goes to a party in an effort to forget about Rosaline. At this party he met Juliet, and immediately fell in love with her. He later finds out that she is a Capulet, the rival family of the Montagues. He decides that he loves her anyway and they confess their love for each other during the very famous "balcony scene" in which they agreed to secretly marry the next day. Friar Lawrence agreed to marry them in an effort to end the feuding between the families. Unfortunately, the fighting gets worse and Mercutio (Montague) a good friend of Romeo ends up in a fight with Tybalt (Capulet), Juliet's cousin. Tybalt killed Mercutio, which caused Romeo to kill Tybalt in an angry rage. For this, Romeo is banished from Verona. At the same time, the Capulet's were planning Juliet's marriage to Paris. Juliet didn't want to marry this man so she arranges with Friar Lawrence to fake her own death with a sleeping potion that would make everyone think that she was dead. Friar Lawrence promised to send word to Romeo to meet her when the potion wears off and to rescue her to Mantua, where Romeo was currently staying. There they would live happily ever after. Unfortunately, Romeo didn't receive the message on time and upon hearing of her "death" went to Juliet's tomb where he drinks poison and dies. When Juliet's potion wears off, she wakes to find her lover's dead corpse. She then proceeds to stab herself with Romeo's dagger. The two families find the bodies and with their shared sorrow, finally make peace with each other.
...eads to him falling in love with one of his enemy and causing trouble with another. Friar Laurence help to bring Romeo and Juliets together, knowing they are suppose to be enemies. His action did not result in the peaceful uniting of the families as he hopes, but instead three people die as the result. Juliet exaggerates her feelings, which leads to more drama for her and others. Her suicidal tendencies and depressing mood causes her father to then marry her a stranger. All three actions conducts by Romeo, Friar, and Juliet contributes to the death of Romeo and Juliet themselves in the end. Fate is just another possibility. If Romeo, Juliet, and Friar knows better to think more about their actions, they could avoid their fate.
The play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare tells the story of two very young lovers who die. It just appears that fate controlled the outcome of the story. But if you really study and interpret the story you will realize it is a series of a few simple coincidences, which made the outcome so tragic. It was just a coincidence that Romeo happened to meet Juliet. Near the beginning to the story Capulet decides to throw a party, where Juliet and Romeo first meet.
The lovers of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy Romeo and Juliet are perhaps the most famous pair of lovers in history. Their story has been told and remade in countless ways, with a variety of endings. The original piece however ends with tragedy in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. Throughout Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, fate is the driving force in that the star-cross lovers are destined to have a tragic end. Throughout the play, Shakespeare uses literary elements to reveal that our actions are not what controls our life, but it is fate that determines what will happen to us.