Romeo And Juliet Fate Vs Free Will

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Have you ever gotten yourself into a predicament and blamed it on fate? Well, the plays “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare, and “Pyramus and Thisbe” by Ovid, are argued to be tragic because of their fate. In reality, the personal choices exemplified in these plays are clearly what provoked these tragedies To begin, “Romeo and Juliet” proves that personal choices are more influential on tragedy than fate. In the play, Romeo is deathly impulsive: “Here's to my love. thus with a kiss I die.” (473,119-120, Act V) The tragedy is entirely based on his illogical decision to poison himself after he made the assumption that Juliet was dead. If Romeo had more context on the situation before he killed himself, the tragedy wouldn’t have happened …show more content…

Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee!” (457,57-59,Act VI). Juliet and her irrational choices are the reason Romeo kills himself. Juliet was very unintelligent when she decided to trust the friar’s plan, seeing as she didn’t know how the letter was getting mailed, nor did she know if the friar was trying to poison her. Her pure love for Romeo fuels her to take the potion. Based on the impulsive decisions displayed in “Romeo and Juliet” it is obvious that poor choices and tragic flaws have more impact on tragedy than fate. Furthermore, “Pyramus and Thisbe” is another prime example of personal choices overpowering fate. Like Romeo, Pyramus kills himself impulsively, having no context over the situation: ”You shall drink my blood too! He drew his sword and plunged it into his side.” (Ovid 489, 5.17.18) Pyramus decides to take matters into his own hands, and commits a horrid act that starts the tragedy. Another example of irresponsible personal choices is when Thisbe killed herself because Pyramus died: ”She plunged into her heart the sword that was still wet with his life’s blood” (Ovid 489,

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