Free Will In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Contradicting to the kind hearted, good-willed nature of Friar Lawrence is Tybalt. An aggressive, arrogant man who is extremely competent with his sword. He kills Mercutio in the middle of the play, in turn leading Romeo to kill him, in turn leading Romeo to be banished from Verona with the threat of death awaiting him should he decide to return early. If Tybalt had learned to see reason, perhaps he could have spared Mercutio’s life, therefore not starting the chain of events that lead to Romeo’s suicide.

Tybalt is a very vengeful character. When tybalt and Mercutio fight, Mercutio gets stabbed and dies which will cause Romeo go crazy. “Why the devil come you between us? I was hurt under your arm.”(3.1.70) with these words, Romeo feels guilty about his best friend's death, that was mainly caused because Romeo denied fighting Tybalt.

Free Will became a part of this when Juliet decided to take Friar Laurence’s advise in inhaling a potion that will make people assume she is died but will awake in 42 hours prier to when she took it. When Romeo had heard the news that Juliet was dead, he assumed it was true, and responded with the line; “Well Juliet, I will lay with thee tonight”. To me this line indicated how he feels for Juliet by dying in her will.

Romeo wants revenge and fights with Tybalt. In this fight, Romeo kills Tybalt. When Romeo realizes the consequences of his actions, he says that he is “Fortune’s fool” (3.1.142). He believes that he has no control over the killings of Mercutio and Tybalt. However, these events are caused by his own rashness. Romeo chooses to fight with Tybalt and even starts the fight. Romeo fights to avenge his friend’s death. Romeo’s actions are rash because he does not consider the results of his actions. Romeo could resolve the conflict in some nonviolent way, but his mind is fixed on killing Tybalt. Romeo is exiled from Verona because he kills Tybalt. His rashness causes problems for his own family as well as for the Capulets and for the Prince. Romeo’s rashness in killing Tybalt leads to his killing himself.

Mercutio is there instead and Tybalt and him get into an argument and begin to sword fight. Romeo then tries to separate the two, but gets in the way and Tybalt kills Mercutio. After Mercutio is killed, Romeo immediately goes after Tybalt even though minutes ago, he was telling Tybalt, that he loves him more than he knows. (3.1.59). Romeo acts without thinking and kills Tybalt, which results in numerous outcomes that lead to his death. After the prince learns what happened to Tybalt he states, “ And for that offense, immediately we do exile him hence.” (3.1.184-185). For slaying Tybalt, Romeo gets exiled and has to leave, making his relationship with Juliet harder to keep than it was before and causing himself and Juliet agony. It causes Juliet to become depressed, making her father believe that only marriage will make her happy again. When Romeo is crying on the ground after he finds out he is exiled, Friar states to him, “ Wilt thou slay thyself? And slay thy lady that in thy life lives.” (3.3.116-117). The Friar is saying to Romeo that if he kills himself, Juliet will kill herself too, which later they prove to be true. If Romeo had not killed Tybalt, then he would have been closer to Juliet and would not have been so gloomy. Juliet and he could have had a secret relationship until they were ready to tell their families that they loved each other. Slaying Tybalt causes their marriage to become more of a

Rosa Parks overcame adversity in society to become an activist in the civil rights movement. In the famous play Romeo & Juliet, by Shakespeare, two teenagers from rival houses, Capulet and Montague, meet at a masquerade, fall in love, get married, and meet a tragic end. The theme of Romeo & Juliet is free will is fundamentally more in control of determining our destiny than fate is.

Free will has a greater influence on characters in Romeo and Juliet as indicated by the many instances in which Romeo and Juliet decided that they wished to end their own lives. One such instance was when Romeo speaks to Friar Lawrence after having killed Tybalt. He states,“...--O, tell me, friar, tell me,/ In what vile part of this anatomy/ Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack/ The hateful mansion.” (Shakespeare III.iii.114-117) As this quote helps to illustrate, the power of free will can be quite harmful if used with malintent. If Romeo had been left to his own devices he would have chosen to stab himself. His decision to “sack/ The hateful mansion.” (Shakespeare III.iii.116-117) would have been of his own choosing, but it

Tybalt is responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he doesn't like Romeo and is always trying to start a fight with him. Tybalt states “ Romeo, the love i bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villian.... Boy this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done to me; therefore turn and draw “ ( 145 ). In act 3 when Tybalt is trying to pick a fight again Romeo responds with patience and love but when Mercutio steps in everything starts heading downhill. Romeo tries to stop the fight which consequently leads to Mercutio's death. Romeo, full of rage kills Tybalt in return and this is what leads to his banishment. As a result of Tybalt's foolishness he is dead and Romeo has to now suffer the banishment. The banishment is the final straw for Romeo so when he hears Juliet is dead he already isn't thinking straight and doesn't have Friar to turn to this

Romeo is very impulsive, which is shown as he kills Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, after Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo’s best friend. When Tybalt returns after killing Mercutio, Romeo says, “Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him”, inviting him to a duel that ends in Tybalt's death (III.I. 124). If only Romeo would have let the law take care of Tybalt, that would have prevented him from being banished and he would

Throughout the play, decisions dealing with fate are present, however, the most influential decisions to the plotline, and the ones that later set the foundation for the rest of the play are all dealt with using free-will. One such important decision that was dealt with through free-will was Romeo’s encounter with Juliet. As they meet each other and kiss, he tells Juliet, “Give me my sin again” (I.V.109). Here, Romeo is clearly making the decision to continue his relationship with Juliet. This would set the foundation for the whole play, and without his decision to continue the relationship based on free-will, the plot of the play may have been completely different. Free-will, also had other important effects on the plotline. It

He learns that Romeo is resisting confrontation with Tybalt, and Mercutio says to the both of them, “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!/ Alla stoccata carries it away./Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” (3, 1, 70-72). With this quote, he not only insults Romeo by essentially calling him a dishonorable, submissive, vile creature, but he also eggs on Tybalt and initiates the deadly duel. He says these things out of the pride he has of his associates and the pride of himself as a swordsman. He foolishly launches into a fight with the swordsman Tybalt, one that the both of them are fighting because they feel they must defend their pride, and it leads him to his death. However, if Romeo had just let them sort it out for themselves, things would have most likely turned out

Although the play “Romeo and Juliet” is lauded as one which excellently portrays unconquerable love, the most prominent theme of the play is not that of unconquerable love but rather of the death and tragedy that stems out from Romeo and Juliet disobeying fate for their own desires. This theme of relationship between fate and free will is present throughout the play and even emphasized through the use of literary elements. One such example of this theme being emphasized through the use of literary elements is the prologue. The prologue of the play employs the literary elements of alliteration, rhyme and foreshadowing to convey the theme of the relationship between fate and freewill, claiming that attempting to defy fate will leads to misfortune.

There is only one reason for the death of Romeo & Juliet. Some people lean toward free will but it’s really fate. The play written by Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet is about two star crossed lovers who lived in fair Verona and lost their lives due to suicide. The two lovers came from families who are enemies, which was why their marriage had to be secretive.

If Tybalt wouldn’t have killed Mercutio Then all these people wouldn't have died and Romeo wouldn’t have been cast out. Before Tybalt and Romeo fought Tybalt said “I am for you.” (draws his sword) 3:1:75. Romeo was

The next quote tells about the fight he engages in with Romeo right after killing Mercutio which was completely pride driven and could’ve and should’ve been avoided. Tybalt yells, “Thou, wretched boy, that didn’t consort him here shalt with him hence.” As Romeo was clearly beyond consoling after Tybalt had just killed Mercutio, it would be considered highly indolent to engage in a brawl. However, because of his unwavering pride, he participated in the fight leading to his demise. If he had just taken a step back and used his common sense he might not have died so quickly and ruined everything. However he didn’t ruin everything right then and there, he was the reason Romeo got so mad and was able to defeat