Examples Of Free Will In Romeo And Juliet

Fate and free will both take a big part in this play. Shakespeare put in work from both ends to show how this love was both fate and free will. “Romeo and Juliet,” by William Shakespeare is a drama story about two couples who fall in love at first sight and decided to move on with their love until the day of their death. Some people believe fate is controlled by the characters, others think free will does. The theme of Romeo and Juliet is free will, is truly, ultimately responsible for controlling our destiny.

The theme is revealed by free will. Romeo never knew how to love, he's always been everywhere. When he sees a girl he wants her to have “[her] open her lap to saint-seducing gold,”(I, i, 210). Romeo just wants something small so he loses himself and that means he isn't a real man. But he chooses to be the way he is and chooses “[to] love a woman,”(I, i, 199). Romeo needs to actually do something instead of wanting something immature. So Romeo needs to stop playing around and not dream. But just how Mercutio said to Romeo “True, I talk of dreams; which are the children of an idle brain,”(I,iv, 95). If Romeo just lets Rosaline go and doesn’t actually talk to her about what happen, then he will let her pass. Rosaline won’t go to Romeo, so Romeo has to go to Rosaline and clear this out. But Romeo never knew …show more content…
Romeo and Juliet agreed to be married a day after they actually met because of “love.” they both went to talk to Friar and he agreed but he told them “these violent delights have Violent ends,” (II, vi, 9). Romeo and Juliet never agreed with him because they have fallen in love at first sight and that's all that matters to them. But them Friar thought through “for this alliance may so happy prove ture [their] households rancor to pure love,” (II, iii, 91). He thought maybe if these two marry each other they could steer these two families away from

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