How far do you agree with the view that Shakespeare presents Romeos fate as inevitable?

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Romeo and Juliet

How far do you agree with the view that Shakespeare presents Romeo’s fate as inevitable?

Everybody either believes in fate, destiny or free will. What they choice to believe in is out of their own free choice. But there are some that believe that fate exist in today’s world and whatever occurs in life comes from your choices and decisions that you will make in life. Fate is believed to be a force, or higher up power that predetermines events and which is closely linked to destiny. It is also believed that is has big role and controls the future of one’s live.  Many people don’t believe in fate and destiny, so therefore choice to believe in free will, which is when people believe that they decide from their choices in life. People believe that Romeo and Juliet meet by destiny and fate. They happily experienced love at first sight but unfortunately died as young lovers. Some say they died over hatred between the families. Many of Shakespeare novels and play are base and focused on love, fate, destiny and tragedy, especially in this play, as it’s a dominated force.

 

In the Elizabethan era a lot of people were made to believe that God or a higher power. People liked to associate fate and destiny with the stars and how they controlled fate and destiny, which controlled what, would happen to them in the future. They also believe that your future is written on a stone and it can’t be changeable, and that your future is mapped out for you from the first day you are born. However they believe that you can choice which path to walk down, like when you drive in a car and get to a roundabout you can choice what road to go down. However there are consequence if you choice the wrong one. Although many people back then wanted to believe and think that they could control they own lives and future by their free will and free choices. To this every day people still wonder if the there is really fate and destiny, and many people believe in higher power than God.

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The play shows that fate is in control and you can see this from Romeo actions and the way he acts, without thinking about the consequences of what happens after the events. Romeo acknowledges the power that the stars are in power; through the beliefs of astrology. He also believes that his destine to

die, from Romeo beliefs in fate, destiny and luck. When Romeo and Tybalt had a fight and Romeo ends up killing Tybalt when you knows that it will only make things worse than it already is, but after he’s kills Tybalt he thinks through of ...

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This is a good response with many interesting points being made although these can be developed further. There is good use of technical language throughout as well as quotations that are appropriate and embedded within the text. The essay has a good structure and topic sentences are generally very good and support the points being made. The essay would benefit further from the following: 1. Proof-reading, 2. Removing repetition, 3. Developing some of the points made.