The tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet could have been avoided if many of the events that took place during the play had not occurred.

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Is the Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet Caused by Anything Other Than Fate?

The tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet could have been avoided if many of the events that took place during the play had not occurred. Romeo and Juliet did not influence their own deaths as much as the other characters around them did. The events that took place may have only happened by coincidence, not a higher force. Thus there are three things that could have caused the deaths; other characters in the play, coincidence and fate.

All of the characters in this play made choices which have an affect on events that come about thus causing the deaths. All of these characters have different traits and personalities which influence the decisions that they make.

        Romeo is a leading character in the play, he is a teenage boy in the later years of adolescence, I get the impression that he is in the age range eighteen to twenty-one. He is the eldest son of Lord and Lady Montague. He spends his time mostly with a group of friends, little of whom are known to the audience, only Benvolio, Mercutio and Balthazar. He falls deeply in love with Juliet, the only child of Lord and Lady Capulet.

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        The first time Romeo appears on stage he is behaving like a love sick teenager, he claims to be mourning over the lack of love a girl named Rosalind shows toward him (Act 1 Scene 1). However he is quick to forget these feelings as in Act 1 Scene 5 he falls in love with Juliet. This behaviour shows spontaneity and a need for drama. The fact that he was so keen to dismiss the feelings seen in Act 1 Scene 1 and transfers his feelings to Juliet so readily suggests that he was not at all in love with ...

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