Monday, April 27, 2009

Choice Vs. Fate?

What roles do choice and fate play in Romeo and Juliet?

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think the the role of choice and fate play in romeo and juliet is that they are set up to heal the hatred between their familys and have a sad ending.

SarahD!24 said...

It is a role in the book because it really changes how the book is made, how the story turns out! Choice in this story really shows how the fate turns out. It seems as though the choice really turns into the fate, if that makes sense. The choices that Romeo plays, such as killing Tybalt, and this may be the fate of Juliet "killing" herself. That was also Juliet's choice, making a rash decision in trying to get Romeo back. The choice really leads to the fate.

FAbassi said...

Choice and fate play a big role in Romeo and Juliet because their fate is what is destined to happen, if they are meant to be together, or not. Choice is the decission they decide is right for them, and they believe their decission is the right decission. They choose to be together, but do they really know if it is meant to be, and if that they will end up together? If it werent for fate then they wouldnt be seperated. Juliet chooses to take the medicine to knock her out so she can end up with Romeo in the end, but does she really know what her fate is? She doesnt know if it will work out. Which shows how much of an impact choice and Fate have in the play.

Kelley said...

Choice and fate go hand in hand in Romeo and Juliet. By choice, each person decides how they will react to a certain event and then fate is the consequence of that choice. When Juliet's parents decide to force her ot marry Paris they set off the fate of her going to Friar Laurence for help. Each choice sends fate into action.

kiaraq said...

Choice and fate have a lot to do in the book it seemed as though anytime Romeo or Juliet were going to get away with something fate was allways there to stop that from happening. Like the consequence for making that choice that they made.

Ariana said...

Both the roles of fate and choice play a big part in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Fates happens to play a part in their meeting and their death. The fact that they just accidently met at the party and Romeo missing the letter from the Friar is a huge chance of fate. Choices are also made such as those of Romeo and Juliets sudden rush for marriage and Juliets rash decision to escape her marriage form Paris by faking her death without telling lovestruck Romeo.Fate relys on choices made and choices rely on fate.

NikkiZ said...

For Romeo and Juliet it was fate that Romeo went to the Masqurade Ball. That's where he met Juliet It was love at first sight.It was there choice to continue see each other even though they knew the consequences they would face. The choices they make are completley up to them they made the choice to get married but it has caused alot of rukus for them.

loveroflifeisgood said...

I think that choice has a more extreme role in Romeo and Juliet than fate because Juliet choose to go through with the plan of pretending to be dead even though there was risk of miscommunication which did happen. There was also a choice of Romeo to kill himself because of Juliet's "death" even though he could have waited and morned for a little while and seen that there was a chance for them. That love didn't have to be wasted, like it is all the time. That if it really were true love it could have been saved. Fate, I believe is just formed by choice and is very much dependent of it.

Jazzy said...

Choice plays the decisions and the actions that Romeo and Juliet take. Fate is the result of those choices. I think that perhaps the choices Romeo or Juliet take, make up the fate of them.

Amanda said...

Fate and choice play many different roles in Romeo and Juliet. They make many different decisions that could possibly lead to fate. On the other hand, there are many events that happen because of fate or what could be seen as fate. Every decision made throughout the course of the book was made for a reason and there was a purpose for the decision made. Fate is not always a believeable reason and may not even be real, it all depends on whose point of view it is being told from, the entire book could just be a mix of good and bad decisions.

Camille! said...

Choice and fate play a big role in Romeo and Juliet. What they choose is not always how they thought it would turn out for example when Romeo and Juliet choose to be together and marry, the fate is that they never get to be together.

Kayla Van Hee said...

I think ultimately choice leads to their fate. In this case romeo and juliet make brash decisions lead to their death, but it also leads to the families ending thier fued. The families felt that they are the reason that the two kids have died, and they need to stop fighting or people will keep dying because of the fued.

Corinne said...

Romeo had a choice to go to the Capulet’s party or not. In that his fate was meeting Juliet. It was Romeo’s choice to climb the wall into Juliet’s backyard, and his fate was the marriage of the two. It was Juliet’s choice to love Romeo and the fate of her secret marriage. It was Juliet’s choice to drink the fake poison and the fate of Romeo and Juliet’s death.

Anonymous said...

Fate and choice play a big part in Romeo and Juliet. Fate in Romeo and Juliet is like when they meet at the masquerade. Choice is all the decisions they made for example how the choose to be together and how they decided to kill themselves. Without fate and choice the play would be completely different.

Anonymous said...

I think that fate is more there because it was fate that they met at the party and a lot of the events that happened, but they chose what they wanted to do with what fate had given them.

Alison! said...

I think that the role of choice and fate in Romeo and Juliet are very dependant on each other. For example, there are many events in the book that happen because of choice, and the result of that decision is fate. There are also many events that occured because of fate, that led to choice.

Courtney Davis said...

I think that the role of fate is shown when they meet at the party that the servant by accident invited Romeo and friend to. But their choices are shown when they choose to get married and how the choose to solve the problem that they face with Juliets engagement and Romeos banishment. But they are both pretty bog roles that effect the other.

Sharon S. said...

Choice and fate play romeo and juilet where they are also making choices about killing themselvies in the last scene and the fate part goes with them meeting and end up falling madly in love with one and another

KPeterson said...

i think that somethings are fate, but there is no specific being who plans this out for us. but the choices that we make can impact our fate. exmaple: if we chose not to do our homework, it seems fate that we fail. I think that coincedence plays more of a key role in Romeo and Juliet however, because he just so happens to fall in love with his enemys daughter at first sight, and he just so happens to die seconds beofre she wakes up from her slumber.