William Shakespeare s Romeo And Juliet - 1772 Words

It’s Easy To Let Go: Justifying Fate William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Since the formation of social interactions between lives with the intellectual ability to make coherent interactions with each other, we have made choices that have consequences both good and bad, which in turn define our fate. In early civilization, before the Homo sapiens species defined their fate such as how Homo erectus found fire; an element that is essential to survival of species throughout history. Was that a coincidence or a discovery made out of necessity? Ancient governments such as that of Greece and Rome consisted of philosophers such as Socrates that believed that the average citizen does not have the aptness to make decisions that will benefit the†¦show more content†¦Romeo and Juliet form an intimate relationship, and are referred to as the, â€Å"Star Crossed Lovers†, which suggests there are outside forces controlling their affair, yet can these forces be inheritance of other people’s actions and not simply predetermined instances? The outcome of your life, and ultimately your fate can’t be predetermined because in Romeo and Juliet, the family feud, Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, and the deaths that occurred were all consequences of decisions that were made, and not uncontrollable fate. Instigating a chronic instance in which the motive behind it is constantly changing based on what is currently occurring in lieu of it must be controlled by a conscious chain of decisions. If it were not controlled by decision, then there would be no clear motives. The family feud in Romeo and Juliet is introduced immediately in the prologue, â€Å"The fearful passage of their death-marked love, / And the continuance of their parents’ rage / Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage†(prologue, 9-12)... A feeling such as rage being portrayed justifies there being a reason for the feelings, and a reason must be backed by reason, and reason is a factor in decision making. In Act 1.1 the play starts in the streets of Verona where members of the Capulet and Montague house are fighting. There is correspondence between members of the Capulet house on how they wish