“Fate and free will are equally powerful forces, but I consider free will to be more important, as it is your free will that determines your fate.” - Vyasa. In Romeo and Juliet, it is a controversial topic whether fate or free will is more prevalent in the play. In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, free will is expressed clearly through the hard choices, and situations the characters decide to put themselves in. This is evident when Romeo and Juliet got married, when Romeo decides to come back into town, and when the Capulets and Montagues decide to end their family feud. First, in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says “Ah, Juliet, if measure of thy joy be heaped like mine and that thy skill be more to blazon
“Fate and free will are equally powerful forces, but I consider free will to be more important, as it is your free will that determines your fate.” - Vyasa. In Romeo and Juliet, it is a controversial topic whether fate or free will is more prevalent in the play. In the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, free will is expressed clearly through the hard choices, and situations the characters decide to put themselves in. This is evident when Romeo and Juliet got married, when Romeo decides to come back into town, and when the Capulets and Montagues decide to end their family feud. First, in Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says “Ah, Juliet, if measure of thy joy be heaped like mine and that thy skill be more to blazon