Fate or ChoiceFate or ChoiceDestiny is no matter of chance. It’s a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved,” quoted by William Jennings Bryan. One of the most debated questions in history is whether our lives are ruled by fate or by own choice. William Shakespeare brings this question into play in his production Romeo and Juliet. Although fate does seam to be ruling over every situation, I believe that choice has more to do with this story then it’s really credited to. Even in the opening lines, this play drills into your head the inevitable outcome of the two lover’s deaths. When the chorus uses the phrase Star crossed lovers (I, 1,6) it clearly shows William Shakespeare’s thoughts on what killed Romeo and Juliet. This play shows that fate is in control, but I believe it was Romeo, Juliet’s, and even the Friar’s horrible choices to dragged them into that situation.
First of all, Romeo’s decisions were reckless from the beginning. When the servant asked Romeo to read the list of the invited people to the Capulet’s party, Romeo made the decision to go to that party even though he knew that the families hated each other, and he went completely knowing what might happen. Romeo also chose to continue seeing Juliet even though he knew that she was a Capulet. Fate seemed to have caused Mercutio to of been killed under Romeo’s arm by Tybalt “A curse upon both thy houses” (III,1, 101). But Romeo out of guilt chose to kill Tybalt in rage to revenge Mercutio’s death, knowing that Tybalt was his cousin. When Romeo says, “I am fortune’s fool” (III,1, 145) he tries to blame the fact that he killed Tybalt, on fortune instead of blaming himself. He says that Fortune tricked him into killing Tybalt. Romeo could have also stayed in Verona and faced the consequences of his actions instead of fleeing to Mantua. Lastly, when Romeo found out of “Juliet’s death” if he would of took some time to pray, or even thought of what he was going to do before resorting to suicide, he would have been in the tomb on time for the Friar to arrive and explain everything. I would have strongly suggested to Romeo to slow everything sown. If he would have taken some time just to stop and reflect many terrible things wouldn’t of happened.
Likewise Juliet also made some irrational decisions. It was fate when Juliet was outside thinking on her balcony, and Romeo happened to be strolling outside also. One example of her irrational decisions was when Romeo was wooing her, she could have resisted, but she didn’t. And on the balcony scene, Juliet constantly questioned his love for her, and rushed him into marriage, by saying things like, “If thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow,” (II, ii, 143& 144). And when Romeo sends for her to marry him, she didn’t have to shown up, yet she chose to. Later on, when she was engaged to Paris she could have been honest with her parents and told them about Romeo. They might not have liked it, but at least then, her and Romeo would be alive. Juliet could have also of made the choice of going to live with Romeo instead of drinking the potion the Friar gave her, but she didn’t. Lastly, Juliet kills herself over what
The Final Act
The end of the story, however, is in what appears to have been Juliet’s final act, which is not a major issue in this series. No major issue or plot holes are there other than Juliet’s own decision with being part of the “Prophecies of the Apocalypse” that caused so many problems for the book. The main story ends with Juliet finding the books she wishes to read with the “Prophecies of the Apocalypse” in her pocket and wanting the keys that would enable her to read them that night, which turned out to be a fatal error. But here is a good point: not only does Juliet have the knowledge that the prophecies were right, but she had also the intention of bringing that information to her, making the decision to stop the writing of the “Prophecies” after two years of being “Prophecyless”. It is also implied that she went to a “Murderer’s Row”, rather than going to her mother-in-law’ house.
Although the characters use the same “Prophecies” that her father read (in the words of his best friend), it’s not as if Juliet had a plan to do so. She simply chose to put the book on her doorstep instead of going through the door at the middle of the night. Also, there is not a single mention that her “Prophecies” are “published” — that is, not done by the authors themselves.
Characters
Hilary Jane (Hilary Jane): In her quest to be a writer, the protagonist, Hilda, seems to want to be a writer. She has gone on to write numerous novels, and in some of them, she appears as a very nice woman. She is particularly interested in novels about women in the military, as she does in several (but probably only one) of the novels and several of the novels about “Hilary Jane”. In the third novel, entitled “The Marriage of the Cremation”, Juliet has been fighting a battle with the soldiers of the Third Army at Gogoi on Sept 10, 1918–1919, and is fighting off a number of men from his unit, the Nanking Cremation Regiment.
Duke M. Hodge: The first novel in M.H. Hodge’s series, Hilde is a writer who does not know her writing by heart. This makes for a interesting twist on the “Pioneering Wife” concept that Hilde uses. As a writer who knows her writing too well, she was interested in being involved in the writing of books, starting with the books that came out in the 80s. Later on, she goes on to write novels and stories where this was more practical.
Jeanine Carrejoni: Despite being the first author to get a job writing for a major media outlet like Time, Jeanine still gets a couple of letters and looks through all of them. This is where the most significant character from the novel ends up — because she’s the one who gave those letters and looks through them, and then writes something and looks through hers again. This, in turn, is where the “Prophecy” of the Apocalypse occurs, as Juliet’s father tells her to “do what will make them happy”. The writing of a prophecy is something that Juliet says she will accomplish, and at some point in time, that will become possible. The actual writing of the “Prophecies” is,