Essay on Romeo and Juliet Tragedy of Character or Tragedy of Fate?

Sierra Davenport Mr. Gingery CP English 1 6 March 2013 Romeo and Juliet Tragedy of Fate or Tragedy of flake Romeo and Juliet is a story of a forbidden contend, written by William Shakespeare. somewhat may say that it is a calamity of fate. Fate is defined as forces outside of your support that makes things happen. An example of fate is when you miss your bus and tinct the person who will turn out to be your spouse plot of land youre standing on the platform waiting on the undermentioned bus. I think Romeo and Juliet is the exact opposite of fate, they undoubtedly took things into their own hands.The catastrophe in this story didnt start until Romeo killed Mercutio, like I express fate is when the forces outside of your control take action. Romeo was definitely in control of this situation, initially if Romeo didnt get in between the fight with Tybalt and Mercutio, Mercutio would consider a bun in the oven never died and as a result Romeo wouldnt have to timbre the need t o stab Tybalt for the death of his friend. Even if Tybalt did kill Mercutio, Romeo didnt have to take matters in his own hands and kill Tybalt himself if he reasonable waited, then Prince Escalus would have kept his word and had Tybalt either imprisoned or killed.So this was definitely character. Another component that led to this tragedy that could have been prevented is when Juliet asked beggar Laurence to help her to get out of marrying Count Paris. Now the mendicant, knowing that Juliet was awful enough to do anything, trenchant that this was his chance to get himself in the release and have Juliet pose as a dead person so that he wouldnt have to marry the same person twice, which Im pretty sure wasnt allowed back then.He be the Friar would have had to tell people that he already married Juliet to Romeo and that he couldnt re-marry Juliet while she was still married to Romeo. So he decided on taking the easy way out and gives Juliet a potion that puts her in such a deep s leep that she will appear dead. Juliet being desperate, willingly and without hindrance agreed to take the potion the night before the unify so that it would stay in effect till the day later the wedding was suppose to be arranged.There was a million and one ways to go about getting out of marrying Paris, this was by far the easiest only if it resulted into Romeo believing she actually was dead. Lastly, the biggest tragedy of all, Romeo gets word from Balthasar that Juliet is dead and because Friar fanny wasnt able to get Friar Laurences letter to Romeo explaining the program and what was going to happen, Romeo, completely naive, goes to the apothecary to get a poison to shoot down suicide to be with Juliet on the other side.He rides to Verona from Mantua to be beside Juliet when he kills himself and not knowing that Friar Laurence was coming, he says his last words and drinks the poison. When Juliet wakes and sees Romeo lying on the ground dead she is so dumbfounded and speec hless that she was unable to leave, precisely because the watch was coming the Friar had to leave. So when Juliet was alone she took Romeos prickle and out of pure character she stabs herself and she dies. This is Romeo and Juliet, the tale of a forbidden love.But as their inexorable love turned into a tale of adversity their outstrip began to sunder because of the acts of transgression, and the tyrannous consequences lead these star-crossed lovers aloof. The poison that ended the lives of Romeo and Juliet and ended the contend between the Montagues and Capulets was definitely not fate. So hence the tale written by William Shakespeare was indeed a terrible tragedy of character. Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavoury guide. Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy seasick, weary bark. Heres to my love Romeo Montague