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 Character Romeo and Juliet is a story of a forbidden love, indite by William Shakespeare. Some whitethorn say that it is a tragedy of plenty. Fate is defined as forces outside of your control that makes things happen. An example of fate is when you miss your bus and meet the soulfulness who will turn out to be your spouse duration youre standing on the platform waiting on the next bus. I think Romeo and Juliet is the film opposite of fate, they undoubtedly took things into their own hands.The tragedy in this story didnt start until Romeo killed Mercutio, like I said fate is when the forces outside of your control take on action. Romeo was definitely in control of this situation, initially if Romeo didnt get in between the fight with Tybalt and Mercutio, Mercutio would have never died and as a result Romeo wouldnt have to feel the need to 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 just waited, then Prince Escalus would have kept his news program 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 Friar, subtle that Juliet was desperate enough to do anything, firm that this was his chance to get himself in the clear and have Juliet pose as a dead person so that he wouldnt have to marry the same person twice, which Im sensibly sure wasnt allowed back then.He being 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 quiescence that she will appear dead. Juliet being desperate, willingly and without hindrance agreed to take the potion the night before the hook up with so that it would stay in effect till the day after 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 cold the easiest but 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 John wasnt satisfactory to get Friar Laurences letter to Romeo explaining the plan and what was going to happen, Romeo, completely naive, goes to the apothecary to get a poison to commit 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 k right offing 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 throw and speechless that she was unable to leave, but because the watch was coming the Friar had to leave. So when Juliet was alone she took Romeos paster 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 off into a tale of adversity their distance began to sunder because of the acts of transgression, and the tyrannous consequences lead these star-crossed lovers aloof. The poison that stop the lives of Romeo and Juliet and ended the feud between the Montagues and Capulets was definitely not fate. So therefore 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