Shakespeare is asking the question are we in control of are lives or do we not have any choice.
Romo is also talking about even though he has a feeling that he will die, thanks to events at the party “some Consequence hanging in the stars”. Yet he is still wiling to go if he thinks that god wants him to. Later on in the play though he is willing to commit the worst crime agents god and kill him self which shows that something massive must change for him to place that much trust in god and then almost slap him in the face.
Allthought the play (sofare) the play it is asking the question is their fate by:
Teling the crowd at the biging what is going to happen and nothing can change it (like fate).
The cowincedenc of Romo just runig into the sevent unprepped which leads to his deth. Some people think that is a key factor to fate egsisting.
When Romo is tarking about his own death that is fate (if you think it egsist)
October 10, 2012 at 10:27 pm
Arthur, I’m very impressed with your reasoning here. What you have just shown you can figure out for yourself is the key of the whole play. It is one of Shakespeare’s great tragedies – and while most people think of this as being because two young people die by their own hand for their love of each other (and let’s face it, with the number of deaths and this, it would be enough) however as you have illustrated, there is in fact an even greater tragedy, and that’s Romeo and Juliet’s despair (a word that can be used to describe a loss of faith in God)
Would you be able to discuss this in class tomorrow?
Mr Waugh
October 11, 2012 at 10:51 am
Thanks sir.
October 11, 2012 at 5:41 pm
Thanks for sharing this with everyone, Arthur. The only thing I changed was the spelling in the title. Your thinking will assist everyone.
Mr Waugh
October 14, 2012 at 1:35 pm
By the way, Hal acknowledged you in his blog entry on this topic:
http://hc3.student.edutronic.net/2012/10/11/fate/