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A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;"
I don't agree with the quotation above because I think the tragic
deaths of both Romeo and Juliet are caused by human decision. It is an
indirect result of the decisions and actions of several characters. For
example, Romeo decides to go to Capulet's party where he meets Juliet.
Later on, Romeo and Juliet decide to get married which is another wrong
decision in the story. Moreover, Friar Laurence agrees to marry the two
secretly which is also a cause for their deaths. In this essay we will
discuss how the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet are caused by the poor
decisions of each of the above characters. When Romeo decides to go to
the Capulet's party, he has already set the stage for his death. If he
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the final decision. They each fall in love with the looks of the
other. The Friar too doesn't think about his plan
carefully before he works them out. Their impetuous
decision causes the tragedy. He may decide not to go! Moreover, on the way he
goes to Capulet's party, he suddenly feels that he will die young as a
result of attending the party. Romeo decides to go to the Capulets'
party. Obviously it is another
wrong human decision. Clearly it is not caused by fate since
fate doesn't force the Friar to help the lovers. He hopes that this
will end the feud between the families. The lovers do not see the difficulties they will encounter if
they marry secretly. At the time that Romeo asks
him to marry he and Juliet, he agrees to, thinking that he can marry
the two then and announce it to the families later. Therefore it is caused by human decision
which leads to the deaths of the lovers Romeo and Juliet. Then he makes up another plan that allows
Romeo to take Juliet to Mantua. Thus it is free will of the
characters, not fate, that causes the tragedy. You may argue that it is fate for Romeo to meet the
servant who let him know about the party.
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