Romeo and Juliet Fate Vs Free Will - Thematic Analysis

The Elizabethans thought a lot about: 

• Good luck

• Fate and Astrology

• Motifs

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The Prologue of Romeo and Juliet tells the readers/audience: 

• The Star-crossed lovers will die

• The lovers' deaths will end the feud

• Both A and B

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The narrator says, "Fate works through free choices." What is the result of Romeo's free will choices? 

• He can now be happy with Juliet

• Juliet is happy to find true love with Paris

• Tybalt is dead; Romeo is exiled or banished from Verona

Because of Juliet's powerful love for Romeo, she drinks the potion that Friar Lawrence givers her. One might say that Juliet is: 

• Stargazing

• Fearless

• Angry

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There are many examples of dramatic irony in Romeo and Juliet. 

Dramatic irony is when the reader or audience knows more about the plot than the characters in the book or on stage. 

Which is an example of dramatic irony in the final scenes of the play? 

• Juliet is alive when Romeo kills himself

• Friar Lawrence was ready to be punished for his part in the marriage

• The feud between the Montagues and Capulets end

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What do you believe is more powerful in the tragic story of Romeo and Juliet? 

• Fate is more powerful. 

• Personal Choices are more powerful. 

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