Fate and Freewill

Question 1

into

Answer 1

fate controls all inevitable courses of the characters consistently throughout Romeo and Juliet

Question 2

flow

Answer 2

R’s hamartia > prologue > A1S4 > free will vs. predestination

Question 3

R’s hamartia, leads to tragic hero’s ultimate downfall and death

Answer 3

“defy the stars”, self-assured hubris, sees himself bigger than stars, highlights fatal flaws defiance + arrogance

Question 4

prologue, fate prominent controlling

Answer 4

characters unable escape impending doom, dramatic tool remaining high tension, chorus adding gravitas to characters’ lives not being in own hands

Question 5

prologue, “two hours traffic of our stage”

Answer 5

increases tension as audience remains anticipated until prophecy fulfilled, catharsis, Aristotlean tragedy

Question 6

prologue, “star crossed lovers”

Answer 6

appeals to superstitious beliefs of fate, planets opposed to relationship, love is different

Question 7

“star crossed lovers” linked to “heaven could be so envious”

Answer 7

Juliet disregards all possible things on Earth, showing spiritual beliefs and how the spiritual world has the ability to intervene in their relationship

Question 8

A1S4, expands on the idea of fate

Answer 8

Romeo uses multitude worrying abstract nouns, “mind misgives”, anticipation built towards foreshadowed event of when he meets Juliet

Question 9

A1S4, Romeo talks of consequence

Answer 9

“hanging in the stars” echoes “star crossed lovers”, reminds audience of doomed love, adds idea of stars controlling consequences

Question 10

A1S4, Friar discuses duality of elements of nature

Answer 10

suggests coexistence between good and evil, natural imagery “baleful weeds” and “precious juiced flowers” creates sense of certainty, links to love in Verona

Question 11

A1S4, Friar discuses defiant natural cycle of life and death

Answer 11

“burying grave that is a mother’s womb”, foreshadows deaths

Question 12

Free will vs Predestination, Shakespeare explores philosophical argument from tension between different minorities

Answer 12

foreshadows, “violent delights have violent ends”, emphasises poor consequences service from indulgence, R and Juliet have many of these warnings yet use free will to go against but ends with fateful end. Love so powerful free will does not effect outcomes only controlled stars