question about romeo and juliet
Tue, 12 Oct 2004, 08:04 amWalter Plinge13 posts in thread
question about romeo and juliet
Tue, 12 Oct 2004, 08:04 amWhat in your words does "star-cross'd lovers" mean?
Re: answers about romeo and juliet
Wed, 10 Nov 2004, 02:12 pmTrue... Of course it COULD be argued that Fate takes into account the personalities and human weaknesses of the characters entangled in its web...
That is, you could say that fate DID kill Tybalt - THROUGH Romeo's choice to defend the honour of his friend over his duty to Juliet (incidentally I have always considered Romeo's murder of Tybalt to be a defence of Mercutio's honour rather than Romeo's own - maybe that's just me - but Romeo did attempt to make peace with Tybalt for Juliet's sake, before Mercutio's death).
After all, to my way of thinking this act of Romeo's is not at all out of character - he is young, impetuous, and violently reactive (albeit very sweet) from beginning to end. So (to give Fate a rather Pratchett-esque personification), could we not argue that Fate was betting on exactly what the young protagonist WOULD choose, when He rolled the dice...?
Just a thought...
That is, you could say that fate DID kill Tybalt - THROUGH Romeo's choice to defend the honour of his friend over his duty to Juliet (incidentally I have always considered Romeo's murder of Tybalt to be a defence of Mercutio's honour rather than Romeo's own - maybe that's just me - but Romeo did attempt to make peace with Tybalt for Juliet's sake, before Mercutio's death).
After all, to my way of thinking this act of Romeo's is not at all out of character - he is young, impetuous, and violently reactive (albeit very sweet) from beginning to end. So (to give Fate a rather Pratchett-esque personification), could we not argue that Fate was betting on exactly what the young protagonist WOULD choose, when He rolled the dice...?
Just a thought...