Romeo and Juliet Fate Vs Free Will - Thematic Analysis

📺 In Romeo and Juliet, Fate vs Free Will is a theme that Shakespeare explores in depth in his depiction of the star-cross’d lovers. Like this video, visit our channel and subscribe: Watch this lesson today to discover how Shakespeare explores the tension between the power fate and our own free will in Romeo and Juliet. Decide for yourself: does fate control everything? Or can individuals change things by their own free will? Along the way, learn how to analyse important quotes and techniques that illustrate this theme. 00:00:33 Giving an Elizabethan context to the theme of fate 00:01:38 Analysing the prologue in terms of fate 00:02:50 Fate and free will in Romeo’s arc in the play 00:06:02 Fate and free will in Juliet’s arc in the play 00:08:01 Fate and free will in the play’s denouement The magician Prospero, stranded on a remote island, is out for revenge! He whips up a violent storm, shipwrecking some Italian nobles and their servants on the island. What kind