In Romeo and Juliet, free will is exhibited strongly through Juliet’s choice to marry Romeo and stand by him after he kills Tybalt, Juliet’s favorite cousin. She reasons with herself about what her choice should be: to support her family and reject Romeo, who by law is now a murderer because of the Prince’s decree, or to follow Romeo, her husband, the man she loves. She has not followed her father’s wish for her, making her own decision as to whom she should marry. By choosing Romeo, she also chooses the possibility of following him into exile, perhaps even death. The missed message to Romeo about her simulated death may be seen as an example of fate overriding her free will, but it is her free will that set her up, as well as Romeo, for the tragedy that would follow. She chose her death, as did Romeo. It was not thrust upon them.
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