Romeo and Juliet questions (lust vs. true love, fate vs. freewill & how women are portrayed)?

These are not full blown answers, just some thoughts for you to contemplate, and perhaps get some inspiration.

Question 1) I would suggest their love is infatuation, not true love. The events of the play take place in 4 days and only a couple hours of those 4 days are they actually together. Love is not an emotion; it is a choice. There is no way they could have known enough about each other to make a choice of love.

Question 2) Fold a piece of paper in half. On the left side, list the women in the play. On the right side, list what you know about that women and how she was involved. Your two biggest female characters, other than Juliet, are the Nurse and Mrs. Capulet. The Nurse is an obnoxious, crude, garrulous woman. But Juliet does love her. She's the only mother Juliet really has. Mrs. Capulet refuses to listen to her daughter and abandons Juliet in her hour of need. Mrs. Montague dies at the end of the story... Outside of Juliet, the Nurse is the only other semi-developed female character, and even she is a bit flat. She is mostly used as comic relief.

Question 3) Fate vs. Freewill. Play begins with prologue: Star crossed lovers" a reference to "fate," or future written in the stars. Before the Nights revelries begin, Romeo looks up to heaven and talks about how he sees the death of a despised life (his own), but then says "He that hath the steerage of my course, direct my sails." Friar hints at fate for not being able to get the letter delivered, and when he confronts Juliet in the tomb, he tells her that Fate has worked against them. Lots to go with here.