Fate In Romeo And Juliet

Everyone wants to marry the love of their life. Seeking the approval of our family and friends, we all look ahead fondly at the idea of living a long and happy life with our soulmate. Unfortunately, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet this is not the way life played out.

In William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers from feuding families fall in a foolish love. Many problems arise and the “star-crossed lovers” take their own lives in place for their love for one another. The two people most responsible for this tragedy are Friar Lawrence and Capulet. Fate plays a large role in the death of Romeo and Juliet seeing as if situations played out differently the play would have a different outcome.

In the beginning of the play it is told, "A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life;" (Prologue.6) this sentence indicates that from the very beginning the fate of Romeo and Juliet is written in the stars. Their fate was to fall in love and die with a passion in order to end their

As many know, the story of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a tragedy. For the few who haven’t heard of this story, two young characters meet, fall in love, become heartbroken, and result in death. Readers believe that they were star-crossed lovers. The tragic outcome of Romeo and Juliet was the result of their own ridiculous decisions, as for many who believe was written in the stars.

In the story Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the “star-crossed” lovers took their life in an unfortunate series of events. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence were all involved with the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo was impetuous and did not try to find the cause of Juliet’s “death”. Friar Lawrence was also unknowing of the future, but still gave an extremely important message, one that would define life and death, into the someone else’s hands. Certain actions, such as finding out about the Capulet party was fate. Although many events were caused by the lovers’ immaturity and impulsiveness, fate was the major cause for their deaths.

Many people blame fate for the death of Romeo and Juliet. One reason being that Romeo and Juliet’s meeting at the party was determined by fate. However, Romeo went to the party because of love, and he wanted to see if he could find some else better than Rosaline. He saw Juliet and found a new love. Therefore, love is a stronger competitor than fate for their meeting. Moreover, another argument is that the prologue calls Romeo and Juliet “star-crossed lovers”, also known as lovers who are doomed because of outside forces (such as fate). While Romeo and Juliet may have had tough circumstances regarding their relationship, their doom was their own decision. They killed themselves in the name of love, not because of chance or

Shakespeare shows how significant events have no impact on person’s fate when Romeo gets banished, how the servant cannot read, and how Romeo and Juliet are feuding families. ` Fate is a concept that is in almost every act in Romeo and Juliet. A big example of how fate gets through significant events(obstacles) is when Romeo gets banished from Verona,Italy. “A gentler judgement vanish’d from his lips, Not body’s death, but body’s banishment”(Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 10-11). At this moment in the story the audience already knows that Romeo and Juliet are going to die.

Do things happen for a reason or do our actions decide what happens? This is a question that everyone has asked or will ask in the future. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet there are two young star-crossed lovers that meet and fall in love. Romeo and Juliet begin to get split apart by forces that they can not control and end up each committing suicide because of the actions of the characters in this play. Fate is the cause of Romeo and Juliet’s tragic deaths.

Looking up into the sky on a clear night, you should be able to see thousands of dazzling stars shining against the midnight blue. You might be in awe, amazed, or simply at peace, but have you ever thought about how these little beauties might take away your breath in more than one way? “Thank your lucky stars!” you might have heard someone say. This simple expression meant more than everything to the characters in Romeo and Juliet, for they believed their fate was truly written in the stars.

Fate is the concept of predetermined events and timing, a key influence from this idea, is what causes multiple situations to erupt in a plot. The sequence of events that is instigated by time can be arranged countless of ways, and each order provides a different ending to the storyline. Time is a primary component to a number of stories, especially in Shakespeare’s acclaimed play, Romeo and Juliet, where a destined couple is brought together and torn apart by unavoidable circumstances. In the tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare alludes to the inevitable, tragic fate of the star-crossed lovers through the consequences of precise timing and unfortunate, chance encounters during the drama. Consequently to the impeccable timing of events

Fate… What is fate? Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. But how was fate used in Romeo and Juliet? Fate and the stars were mentioned continuously throughout the story, it was used for foreshadowing as well as to hint at what was next to come.

In Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, a story of love centers around the idea that fate is at play. In a brief prologue given by the chorus, Shakespeare mentions that the main characters are ‘star crossed lovers’. Throughout the play he also references multiple times that fate could be to blame for incidents and weaves that idea through the plotline. Fate is the common culprit for the tragic events in the story of Romeo and Juliet because it is simply not a coincidence that the untimely events and the actions that lead them occurred in various points throughout the plot.

In William Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare writes a story about two lovers that are overtaken by the depths and benefits of fate itself. Shakespeare also uses fate to describe the feud between the families, love, and risks. As fate is used in the theme of the play, it can also be portrayed as good intentions but end up going bad. In the prologue it says that the Montagues and Capulets don’t get along. “A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

Romeo and Juliet is about the “unbreakable” love that is involved in teenage relationships. In the play it seems that most of what’s going on is fate opposed to choice. Even from the the prologue with “star-crossed” it shows that it is not a good fate that awaits them. What you think is fate could be based on a choice.

Written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet is known worldwide for its tragically romantic theme. Although they should be enemies, Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet fall into a taboo love. At first they keep their love secret, but as their love develops their desire to publicize their relationship grows. When a series of unfortunate events occurs, the couple goes to many extremes to preserve their love, which ultimately leads to both their deaths. The couple's tragic ending was written in stone before they met each other. Therefore, the downward path of Romeo and Juliet's relationship was set by fate.