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Fate Is To Blame In The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet

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In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, Shakespeare puts many people and fault for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, but the three main characters at fault are Fate, the Feud, and Love. These characters do not appear physically but the still play a major role in the story. Fate is the destiny of someone and what is destined to happen to them and cannot be altered. In this story fate holds most of the blame for what happens. One example of fate is said in the prologue. It caused the love of Romeo and Juliet “Death-mark’d love…”. (DBQ: Project, 2013) What this means is the fate of Romeo and Juliet's love is destined to not work out, and that their love for one another is fatal. Another example of this is also stated in the prologue. It says “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life…”. (DBQ: Project, 2013) What this means is Romeo and Juliets stars are not aligned which means there love is destined to not work out. …show more content…

One example is said in the prologue. It states “From ancient grudge break to new mutiny…”. What this translates to is Romeo and Juliet are rebelling against the ongoing feud between their families which leads to a violent and tragic ending, the deaths of Romeo and Juliet trying to escape the feud to be together. Another example is in act II, scene III when Friar Lawrence says “To turn your households’ rancour to pure love…”. (DBQ: Project, 2013) Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet in hopes of ending the

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