Romeo and Juliet - Fate

In ‘Romeo and Juliet', fate plays an extremely powerful role throughout the story. Romeo and Juliet are "star-crossed lovers," as the prologue at the start of the play indicated, they had fate against them. In that time, people were very wary of what the stars said. If two people's stars were

Capulet’s controlling nature forces Juliet to fake her death, which leads to her death and Romeo’s. In conclusion, Juliet fears her father’s abuse and an unloving marriage so much that it eventually cost her her life, happiness, and husband. Additionally, Capulet and Montague cause Romeo and Julite’s deaths because their rivalry leads to Mercutio and Tybalt’s murders and Romeo’s banishment. Tybalt challenges Romeo to fight to defend his uncle;s honor in the

After Tybalt killed Mercutio, Romeo went to avenge him. After Romeo kills Tybalt he says “Now Tybalt, you can call me “villain” the way you did before” (Shakespeare 147). This quote shows the fate of Tybalt, presented by his uncle. Tybalt was so distracted because in his mind he saw Romeo at the party to disrespect his family and because of Tybalt's hatred of the Montagues he decided to do something stupid and later we find out it cost him his own life. Another presentation of fate in the story of Romeo and Juliet is when Friar Lawrence has to warn Romeo that Juliet isn't truly dead.

In William Shakespeare’s play, “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, fate plays one of the largest roles in the plot. In order to understand how fate plays a role it is important to examine how the story begins, when Romeo meets Juliet, and when Romeo fights Tybalt after Tybalt kills Mercutio.

Fate is a hidden, but unavoidable force that leads to certain consequences in people’s lives. The theme of fate plays a crucial role in the main characters of the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet share a destiny that dooms them to tragic deaths immediately after the exchange of their zealous love. Despite their resolute attempts to challenge their destiny, the lovers still succumb to the inexorable powers of fate. In the Shakespearean play, Romeo and Juliet, the principle of fate propels the lovers together with infatuation, tears them apart through a bitter demise, yet, ensures peace in Verona for many future generations.

Most of Shakespeare's plays are conceived around a foundation in either tragedy or comedy, this polarity of themes allowing him to experiment with the full range of human emotions. Typically, an integral part of a Shakespearean tragedy is love, which is frustrated by a breakdown in order, or the character of the hero, due to some human limitation. The play Romeo and Juliet has all these typical characteristics. However, the resultant conclusion of events for the characters in this tragedy is adversely affected by the hands of fate, and not solely the product of human limitations. Fate in fact has a decisive role in the events of the play; it is a series of rapid coincidental events, which lead to the final tragedy.

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.

In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, is about two “star crossed” lovers who are destined to end in a tragic accident. Fate is the path that leads to the future and cannot be altered no matter the outcome. Set in Shakespearean time, fate was believed to be in control of people’s lives. The fact that Romeo and Juliet would never live a peaceful life, none of the tragedies would have not taken place if they had not met. In the prologue of the play, Shakespeare outlines that “two star’d crossed lovers take their life”. This foreshadowing creates the sense that fate shall claim superiority. The powerful nature of Romeo

     In addition to reigning over their love lives, fate also causes the downfall of Romeo and Juliet. Near the end of the play, it appears Romeo and Juliet have a significant

Since the fathers from both families dislike each other, they have caused death in the young lovers' lives because of many disputes. According to Document C, “The feud has caused deaths between Tybalt and Mercutio.” Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin and Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. Due to Mercutio's pun-filled language and tough personality, he starts the brawl between himself and Tybalt. While Mercutio is dying, he sends

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 experience bad luck and misfortune, regardless of their deception. They have awful timing, and it is unfortunate that they must ‘love a loathed enemy’, as this is what causes Romeo and Juliet to be deceptive. Romeo and Juliet hide their

In the book Romeo & Juliet by William Shakespeare, fate plays a large role in moving the plot along. It does this by bringing people together. Fate also plays a role in a couple people’s deaths, including the main characters, Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet is a story of a forbidden love, written by William Shakespeare. Some may say that it is a tragedy of fate. Fate is defined as forces outside of your control that makes things happen. An example of fate is when you miss your bus and meet the person who will turn out to be your spouse while you’re standing on the platform waiting on the next bus. I think Romeo and Juliet is the exact opposite of fate, they undoubtedly took things into their own hands.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, fate appears to be a dominating force from the very beginning. In the prologue, the Chorus introduces the idea that fate controls Romeo and Juliet’s love, when we are told that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed” and “death-marked.” When the author, William shakespeare begins the play by revealing that Romeo and Juliet are ‘destined’ to die, he reveals the climax of Romeo and Juliet before the play even begins. The author’s decision to reveal such a large part of the play and spoiling the end for the audience does serve a purpose. The introduction reveals the presence of fate by declaring Romeo and Juliet must die because that is what Shakespeare imagined from the beginning, which declares fate as the ultimate