Fate In Romeo And Juliet

     Fate, for better or worse, interrupts everyone’s daily life, whether he/she chooses to acknowledge it or not. Thinking about fate conjures up different feelings for different people; some people believe strongly in it, some people think of fate as ridiculous, and some do not care one way or the other. However, in many instances, such as in William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, far too many coincidences occur to be strictly coincidental. Fate creates a powerful effect throughout the entire play, starting in the prologue, continuing as Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, and tragically ending in the lovers’ deaths.

The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays, published in 1597. It is a story about how, “A pair of star-cross’d lovers [Romeo and Juliet] take their lives…/The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love…” (Prologue of Romeo and Juliet, 6-9) as they are forbidden to be together due to a long lasting and ongoing feud between the Montague and Capulet families. Their deaths are the results of many characters’ actions and fate, and there is not one distinctive person that can be blam¬ed for the young lovers’ deaths. Friar Lawrence is not to blame for these deaths as fate played a major role in their demise, he warned Romeo of his impulsive and unwise decision making, and his intentions were to abolish the ongoing feud between the two families. Further examination will prove that Friar Lawrence is innocent and his intensions were far from the passing of the two lovers.

Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth; So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd.’What makes a story so compelling?(5.3.10-12) In Shakespeare's tragedy ‘Romeo and Juliet, the author makes fated occurrences to introduce the next event. In the story, many are fated occurrences that is not impacted by the decision of the characters but, happens naturally. Further, exploring these events will tells us how fate changes outcome.

William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is not just about the love affair between two main characters. It is also about a long lasting family feud which in turn causing two brutal deaths.

That next day Juliet proposes marriage on ONLY the second day they knew one another. Romeo agrees to marry Juliet because he's at a lost with Rosaline who is rejecting his love and he wants someone to replace Rosaline, so Juliet is the next best thing. Romeo then rushes to the friar to explain that he's met a girl who loves him and the friar says that isn't the greatest idea if you don't know each other well , yet romeo says it's the best idea. The friar agrees only because, he's known romeo for a very long time and wants to make him happy. When Romeo and Juliet use the nurse to speak to each other they both find out that there names are from rivaling families I,iiiii,125-126. When this comes to light they should have been more cautious of this before they marry each other the next day. Between the two they have a secret to keep from their family and friends over this ¨love¨ that spread like a wildfire. When this occurs in the matter of days, it just happens so fast and about a week into them marrying each other they kill themselves over this love they believe in so much. Romeo

Juliet even says herself that their love is “too rash, too undivided, too sudden; too like lightening, which doth cease to be ere one can say it lightens…” (Shakespeare 360) that shows you that she even knew that they are way in over their heads with this marriage. If Juliet would have listened to what she was thinking their love was like then maybe they would have waited and lived happily ever after and not be dead. The final and the most atrocious decision the lovers make is to take their lives for each other.

Romeo and Juliet is a famous love tragedy written by William Shakespeare. It explores the concept of fate versus own choice. Fate is accountable for Romeo and Juliet to be born into two disputing families. But when considering what was responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, is it apparent that their own choice over fate was largely held accountable. A marriage in the Renaissance era was mostly forced or arranged, a love-match marriage like Romeo and Juliet’s didn’t belong in that period, and occasionally caused controversy. The love shared between Romeo and Juliet is the greatest and most important theme in Romeo and Juliet. It is obvious that the events that took place before the young lover’s deaths were mainly their own choice and

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.

The great tragedy, Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is about two star crossed lovers who suffer from their forbidden love. Romeo and Juliet, the descendants of two fueding families become involved in a passionate and hasty love affair, and are forced to keep their love hidden from their families. This leads to the death of both protagonists as the Montagues and Capulets decide, too late, to put their feud behind them after the two kill themselves. As Friar Lawrence says, “They stumble that run fast” The two lovers, coincidently wound up dying with the help of their actions and fate.

Some people may not believe in fate and that they can control their own destinies and lives. But in the story of Romeo and Juliet, from their encounter at the party, to falling in love with each other to ultimately their death may all have been pre-planned. Fate is referred to being the “stars” and has the ability to manipulate people's lives to fulfill their destinies. Throughout the whole book, characters have mentioned that a tragedy would be fated to fall on Romeo and Juliet and their love for each other. Their meeting at the Capulet party was no mere coincidence and throughout the entire book, fate seemed to be directly connected to their downfall.

People argue whether fate is a real force or if one’s actions are controlled by themselves. No matter what steers a person’s life’s events, there will be consequences, good or bad, that affect many different people or families. One instance of fate driving a story forward is the example of Romeo and Juliet. The prologue of the play states the end of two things: Romeo and Juliet’s lives and the feud between the Montagues, Romeo’s family, and the Capulets, Juliet’s family. The events throughout the story show how the force of fate is controlling the lives of the star-crossed lovers.

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.

The play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare explores the concept of fate to allow the audience to query whether the tragedy was inevitable or not. Throughout the play Shakespeare alludes to the concept of fate controlling the events that occur. An example of the presence of fate, is displayed at the end of Act 1, Scene 4 when Romeo states “ Some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin this fearful date with the night's revels; by some vile forfeit of untimely death.” This quote uses the literary device of foreshadowing to verbally display the tragedy that is about to occur, to which the audience has already been informed of.

Although people’s views differ on who controls our future, I believe we are governed by fate. Fate is determined beyond one’s control. Therefore, you may not have jurisdiction to choose your own destiny. Fate is predetermined, but has the chance to be altered. We may make our own decisions, but that does not mean we necessarily direct our own lives.

In the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, when Romeo doesn’t consider the consequences of his actions dreadful things will happen, like when Romeo defends himself in the streets of Verona, decides to marry a girl in a enemy family after the first time they met, and Romeo’s impatience leads both of them to death. Shakespeare foreshadows many more examples across the book of what way their luck is going.