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Fate Should Be Responsible For The Death Of Romeo And Juliet

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“Sometimes the road of life takes an unexpected turn and you have no choice but to follow it to end up in the place you are supposed to be.” Written anonymously. Romeo and Juliet is a timeless play written by the famous author William Shakespeare. Two young children end up dead because of their unconditional love for each other. In this case, Fate should be responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because of Romeo meeting Juliet at the Capulet party, Romeo banished from Verona, as well as Juliet drinking the potion to kill her. Even before Romeo and Juliet met, fate had already made plans for them. When they would meet, they would forget all about their past about who was a Montague and who was a Capulet, all they would focus on would be the love of each other. For example, “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, A pair of star crossed lovers take their lives” (Prologue line 5,6). The prologue shows, Romeo and Juliet both are like stars. They have their own life and their own choices but something along the way made them cross paths thus beginning the count down to their death. The Capulet Party was the first place their stars crossed. This is important because, Fate had planned for both of their stars to meet here. Making Romeo forget about Rosaline and Juliet to forget about Paris. If it were not for fate, the star-crossed lovers would have never met which would mean Juliet would probably be married to Paris and Romeo would most likely not be able to forget Rosaline. Another Example to represent fate errors brought upon would be when , Romeo reads the guest list from the servant, who cannot read, “My fair niece Rosaline….” (Act I scene 2 line 69). This shows, if the illiterate servant had went to someone else besides Romeo, the Montigue would never have seen Rosaline would at party. Romeo risked his life to go to this rivals party for his So-called love Rosaline. This is important because, the guest list was sort of a beginning for the love of Romeo and Juliet. If the servant had went to another person, Romeo and Juliet would have never met at the party nor would they have fallen in love. This party lead to the Romeo finally meeting Lord Capulets daughter Juliet. If the servant had asked

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