The Role of Fate in Romeo and Juliet

     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

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet died and this is because of fate. Why? Because of all

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the play of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, William Shakespeare explores the idea of fate, through the characters experiences. The play was taken place during the Elizabethan Era where the social norms were completely different to those today and the idea of fate was well and truly believed by the society. Shakespeare incorporates this concept of fate in different ways, he makes references to celestial bodies, employs premonitions and orchestrates events where Romeo and Juliet have no prior knowledge off. He introduces the two young lovers as ‘star-crossed’, which means their relationship is destined to end in tragedy and this is supported by events that occur in the play. Specific events

In Romeo and Juliet, adversity plays a large role in keeping the two star-crossed lovers apart, and after a short taboo romance, it is evident that their story ends in tragedy. The feud between their two families, both fate and destiny, encouragement from non-family members, and the deaths of the young couple, ultimately make this love story a tragedy.

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.

If the Titanic did not bump into the iceberg, a tragedy could have been avoided. Why did Hitler get elected? Maybe then the holocaust could have been avoided. If a plane flight was cancelled on 9/11, we might have avoided the deaths of thousands. Why did Romeo meet Juliet in the first place? Could Tybalt and Mercutio's deaths been avoided? Last but not least, why did Juliet wake up in time to see dying Romeo? What exactly ties all events together? Fate.

Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, has fate as

Do people still believe in fate and predetermined destiny that could shape love? In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s theme of fate impels the star cross’d lovers who are destined to meet their demise. Fate seems to be against their will and forces their love to end in tragedy. In this romantic yet sad play, there is a supernatural power that impacts each scene of the story changing the outcomes to fit the theme of fate.

Romeo isn’t the only character affected by fate. Fate impacted Juliet greatly as well. Juliet has a vision of Romeo “Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb.”-Juliet pg.1065 she’s indicating their fate. When Juliet wakes right after Romeo kills himself is an example of fate. Most of Juliet’s decisions were not thought through all the way which also helps fate take its course. Juliet insinuated the idea of marriage which caused a chain of reactions. They secretly get married, Juliet fakes her death, Romeo kills himself, and then Juliet follows.

In Shakespeare's tragedy titled "Romeo and Juliet", two 'star-crossed lovers' of 15th Century Verona, Italy, make major decisions out of love or hate, which result in dire and sometimes fatal consequences that cannot be undone. It is speculated that there is only one character that is to blame for all deaths in the play. One in particular is __________, who is the __________. However, it is also conjectured that fate is involved, implying that the deaths in the play were not the fault of the characters, which is precisely what Shakespeare is challenging. Through the actions of _________ that make him/her both innocent as well as guilty; and by showing that the concept of blaming is entirely opinionated; Shakespeare proves that there cannot

In his play, Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare reveals that Romeo is the most affected by fate since he recognizes this power and becomes driven to defy it at all costs for love, ultimately suggesting that love and compassion are unstoppable forces that can keep people together even when they seem destined to face impenetrable obstacles. In the play, Shakespeare writes about the stars, that try to keep Romeo away from Juliet, but he also creates Romeo as a character aware of fate’s manipulation of his life. When Romeo walks to the masqued ball, he believes that there is “some [consequence] yet hanging in the stars” (1.4.114). Shakespeare makes fate the “stars”, since Romeo and Juliet are supposed to be star crossed lovers, meaning that no matter what, their relationship will fail. When Romeo says that he believes a consequence is “hanging in the stars”, he means metaphorically that he thinks fate will punish him for his next actions. After realizing that fate wants to keep him apart from Juliet, Romeo’s actions are defined by fate since he wants to defy it so much to stay with Juliet. He does not want to believe that fate has more control over his life than himself. Without the recognition of such a power, Romeo would not be pushed to such suicidal attempts to defy fate later on in the play, ultimately leading to an “untimely death”. However, the recognition of fate is not the only thing that shows how much fate affects Romeo, since he tries to defy it at all costs,