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In William Shakespeare's tragic play Romeo and Juliet, there are four quotes about fate and choice. The characters in the play choose their own fate, it happens because of their choices or actions. First, in the beginning of the play Romeo and Juliet are referred to as 'a pair of star-crossed lovers' (Romeo and Juliet, Prologue). Second, Romeo explains to Mercutio how he has a dream that if he goes to the Montague party he will die, but Romeo chooses to go to the party anyway. Third, Romeo kills Tybalt right after his marriage to Juliet. Fourth, Romeo decides to commit suicide because he hears of Juliet's death.

Romeo did not just stumble upon Juliet, these repeating coincidences intertwining Romeo and Juliet’s destiny can only be acknowledged as an act of fate. Another sign Romeo and Juliet met as an act of fate is because as soon as fate brought the two together, it tested their love with challenges outside of either of their control to change or stop. One way fate tested Romeo and Juliet’s love was by making their relationship even more difficult than just having opposing families; Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, kills Mercutio, Romeo’s friend, and Romeo retaliates by killing Tybalt. Another way fate tested Romeo and Juliet’s love was by forcing Paris to be so eager to marry Juliet. The challenges and strong love Romeo and Juliet are presented with were never part of their plan and therefore must have been an act of fate.

     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

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.

Fate was the fundamental factor that led to the suicides of Romeo and Juliet. It is present throughout the entire play, setting the scene for the tragic events to take place. Two scenarios which show that fate played an imperative role in Romeo and Juliet’s deaths are when Romeo read the ball invite which was addressed to someone else and when Friar John had to stop while delivering Friar Lawrence’s message resulting in Balthasar reaching Romeo first. The first scenario is seen in the text where a servant of the Capulet family

Tybalt’s murder forces the Prince to exile Romeo. So, Mercutio and Tybalt’s deaths by fate let the plot move on. This event could not have happened if fate hadn’t brought Romeo, Mercutio and Tybalt together. Overall, fate bringing people together really effected what happened in Romeo and Juliet. In those people’s meetings, someone almost always died as a result, even if that death was indirectly caused by that meeting, which brings up a second subject, fates role in death contributing to moving the plot along.

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 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.

Many people blame fate for the death of Romeo and Juliet. One reason being that Romeo and Juliet’s meeting at the party was determined by fate. However, Romeo went to the party because of love, and he wanted to see if he could find some else better than Rosaline. He saw Juliet and found a new love. Therefore, love is a stronger competitor than fate for their meeting. Moreover, another argument is that the prologue calls Romeo and Juliet “star-crossed lovers”, also known as lovers who are doomed because of outside forces (such as fate). While Romeo and Juliet may have had tough circumstances regarding their relationship, their doom was their own decision. They killed themselves in the name of love, not because of chance or

The tragedy in this story didn’t start until Romeo killed Mercutio, like I said; fate is when the forces outside of your control take action. Romeo

Not only are the Friar's actions ironic (giving Juliet a potion that imitates death for her to live, only to have her die in the end) and foreshadow events to come, but he also makes a reference to fate as he goes to fetch Juliet from the tomb; he says, “[Juliet], come from that nest / Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep: / A greater power than we can contradict / Hath thwarted our intents.” (Shakespeare V.iii.151-4) The Friar blames this tragedy on fate when he says “a greater power...hath thwarted our intents.” This meeting was obviously doomed from the start because of fate, and the irony and foreshadowing make it very clear. Critic Ruth Nevo claims that,“The powerful irony of [Romeo’s] death scene is that as he swallows his fatal potion he is in fact nearer the fulfillment of his heart’s desire than at any other moment in the course of the drama.” (Nevo 249). As Nevo states that Romeo “is in fact nearer the fulfillment of his heart’s desire than at any other moment in the course of the drama” it is basically suggested that Romeo would never had had the chance to be with Juliet. They have formed a literal asymptote with the line that is happiness together, separated only by fate. Also, the irony of Romeo's death scene, which is mentioned above, strengthens the claim that they would have

The characters themselves believe that there lives are controlled by fate and luck it was Romeo blames his misfortune down to the stars he was portrayed as a believer in fate rather than free will he had a feeling from the very beginning of the play that he and Juliet would never really end up together and that fate would get I the

Many people don 't believe that fate even exists. These people feel that one controls his or her own future. But in the case of the play, Romeo and Juliet written by Willian Shakespeare, this is not true. Romeo and Juliet is a story about two "star-crossed lovers" who ultimately die due to their fate. Since the moment they first time they met, things began in motion. These two lovers could not have done anything to change their course of fate, thus, why the story of Romeo and Juliet is a story controlled by fate, rather than a tragedy.

In the tragedy play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, the theme of fate versus human error would definitely be one of the main and most important theme throughout the play. In addition, Shakespeare describes the human error events are often called upon and mistaken for fate. However, there are always an underlying action, or a combination with fate which can lead on part of the human beings that decide the consequences for their actions. Most importantly, people tend to blame their mistakes or poor decisions on fate and density. The choices of Romeo and Juliet was not fate, but human error. Personally, I believe that destiny is no matter of chance. It is the matter of choice which we made that determine the outcomes.

Free Will over Fate Throughout Romeo and Juliet, a major theme is shown through the combination of fate and free-will. While both fate and free-will play a hand in Romeo and Juliet’s ending, Shakespeare emphasizes through their tragedy that it is ultimately irresponsibility and impulsiveness that causes this ending. Throughout this play, Shakespeare demonstrates how fate affects certain events and their outcome, such as the falling in love of Romeo and Juliet. In the beginning, he writes “from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.”