Fate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

There are many powerful forces on this earth. It can permanently affect a person's life, whether it be fortunate or atrocious. Romeo and Juliet illustrates the lives of two young star crossed lovers who take their lives together after they discover that their affection will never be compatible. They are lead to believe that they love each other, and though love is a strong element in life, love is not what drove them to meet each other, or eventually kill themselves. It is fate that wrote their lives like a book, and its fate that decided when to write the last page of that book. Fate is the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power. It is the force that is more powerful than any element of human nature on earth. No one can surpass/change it; it is impossible to try to erase the words of your story. Fate is inevitable, and whether it is good or bad, you must accept it. In Romeo And Juliet, Romeo tries to accept the fate that draw him and Juliet apart, but at the end of the book, he tries to defy fate, saying “Then I defy you, stars” (Act 5, Scene 1, Page 266), then takes his life. However, fate is so strong, that by killing himself trying to defy fate, he actually followed its guidelines. In Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare uses characterization and foreshadowing to illustrate that it is human nature to recognize that life is controlled by fate, and good or bad, it cannot be changed.

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.

     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 very important factor in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare heavily portrays Romeo and Juliet’s relationship as fate. Everything that has happened with Romeo and Juliet is fate. Fate is something that, I believe, can’t be prevented. From the beginning, all the way through, and at the end, fate is still shown as a big part of the relationship of Romeo and Juliet.

Throughout Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, there is an adequate amount of evidence that shows fate is responsible for the untimely death of the two lovers. Even before the play begins, in the prologue, the Chorus tells the audience that the lovers are “star-cross’d”, which actually tells the audience straight away that the ending for Romeo and Juliet is not a good one. The characters in Romeo and Juliet talk about fate and the stars a lot in the play, accusing it for their misfortune. Some characters even foreshadow their death without even possibly knowing that this will happen. In Shakespeare’s time, they believed that fate ruled your life and that there was no way in avoiding it. Fate is an inevitable part in Romeo and Juliet’s lives and it plays a major role in the outcomes of all the characters.

Fate is a predominant topic throughout many pieces of literature. Often, authors use their writing to state their opinions and beliefs on topics like fate. Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a prime example of this. This play is a tale of two people, parts of two warring families, falling in love at first sight. As decided by fate, the two teenagers eventually lead themselves to their death as a result of their love.

In Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, a story of love centers around the idea that fate is at play. In a brief prologue given by the chorus, Shakespeare mentions that the main characters are ‘star crossed lovers’. Throughout the play he also references multiple times that fate could be to blame for incidents and weaves that idea through the plotline. Fate is the common culprit for the tragic events in the story of Romeo and Juliet because it is simply not a coincidence that the untimely events and the actions that lead them occurred in various points throughout the plot.

Alex Sutton Mrs. Riegel G4 17 April 2015 The tragic fate of Romeo and Juliet Some people may not believe that fate is something real that actually exists in the world. These people doubt that there is anything that is meant to be or supposed to happen, thinking that there is always a way around difficult problems, thinking that it isn't necessarily going to end up a certain way. They believe that whatever happens in their lives comes as a result of the choices that they make with their own free will. Others, however, know that whatever will happen during the path of their lives is inevitable, and every moment is predetermined and set before them like some sort of map; in layman's terms, fate.

In this paragraph fate is mentioned, as Juliet realizes the significance of her situation, as her kindred spirit is banished. She decides to endure and obey Capulets arranged marriage. Therefore, Juliet contemplates an inevitable solution-death. By this drastic choice, she and Romeo have the prospect of existing together in the afterlife. Foreshadowing Juliet’s plea, the star-crossed lovers eventually come together. They are reunited in the old Capulet tombstone as they both come to the realization that life is unfulfilling without love so each choose to kill themselves.

Fate is defined as something that is predetermined by an unknown force, or destiny; this can be seen in the play Romeo and Juliet. There are many instances were fate, or destiny plays a large role in the out com of the main characters.

In this essay i'm going to talk about the Romeo and Juliet book written by Shakespeare. There were many characters that died because of fate in the book, but they could have easily changed it. I am going to talk about three characters that determined their fate because of their actions and how I think they could have changed their fate. The three characters I'm going to focus on are Romeo, Juliet, and Tybalt.

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.

How could any of this be planned, so they think it is their own choice? Then those who do believe that this is planned, this is what is considered fate. William Shakespeare has a play, Romeo and Juliet has fate, this fate had brought them together for a reason. Since the fate is very strong in this play, it had made a huge impact. Especially since this is the major part where this brings together the two young lovers. The moment that Romeo and Juliet meet is the exact incident that leads to their death, without knowing this. Thus, fate is absolutely the most common reason for the couple's heartbreaking, tragic, death.

The tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is play of two young lovers from different houses that were destined to be together, but could not do that while living. Their love began through one fragile moment in the plot when a Capulet servingman asks Romeo, a Montague, to help him read names off of a list for a ball. Benvolio, a cousin of Romeo, insists that they attend the ball so Romeo can forget about his crush, Rosaline. When they arrive to the ball, Romeo lays eyes on Juliet and falls deeply in love with her. Both Romeo and Juliet make some unneeded choices that eventually hurt them.

Romeo and Juliet was a masterpiece written by the brilliant William Shakespeare in the late 1500’s. This play is full of oxymorons, crude jokes, plot twist and many themes and moods throughout the play. One huge idea that meanders throughout the whole play is the theme of fate. Fate; the idea of a predetermined outcome to a situation that is completely inevitable. This force doomed the astronauts in apollo 13 and also connected Neo to Morpheus in the Matrix.