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Fate Is To Blame For Romeo And Juliet's Death

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In the tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet’s fate becomes death. In the story of Romeo and Juliet, two rivals fall in love with each other. At the end of Romeo and Juliet, Prince Escalus questions who is to blame for Romeo and Juliet’s death. While the ancient grudge of the Capulets and the Montagues and Friar Lawrence all take some responsibility for their death, Fate takes all the blame for the couple’s death because it is what brought them together in the first place. Fate believed only their deaths would bring an end to their family’s feud, and fate is why certain dilemmas occurred to make matters worse. Although Capulets only wanted the best for their daughter Juliet, Capulet didn’t care …show more content…

In the prologue the families have “fatal loins”. Also in the prologue it states that the only thing that can end the feud is their children's end. “Do with their death bury their parents strife” It wasn't a family feud, there would have been no need for Romeo and Juliet to hide their love. Likewise, Friar Lawrence would not have had to devise a plan to help the couple escape. If the Capulets and Montagues had resolved their differences, both Romeo and Juliet would have lived a happy life. The Montagues and Capulets realize the error of their ways a little too late. Nevertheless, both families resolve their differences after losing their loved ones. All the other instances in the play happen due to the hatred between two …show more content…

Fate is the main reason why Romeo and Juliet ended up as a tragedy and not with a happy ending. In the modern world, most people choose to believe that they have a sense of responsibility and can control their own lives but, during the Elizabethan era some people had believed in fate and led their lives the way the stars told their future. Before the play in the prologue you were told what would happen very briefly. “ From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of ‘star-crossed’ lovers take their lives.” Meaning that Romeo and Juliet met because of fate & the stars aligned them to be together, it also states that both Romeo and Juliet are destined by the start to disaster. When Mercutio shouts “a plague on both your houses!” in Act 3, Scene 1, we are reminded of the protagonist’s fate. This bloody scene in which characters are killed gives us a glimpse of what fate has in store, marking the beginning of Romeo and Juliet’s tragic downfall. Even Romeo and Friar Lawrence blame fate when romeo says “ I defy you stars!” And Friar Lawrence says “ Unhappy

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