1. Find an example of the theme of “fate”. “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes. A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”. When translated it says: “Two unlucky children of these enemy families become lovers and commit suicide”. What the theme of fate is basically the entire love story of Romeo and Juliet including how they ended up killing themselves, and how their families stopped fighting after both of their deaths. Romeo and Juliet had a very beautiful but tragic love story. That of which ended by not being able to profess their love openly. Later on fate intervenes and causes Romeo to kill himself, believing that Juliet is dead. When Juliet discovers the death of her husband, she kills herself, wanting to be with her lover through eternity. …show more content…
2. Find an example of the theme of “hate”. “Two households, both alike in dignity. (In fair Verona where we lay our scene.) From ancient grudge break to new mutiny.” This quotation illustrates the theme of hate because when it is translated to contemporary English it is translated to “In the beautiful city of Verona, where our story takes place, a long standing hatred between two families erupts into new violence”. What they are trying to say in the translation is that the two families hate each other, and when Romeo and Juliet fall in love and their parents find out, they begin to hate the other family even more. Also, they had tried to separate them but had realized that they were only making them closer to one another. Both their families had realized what they had done by trying to separate the two star crossed lovers with the effect that the Capulets and Montagues’ hatred against one another had ended. 3. Find an example of the theme of
Resembles to this novel, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Romeo and Juliet also has the theme that suggests fate is doomed and uncontrollable. How do these two literatures differ in their idea about fate?
The need to please their parents and keep their feud alive set the two young lovers up for doom.
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.
To summarize the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulet’s party, decides to marry her, and goes to Friar Laurence for help. Shortly after their marriage, Romeo gets in a fight and kills Juliet’s cousin, Tybalt, resulting in Romeo’s exile. After Tybalt’s death, Juliet’s parents arrange her marriage with Count Paris. Juliet initially refuse but after going to the friar for help and creating a plan to fake her death, she agrees to get married. Her decision makes her father very happy and he changes the wedding date, ruining Juliet’s plan. To improvise, Juliet takes the poison a day earlier than she had planned. Taking the poison early eliminates the time needed to inform Romeo of the plan. This means that when Romeo hears of Juliet’s death, he believes she is actually dead and decides to kill himself at her tomb. Shortly after Romeo’s suicide, Juliet wakes up. The play ends with Juliet killing herself with a dagger after seeing Romeo’s corpse and the two families discovering their remains. Whether the outcome of Shakespeare’s play was a result of fate or free will is much debated but, imagine the ending of the play if Romeo, Juliet or Friar Laurence made a different decision and it is likely the result would not be a tragedy. This is why even though fate brought the protagonists together, the outcome of the play was a result of free will.
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.
After marrying Romeo and having only one night with Romeo, Capulet and Lady Capulet pressures Juliet into marrying someone who she doesn't want to marry ("DBQ: Romeo and Juliet: Who's to Blame". Doc. D). Juliet’s fake death goes wrong, she is pressured to marry Paris, asks Friar Lawrence for help, and Romeo ends up dead ("DBQ: Romeo and Juliet:
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.
The Opposing Themes of Love and Hate in the Play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
The story tells a tale of two lovers from rival families, who get married in secret. Sadly, they both take their own lives in the end. Many events are beyond their control, yet still decide something important. This is fate, and it is a major part of the play. Fate is shown when Romeo and Juliet see each other at the ball and fall in love, almost like magic; fate is also talked about on several occasions by Romeo as he thinks it rules his life.
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two star-crossed lovers, will do anything to show their deep affection for each other. Since they are from two different families, who happen to be enemies, they can be punished for expressing their love for one another. Unfortunately, their passion sparks many outrages. Due to Father Capulet’s feud with the Montague family, Romeo and Juliet's love life results in death.
Fate is defined as a power that is believed to control what happens in the future. The story shows how fate tries to control Romeo and Juliet's life by not letting them be together. Love is also big in this story. It is
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 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.
Romeo and Juliet first met each other at a party at the Capulets house. They fall in love with each other at the first sight without knowing that they are from families who hate each other, and when they do learn about it, it is too late. Juliet realizes that it was a mistake to fall in love with Romeo, because he is one of the people she should watch out for. He is her first and only love, but he is an enemy of her family. Lucky for Romeo, Juliet is smart, and such dumb thing as hate between their parents wouldn't stop her from loving Romeo and getting married with him. She is sorry that their families are enemies, though, because everything would be much easier if they weren't. So this is the first time when the hate between Capulets and Montagues becomes problem to Romeo and Juliets happiness. Only after their children die, the Montagues and Capulets come to their senses. The Prince accuses them of killing Romeo and Juliet. The Prince makes them see how wrong they were all the time, that all because of their hate, because they couldn't let their children love each other, Romeo and Juliet died. After that, Capulets and Montagues decide to call it quits. No more fighting, and Montague even says that he will make a gold statue of Juliet, but what is that going to do? It is too late, nothing will bring them back. It is totally Capulets' and Montagues' fault that Romeo and Juliet died. If they didn't hate each other so much,
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.