Lovers Fate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Everyone wants to marry the love of their life. Seeking the approval of our family and friends, we all look ahead fondly at the idea of living a long and happy life with our soulmate. Unfortunately, in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet this is not the way life played out.

The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a drama about two star-crossed lovers whose family feud thwarts their true love. Romeo, son of Lord Montague and Juliet, daughter of Lord Capulet have found love in each other, and their feelings only deepen as time goes on. Friar Lawrence, a holy man in Verona, is eager to end the feud by attempting to help Romeo and Juliet kindle their love, in spite of the dispute. However, he does not think about the consequences. Juliet’s father, Lord Capulet, is very adamant to have her marry Paris, and is hostile to the idea of her marrying someone else. Friar Lawrence’s ambition, Juliet’s love, and Capulet’s stubbornness lead to the deaths 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.

Could it have been fate? Or could it have been the fault of Romeo and Juliet themselves? In the romantic play The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, two star-crossed lover fall in love. However it is not that simple. They go through many challenging obstacles and face many choices eventually leading to both of their ultimate deaths. Now, back to the question, was it fate, or was it their own fault? The fate seem to outweigh the human stupidity factors factors by many. But, I believe it all depends on what the reader believes. What I’m saying is that no matter what someone thinks, human error will always be the cause. What people call fate is merely a coincidence of events and timing with a label one it “Fate”. Overall there are three main examples from the play that show us how human error, coincidence, and misconception was at hand, not fate.

Some individuals may not trust that destiny is something that honestly exists on the planet. This bit of the populace questions that there is anything that is really intended to be or expected to happen believing that there is dependably a route around disturbing dilemmas, realizing that it isn't important to turn out only one certain way. They assume that whatever happens in their lives comes as a consequence of the choices that they make with their own through and through freedom. Others, nonetheless, trust that whatever happens over the span of their lives is unavoidable and each occasion fated and laid out before them like a guide to life; as it were, destiny. William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet has destiny as an especially urgent

Romeo first hears that Juliet is dead and is so sad that he goes and buys poison. “Let me have a dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear as will disperse itself through all the veins That the life-weary taker may fall dead” (5.1.63-65). Romeo just can't stand to live if is newly wedded wife is dead. While he is in the tomb where Juliet’s body is lying says his some of his last words to Juliet “The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss a dateless bargain to engrossing death” (5.3.123-124). Then takes the potion and that shows how much his life depended on Juliet he now had nothing to live for and took his own life. Juliet then wakes up with no Romeo by her side but instead finds him dead on the floor with a vival next to him. Juliet decides to do the same and finds the closest thing to her, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die” (5.3.126-127). Romeo and Juliet did the most they could do to show how much they cared for eachother, they kill

I believe in fate, but what about you? Fate is described about as a powerful force that can guides us throughout life. Every left or right turn we make. Is that planned out or just free will. How any of this could be already set out for us, predetermined, no say in what we do.

Predetermined destiny means, “established in advance,” most commonly known as fate. Do you believe in fate? Most people may not believe that fate truthfully exists in the world. Fate plays a strong role in William Shakespeare’s, “Romeo and Juliet.” Romeo and Juliet shared a destiny, they are destined to a tragic death right after they confess their love and get married. Even though they challenged their destiny, they still cease to the unstoppable powers of fate. In the play, the concept of fate brings the lovers together, and tears them apart through the bitter times in Verona.

Some people may not believe in fate and that they can control their own destinies and lives. But in the story of Romeo and Juliet, from their encounter at the party, to falling in love with each other to ultimately their death may all have been pre-planned. Fate is referred to being the “stars” and has the ability to manipulate people's lives to fulfill their destinies. Throughout the whole book, characters have mentioned that a tragedy would be fated to fall on Romeo and Juliet and their love for each other. Their meeting at the Capulet party was no mere coincidence and throughout the entire book, fate seemed to be directly connected to their downfall.

The ability one has to determine their own fate may be justified by his ability to foresee the repercussions of his actions. However, in the case of the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare clearly states at the beginning of the play that the two star-crossed lovers would die by taking their own lives. Even if Romeo and Juliet wanted to run away and make their own fate, Shakespeare's foreshadowed destiny would prevail in making Romeo and Juliet take their own lives. Shakespeare showed the power of fate, even when fate was presented with numerous setbacks, such as the feud between the families that should have prevented Romeo and Juliet from ever becoming lovers, when Romeo got banished for killing Tybalt, and when Lord Capulet arranges Juliet’s marriage to Paris.

The Elizabethan notion of fate, that one’s destiny is predetermined by the stars at birth, is explored in Romeo and Juliet through unwitting actions of characters, dreams and imagery. Fate is depicted as a range of ‘misadventur’d’ coincidences in the plot development. Shakespeare also harnesses the presaging power of omens and dreams to present the limitations of Freewill and the lovers’ impending doom. Figurative devices such as the vivid imagery of light and darkness in the tragedy creates a ‘black and portentous’ atmosphere which allow for the easy manipulations of fate. Shakespeare explores the idea that people had very little control over their actions and therefore destiny which led to their tragic ending.

In William Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare writes a story about two lovers that are overtaken by the depths and benefits of fate itself. Shakespeare also uses fate to describe the feud between the families, love, and risks. As fate is used in the theme of the play, it can also be portrayed as good intentions but end up going bad. In the prologue it says that the Montagues and Capulets don’t get along. “A dog of the house of Montague moves me.

The course that our life takes can be completely out of our control, even if we try to change it, this is called fate. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet uses the theme of fate to share the tragic story of the two lovers. Ever since the beginning, Romeo and Juliet are described as ‘star-crossed lovers’ who were destined to meet and fall in love. They had to overcome many challenges just to see each other because of the feud between their families, the Montagues and Capulets. Although they tried to fight against the odds, their tragic end was far beyond their control.

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.

In the Shakespearean play,”Romeo and Juliet”, several recurring themes and symbols appear. The most commonly used theme relating to the work is the concept of fate, or destiny. Shakespeare has been known to use concept of fate to emphasis the importance, impact, and inevitability of the events that are ensured to transpire. The fact that the “star-crossed lovers” are destined to give their lives in the pursuit of each other makes it much more dramatic knowing that they were doomed the moment they locked eyes at the Masq. On the topic of the Masq, a symbol can be found there. A masks are used to hide one's identity, both literally and symbolically. By discarding the pretenses of name and family, Romeo and Juliet are able to meet one another