Predetermined Fate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

The third quote is ?O, I am fortunes fool!? (Romeo and Juliet, Act III: I, 135). Romeo has just married Juliet and he goes into the town square where Tybalt is waiting there to fight him. Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt because Romeo has a love for Tybalt but Romeo cannot tell Tybalt how he loves Tybalt. Mercutio gets disgusted by this and fights Tybalt. Romeo tries to break up the fight, in spite of this Tybalt?s sword stabs Mercutio. Romeo gets enraged by this and goes after Tybalt. Romeo, not thinking that Tybalt will be put to death because he broke the king?s law, goes after Tybalt and kills Tybalt. Romeo chooses his fate and kills Tybalt. Since Romeo, kills Tybalt Romeo can be sentenced to death and never see Juliet again. This quote is important to the theme of fate and choice in the play because Romeo blames Tybalt?s death on fortune.

One's character and actions leads to their downfall, an inevitable fate. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a story about teenagers who fall in love, despite that their families despise each other. In the end, the two lovers kill themselves for each other. Their lives seem to revolve around fate and that they were destined to meet each other, and die. Through the romantic tragedy Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare shows fate is inevitable through foreshadowing and the actions of characters.

One of the first examples of the fate in Romeo and Juliet is before the play begins. The Prologue points out that there is fate between Romeo and Juliet. It mentions them as “star-crossed lovers” and their love as “death-marked” that implies they have no control over what is going to happen. Audiences can clear imply that their love will change to a tragedy.

In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Romeo and Juliet, we meet the characters and how their actions led to a tragedy. Romeo and Juliet met, end up falling in love, and – since both cannot dream of living without the other – take their lives. While the play ends in a tragic death for both characters, it was their own reckless decisions; though others might believe that it was destiny that played a large role in the lovers’ downfall. However, the majority of the text evidence points to them making their own choices leading to their demise.

In the play of ‘Romeo and Juliet’, William Shakespeare explores the idea of fate, through the characters experiences. The play was taken place during the Elizabethan Era where the social norms were completely different to those today and the idea of fate was well and truly believed by the society. Shakespeare incorporates this concept of fate in different ways, he makes references to celestial bodies, employs premonitions and orchestrates events where Romeo and Juliet have no prior knowledge off. He introduces the two young lovers as ‘star-crossed’, which means their relationship is destined to end in tragedy and this is supported by events that occur in the play. Specific events

In the film, Friar Lawrence foreshadows the fate of Romeo and Juliet as he states, "These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which, as they kiss, consume" (II.vi.9-11). He explains the violent delights refers to the lust and the intense love between Romeo and Juliet, which inevitably leads to violent ends for Romeo and Juliet as they both commit suicide. He relates Romeo and Juliet to fire and powder, explaining as soon as they meet; they will consume each other at the peak of their love and it will result in their mutual demise. In addition, Juliet asks the Nurse to acquire Romeo’s name before he leaves. She exclaims, “If he be married. / My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (I.v.135). This reveals that if Romeo is married, Juliet will die rather than marry anyone else, but she is also unknowingly foreshadowing her fate where her grave does become her wedding bed, next to Romeo. Lastly, Romeo receives a vison before going to the party, stating, “I fear, too early: for my mind misgives / Some consequence yet hanging in the stars / Shall bitterly begin his fearful date / With this night’s revels, and expire the term / Of a despised life closed in my breast / By some vile forfeit of untimely death (I.iv.106-113). This foreshadows that something bad will happen this night that will result in Romeo’s death. It’s true, as

“From forth the fatal loins of these two foes. A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare that takes place in Verona two families long lasting feud ends tragically because their children rather die than have to live without each others love. The entire play is filled with examples of foreshadowing. Romeo and Juliet always refer to death, murder and suicide. For example Juliet says, "My grave is like to be my wedding bed," . Another example of foreshadowing is when Romeo is hesitant to going to the capulets masquerade “I fear too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night’s revels... By some vile forfeit of untimely death.". The last example is Romeo telling his dream: "I dreamt my lady came and found me dead-- Strange dream, that gives a dead man leave to think!-- And breathed such life with kisses in my lips.". Foreshadowing shows in Juliet's threat to suicide, Romeo’s doubt before the Capulets’ party, and Romeo’s dream.

Fate has always been of interest to society, and even today, people continue to question whether someone’s life is destined for a certain fate, or if it is shaped by their own free-will. Such thoughts come into play throughout various acts and scenes of Shakespeare 's Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s play often strongly suggests that Romeo and Juliet’s relationship is built upon fate and free-will. There are many critics who argue fate is what makes up this play in its entirety due to the various fate related ideas evoked throughout it. Although fate does indeed play some roles in the shaping of Romeo and Juliet’s relationship, overall, it is free-will that plays a much greater role throughout their tragedy and is ultimately at work in this play.

Although the play “Romeo and Juliet” is lauded as one which excellently portrays unconquerable love, the most prominent theme of the play is not that of unconquerable love but rather of the death and tragedy that stems out from Romeo and Juliet disobeying fate for their own desires. This theme of relationship between fate and free will is present throughout the play and even emphasized through the use of literary elements. One such example of this theme being emphasized through the use of literary elements is the prologue. The prologue of the play employs the literary elements of alliteration, rhyme and foreshadowing to convey the theme of the relationship between fate and freewill, claiming that attempting to defy fate will leads to misfortune.

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.

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.

At one point Romeo even says, “This doth not so, for she divideth us” (act 3 scene 5 line 20). After they realized it was morning Romeo and Juliet look at each other and Juliet says “ Thou art so low as one dead in the bottom of a tomb” (Act 3 scene 5 lines 55-56). Shakespeare is foreshadowing that next time the two lovers see each other, they will both be dead. Even if they are trying to ignore their fate they are unable to because fate is already had taken its route.

In the story Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the “star-crossed” lovers took their life in an unfortunate series of events. Romeo, Juliet, and Friar Lawrence were all involved with the death of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo was impetuous and did not try to find the cause of Juliet’s “death”. Friar Lawrence was also unknowing of the future, but still gave an extremely important message, one that would define life and death, into the someone else’s hands. Certain actions, such as finding out about the Capulet party was fate. Although many events were caused by the lovers’ immaturity and impulsiveness, fate was the major cause for their deaths.

In a town full of hate, encompassed with death, someone or something is to blame for the suicides of the two “star-crossed” lovers, Romeo and Juliet (Prologue). Romeo and Juliet starts off on a bleak note with the prologue that foretells the deaths of the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet. It brings to attention the severity of the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues, and outlines the events that would have to occur to end the feud. However, throughout the entire play, what ultimately kills Romeo and Juliet, is fate. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet were written in stone.

plays a part. In every act there is an event when you can detect fate