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In the play, ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare, the author tells of a deplorable tale between two lovers, separated by their families dispute. Due to the absence of support and the absinthal rivalry between their parents, Romeo and Juliet perish. Romeo and Juliet bear together by their parent’s similar lack of support and communication as well as personal egoism and overall narcissistic behavior which ultimately lead to taking their own life.

     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

The theme of fate and fortune in Romeo and Juliet is shown by the line ‘A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life’. The word, ‘star-cross’d’ portray that the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, will meet because the stars are aligned for them. This shows that fate is a concept in Shakespeare's play. Fortune was a big part of the Elizabethan world and was believed to be the main controlling force in life. From zodiac signs to the wheel of Fortune, Elizabethan’s believed in fate and the

Although many Shakespearean plays are very similar to one another, two stand out from the rest as sharing a great deal in common. Specific, solid parallels can be drawn between Shakespeare's plays "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Romeo and Juliet." The themes and characters are remarkably similar in many aspects. Firstly, both plays highlight the stereotypical young lovers - Hermia and Lysander in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Romeo and Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet." Secondly, both plays are very ambiguously categorized. By this I mean that each could have been a tragedy just as easily as a drama (with a few minor modifications). By definition, a tragic play is a play in which the main character has a fatal flaw that leads to

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

William Shakespeare is an English poet and play right. His plays mainly consisted of comedies, history, and tragedies. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a play written by William Shakespeare. For a play to be a tragedy there must be a tragic hero. In Shakespeare plays, tragedy is identified as a story that ends unhappily due to the fall of the protagonist, which is the tragic. In this play there are two tragic heroes. Romeo and Juliet are both the tragic heroes. To be a tragic hero they must be from a high estate, have a tragic flaw, and the tragic flaw is the cause of their downfall.

Fate is a powerful thing, people see have fate in many movies such as Final Destination, where death is unstoppable. Every decision and action made by the characters can be fated by the universe. William Shakespeare clearly shows fate in this play Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to illustrate the idea of predetermined death. Others may say that the feud and Paris are responsible for the death of Romeo and Juliet but it’s clear that fate is responsible.

One of William Shakespeare’s most famous plays, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, is exactly that, tragic. Shakespeare illustrates an account of two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets, that have risen to a higher power than the Prince himself because of this never ending conflict. Somehow within this feud Romeo, a Montague, and Juliet, a Capulet, meet and fall in love. From the start, this pair of lovers knows they are doomed. How would the two families ever accept the children of the heads of the households’ marriage, let alone their love? They refused to give in to the rivalry set before them by their parents. Romeo and Juliet are married in secret. As time goes on, the flaws in their plan surface, causing tensions to rise and Romeo and Juliet to meet a tragic end. Even in this tale of star-crossed lovers, nothing could be blamed on the destinies written in the stars: personal choice was the driving factor of this story, constantly thwarting their destinies for better and for worse.

Romeo and Juliet’s parents play an unwitting role in their children’s deaths. Their parents’ rivalry poses a big problem for them and makes it almost impossible for the two to live in peace. Romeo and Juliet acknowledge this obstacle when it is placed in front of them. The problems already arise from their first meet when Juliet just finds out about

Shakespeare’s concept of tragedy is one of which inescapable fate merges with character flaws and harrowing sorrow, which ultimately leads the protagonists’ to their untimely death. The well-known tragedy, Romeo and Juliet, is one of many that fulfils this definition. There is fate as well as character flaws and great sorrow in Romeo and Juliet. It displays these traits through its themes, personality flaws and foreshadowing.

While blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet may be placed on themselves for being ignorant and rushing into a marriage after one day, they cannot take the entirety of the responsibility for their situation. Many other factors affected the outcome of their love, such as the two warring families being constantly at each other's throat, or the encouragement of the one the couple confided in. Even pure chance played a role in their suicides simply by allowing them to meet. Had the “star crossed lovers” had more common sense, it may have been possible to avoid their demise, but the volatile environment around the relationship seems to have sealed their fate.

Romeo and Juliet is one of the most famous plays in the history of plays. It is by William Shakespeare’s, the story is a tragedy. The play is over at Romeo and Juliet where over taking by their love for each other so they made their own choice which did not help them with living. In Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare the play is is full of bad decisions they never have a moment of not having He

Most of Shakespeare's plays are conceived around a foundation in either tragedy or comedy, this polarity of themes allowing him to experiment with the full range of human emotions. Typically, an integral part of a Shakespearean tragedy is love, which is frustrated by a breakdown in order, or the character of the hero, due to some human limitation. The play Romeo and Juliet has all these typical characteristics. However, the resultant conclusion of events for the characters in this tragedy is adversely affected by the hands of fate, and not solely the product of human limitations. Fate in fact has a decisive role in the events of the play; it is a series of rapid coincidental events, which lead to the final tragedy.

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet the lovers are being kept apart by the hate their families share. While Juliet is on her balcony, she starts to express her frustration by saying “O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet”(II,ii,36-39). Juliet’s feelings are all over about Romeo and why Romeo has to be the son of her family's enemy and why she loves him. Even though Romeo is the son of her family’s enemy,she is still in love with him, she displays her love for him when she considers disowning her family to be with him. The love one has for somebody has to be so compelling in order to think about leaving their own family for that person. The two lovers soon decide if they cannot be together and live they will die together “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life” (Prologue,6).

Romeo and Juliet can be said to be the most famous of all Shakespearean plays; however, an audience could be confused as to whether it is a Shakespearean tragedy or a romance. A Shakespearean tragedy can be defined as an intense exploration of suffering and evil representing a steep fall from prosperity to misery, untimely death and/or a great change. Romeo and Juliet begin with a prologue, which states the plot before the story even begins where Shakespeare’s displays his use of tone, plot structure and characterization. The theme of fate or destiny, Shakespeare’s characterization and the use of a Prologue in his plot structure signal “Romeo and Juliet” is a tragedy.