Star-Crossed Lovers In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

As time passed this old grudge broke to utter hatred which led to chaotic civil fights. This dispute had been ongoing for so long that it is forgotten why it had begun. Each member of each household just had to pass on the streets and one way or another chaos would start. Shouting, crashing from civil pillar to post, cursing and bawling, with or without knowing it they filled the good, innocent and helpless citizens of Verona with trepidation and fury to have their cities peace and tranquillity so senselessly disturbed by two uncontrollable and reckless households over a fight they did not know how started. Romeo and Juliet are described as 'star-crossed lovers'.

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet discusses the many challenges the ‘star crossed lovers’ face. It is their own deceptive actions that ultimately lead them to their untimely end. However Romeo and Juliet are forced to be deceptive due to their fate and misfortune, the ongoing feud in Verona, and the misleading guidance they receive from others; which also contribute to their deaths. Romeo and Juliet focuses on the theme of love and hate, this theme is interweaved throughout the play.

If Capulet had sent a literate servant he would know that Romeo is a Montague and would not bother talking to him. Additionally, Romeo feels these premonitions just before he enters the party. He says “there is some consequence, yet hanging in the stars”, which means that he feels some bad is going to happen to him, an untimely death. Despite this he decides to go the party in which he meets Juliet. Overall, the destined events that occur prior to Romeo meeting Juliet are responsible for their tragic deaths.

Shakespeare’s masterful use of foreshadowing is highlighted throughout all of his plays; some could even say he was the ‘king of foreshadowing’.A play in which his evident gift for making the reader expect disastrous outcomes for the characters is displayed is the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.In this tragic play, two star-crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are both part of rivaling families who are almost always at each other’s throats.Consequently, because of how their families feel about each other, they can almost never spend time with each other, resulting in both of their untimely deaths.Their deaths are hinted at in the beginning and throughout the play.In many instances in this famous play, Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to warn the reader

“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.

Even before we delve into the metaphorical and poetic world of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the fate of our titled characters has already been told as we find out about ‘A pair of star-cross'd lovers’ who ‘take their life’. However the story, as we begin to read, is far from explained and unfolded, in fact, Romeo and Juliet have not even met.

The prologue foreshadows how fate will impact the lives of Romeo and Juliet. In the prologue the narrator says, “Lovers from feuding families will die.” This states fate will contribute to the deaths. Romeo and Juliet were always destined to fail because Romeo was in love with Rosaline. The first time Romeo met he was not even at the Capulet party to see Juliet, he was there for Rosaline.

In the play it says, “For I never saw true beauty till this night.” Romeo is saying that he had never seen a girl as beautiful as Juliet until he saw her. He didn’t see anyone else who was as beautiful as she was. She made him see what true beauty looked like. It was love at first sight for Romeo. He would do anything for her and do dangerous things to keep her. He didn’t want to lose Juliet and he wanted her and only her. In the play it says, “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.” ( Shakespeare, Act 1, Scene 4 ) In this quote, Romeo is foreshadowing his death. He is talking about his mind and feels like there is a consequence waiting for him in the sky among the stars. He feels like the day that he dies will be soon. His life is closed up in his heart and caused him to die. Romeo kills a member of Juliet’s family and gets banished. Romeo got into a street fight with a member of Juliet’s family and gets banished. He is very upset that he is being separated from Juliet. He wants to sneak back into the city to see her. He doesn’t want to be away from her for too long because he loves her so much. Being separated from her could cause him to do dangerous things. Romeo had done many things to lead to their deaths,

Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to help intensify that choice one makes will affect everybody’s lives when people act impulsively. As the story begins, Romeo comes to meet Juliet the same night the party and confesses his undying love for her, to which Juliet responds with a marriage proposal. A way to make their deep relationship permanent. Shakespeare writes, “Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow. By one that I’ll procure to come to thee” (2.2.150-15).

Fate has a huge roll in many books, movies, and plays such as The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. The short has a recurrence of fate for the couple Romeo and Juliet pointing them towards death if they do not part. Shakespeare has multiple characters throughout out his play including the two lovers predict this fate of utter death, meantime they attempt the change the fate they are given, but it seems to always catch back up with them. Romeo predicts his fate many times throughout the play making it known to the audience that his path leads to death. Early on Romeo seems to realize his fate is “some vile forfeit of untimely death”(1.4.118).

In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the two characters are believed to be “star- crossed” lovers. In the play, the characters fall in love right away with just one look. Along the way, they make careless decisions that play a part in the ending. In spite of the feud between their parents, Romeo and Juliet continue sneaking around. Eventually, they take their lives at the end of the play.

From the very beginning of the play (in the prologue), Shakespeare begins to create a sense of sympathy for Romeo and Juliet. Here, the audience is told that these two lovers are ‘star cross’d’ - meaning that their love goes against the stars and is therefore doomed to end in disaster. As a

In a scene, he talks of a dream that he had about the Capulets party, and he worries that the party will be an influence on his death (I.iv.107-110). By saying that, Romeo reveals that he believes in fate because he gives in to the idea that his dream was an indication of his death to come. Also, when he learns of Juliet's “death”, he says, “...I defy you, stars!” (V.i.24). When he says that line, he is basically saying that he is infuriated with fate and the fact that her death had to occur.

It is argued that Romeo and Juliet are doomed from the start of Romeo and Juliet. The chorus describes the pair as “star-crossed,” (I.Prologue.6) or to be foiled by bad luck, in the prologue. The use of foreshadowing throughout the story also contributes to the idea that fate controls all of the events of the play. Through speeches, symbols, motifs, and themes the audience is frequently reminded of the fated love and death of Romeo and Juliet. Predetermined fate plays a major role in the development and progression of the plot of Romeo and Juliet, and is seen from the very beginning.

Romeo and Juliet were star-crossed lovers, or a pair of lovers whose relationship is cursed to fail because of the alignment in the stars. In other words, you can say that fate is responsible for Romeo’s and Juliet’s death. The moment that Romeo and Juliet met was that start of it all. Romeo and Benvolio only knew about the Capulets’ party because a serving man had mistaken them for Capulets. (Act 1; Scene 2) But did they have to go to the party? No. Romeo only went because Benvolio persuaded him as a way to show that there are more beautiful women than Rosaline. Romeo even stated “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars / shall bitterly begin his fearful date” on the way to the Capulets. (Act 1; Scene 4) Translating into the modern text, Romeo means he has a feeling that the party will be the start of something bad that will end with his death. This is foreshadowing and it can be implied that Romeo is unknowingly talking about him meeting Juliet.