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Theme Of Fate In Romeo And Juliet

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“I will seize fate by the throat; it shall certainly never wholly overcome me.” ("Ludwig Van Beethoven Quotes.") In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare alludes to the underlying theme of fate from the very beginning. “A pair of star crossed lovers”(1. Prologue .6) The phrase shows that this pair of lovers are meant to be together and it is written in the stars so it is destined to happen. Unfortunately, it does not end well for both Romeo and Juliet when it ends in tragedy taking their own lives for each other. Their tragic fate was carried out solely by them, and not the stars. A family feud hinders the relations of Romeo and Juliet from being united together in marriage. They end up secretly marrying each other when Juliet was supposed to be at confession with the Friar. Romeo is banished from Verona, and does not know of Juliet's plan to not marry Paris. An important scene happened after Tybalt and Mercutio die. Romeo calls himself Fortune's fool. Another scene I would like to focus on is when Romeo lays eyes on Juliet in the tomb for the first time and yearns to join her in the afterlife. In Romeo and Juliet, the author Shakespeare uses characterization to reveal to the reader that man controls his own fate. Man controls his own fate by actions that have causes and effects also. After Romeo kills Tybalt, Benvolio quickly reminds Romeo that the Prince will doom thee with death if there was violence. “O, I am fortune’s fool”(3.1.131), “Then I defy you

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