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    Oxford Dictionaries, fate “ is the development of events outside a person’s control.” Fate can also mean the course of someone’s life, or the outcome of a situation for someone or something, seen as outside of someone’s control. With these definitions in mind, it is interesting to think about how big of a role fate plays in Romeo and Juliet. Fate is what the whole story centers around and what the foundation of the story is built upon, the fate of two star-crossed lovers. Fate plays a huge role in

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    thing, fate, caused two star-crossed lovers to die a mournful, sorrowful, death. Fate played a colossal role in Romeo and Juliet’s ending, it led to numerous factors that hinted that their ending would not end well. In Romeo and Juliet, a tragedy that ended up resolving their feuding families, fate caused them to fall in love at first sight, it caused Friar Lawrence’s plan to go wrong, and lastly, it was fate that their two families were enemies. The first explicit case of fate is that Romeo and Juliet’s

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    The role and power of fate plays a crucial theme in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Fate is similar to the matter of choices, but fate cannot be changed. Fate is a set path that one must follow and cannot avoid. Fate plays a role in guidement, choices, and the deaths of the two characters Romeo and Juliet. The guidance of fate through Romeo and Juliet was vital in most scenes of the play. “The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand,/ And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand./ Did my heart

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    William Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet, the audience is informed of what becomes, the two lover’s tragic yet inevitable end: “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life…the fearful passage of the death-mark’d love,” (Chorus 6, 9). Whilst the popular love story explores many themes such as love, power of society, passion vs. reason and tragedy, the most important and dominant, is the concept of Fate; perceived as the uncontrollable force of power pushing against Romeo and Juliet, ultimately deciding

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    Lovers: ‘The blame game’ Fate is defined as ‘the universal principle or ultimate agency by which the order of things is presumably prescribed; the decreed cause of events; time’. In the time in which Romeo and Juliet was written, people in this society were heavy believers in a power higher than any person, that controlled everyone and everything. In the world famous play ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare, he refers to ‘Star Crossed lovers” being Romeo and Juliet with from the beginning every

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    To begin, the prologue of Romeo and Juliet showed that fate is out of human control. “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life (Shakespeare, 2 or 7).” This quote is describing what is going to happen to Romeo and Juliet. From the beginning of the book, the audience knows that two unlucky lovers will commit suicide by the end of the play. This is an example of fate because no matter what Romeo and Juliet do, they will never survive if they are together. Their destiny was decided even before the

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    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

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    Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a classic tragedy that takes place in late 16th century Verona, Italy. It examines the story of two intense lovers, Romeo and Juliet, who’s love reach no limits. The story of their love starts off well, as they are married by an influential figure named Friar Lawrence; however, numerous hindrances later in the novel prevent their ability to be with each other. These obstacles snowball to the point where Romeo kills himself by drinking poison believing that

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    Fate plays a very important role in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare uses the elements of the heavens to introduce the idea that some greater force is at work in guiding our paths and in how those path cross. Stars, moons, and suns are often used as a substitute for the concept of fate or destiny. There are many occasions in the story where the Shakespeare's concept is revealed. One example is before the Capulet party when Romeo was still in grief after Rosaline’s rejection. He complains

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    ‘Shakespeare intends the audience to see that the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was destined to happen’ In the play, Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, is about two “star crossed” lovers who are destined to end in a tragic accident. Fate is the path that leads to the future and cannot be altered no matter the outcome. Set in Shakespearean time, fate was believed to be in control of people’s lives. The fact that Romeo and Juliet would never live a peaceful life, none of the tragedies would

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