Fate in Romeo and Juliet

A detailed Summary of Fate in Romeo and Juliet

Bob Garrard

Do you believe in fate? To answer the question, you must first have a correct idea of what fate is.

A definition of fate would be the power that is supposed to settle ahead of time how things will

happen. Could there be such a power that rules our lives, and if so, why? Romeo and Juliet, the

two young lovers in William Shakespeare' s Romeo and Juliet, ended up becoming a large part of

what could be called "fate". Fate seemed to control their lives and force them together, becoming

a large part of their love, and the ending of their parent's hatred. Fate became the ultimate control

power in this play, and plays a large part in modern everyday life, even if we don't recognize it.

Maybe we don't recognize it because we choose not to, or don't have faith like we used to, but

the fact remains that fate controls what we do throughout all of our lives.

A large part of the beliefs for both Romeo and Juliet involve fate. They believed in the stars, and

that their actions weren't always their own. Romeo, for example, 1.4.115-120, he says, "Some

consequence yet hanging in the stars...by some vile forfeit of untimely death. But he that ha

their parents. Their actions may have been predestined, but they were their own. They may not

however, fate may have been trying to do more than bring the two together. On 5.3.317, The

Believing in fate and trusting dreams such as these is believing in the idea that a stronger power

Prince says, "A gloomy peace with it brings..." after they two are discovered dead and their

The good and the bad are a balance that even fate must recognize and accept.

Approximate Word count = 1930
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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