Imagine this: you meet your soulmate at a party, and your eyes meet from across the room. You walk towards each other and meet at the dance floor. You begin to dance, and both start instantly falling in love, but then you find out that your families hate each other. What would you do to stay together? In the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the two main characters fall in love, but are forbidden to love each other because of their two families’ feuds. The tragic outcome in the play was not caused by character’s bad decisions; it was completely caused by the fate of the characters. Fate is first presented in the story of Romeo and Juliet at the beginning which was when the servant on the street asks Romeo to read the invitation
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Friar John tells Friar Laurence, “I could not send it- Nor get a messenger to bring it there, so fearful were they of infection.” (Shakespeare 268). Friar John was not able to send Romeo the letter because he was not allowed to leave Verona, and he couldn’t get anyone to send it for him. Friar John also says, “Where the infectious pestilence did resign, seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth.” (Shakespeare 268) Friar John explains that he was locked up to stop the deadly plague from spreading. Fate is what caused the Friars to be locked up, and unable to send Romeo the letter.
Fate is lastly shown in the play when Romeo drinks his poison just seconds before Juliet wakes up from her sleep. In this scene, Romeo says, “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary! The drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Shakespeare 272). Here, Romeo drinks the poison thinking Juliet is dead. Waking just seconds after Romeo dies, Juliet exclaims, “Thy lips are warm!” (Shakespeare 274). Here, Juliet kisses dead Romeo, stating that his lips are still warm, which indicates that he had not died long before. Fate is what brought the awful timing that caused Romeo to kill
Friar John tells Friar Laurence, “I could not send it- Nor get a messenger to bring it there, so fearful were they of infection.” (Shakespeare 268). Friar John was not able to send Romeo the letter because he was not allowed to leave Verona, and he couldn’t get anyone to send it for him. Friar John also says, “Where the infectious pestilence did resign, seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth.” (Shakespeare 268) Friar John explains that he was locked up to stop the deadly plague from spreading. Fate is what caused the Friars to be locked up, and unable to send Romeo the letter.
Fate is lastly shown in the play when Romeo drinks his poison just seconds before Juliet wakes up from her sleep. In this scene, Romeo says, “Here’s to my love! O true apothecary! The drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” (Shakespeare 272). Here, Romeo drinks the poison thinking Juliet is dead. Waking just seconds after Romeo dies, Juliet exclaims, “Thy lips are warm!” (Shakespeare 274). Here, Juliet kisses dead Romeo, stating that his lips are still warm, which indicates that he had not died long before. Fate is what brought the awful timing that caused Romeo to kill