Fate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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“If love is rough with you,be rough with love.”(I, i, 389) Romeo and Juliet by william shakespeare, is a drama. Romeo and Juliet is about two teenagers born in different families that are in a family feud. These to teenagers end up falling in love but because of the fight between the two houses a tragedy of romeo and juliet end the fight because of their death. The theme of of romeo and juliet is “which is more important in determining our destiny?” Free will is what determines our destiny.

The theme is revealed in act 4 when Juliet drinks the poison to fake her death to be with Romeo. Capulet and Lady Capulet tells Juliet that she will be marred to Paris on Thursday. Juliet doesn't want to because she's already married to Romeo. Juliet

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