Fate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Romeo and Juliet The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, may be a difficult read but, Romeo and Juliet are in 14th century Verona, Italy where they become star-crossed lovers with an overwhelming fate, who make sheer accidents, and make their own life changing decisions. Romeo is a member of the Montague family and Juliet is a Capulet whose families are arch enemies. While Some may say that Romeo and Juliet's death was brought only by their fate all three reasons are applicable, Romeo and Juliet's death was brought by fate, accident, and by their own willfulness because a sheer accident was made by Friar John when he was sick, they made decisions like when Romeo drank the poison out of emotional instability instead of communicating to Friar Lawrence and Shakespeare wanted to create the impression that fate, accidents, willfulness caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Fate brought both love and death to Romeo and Juliet. The Chorus says in the Prologue, “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life…” (Shakespeare, 1. P .5-6) From the beginning the young lovers are cursed by their own fate. “ The ill-fated union of Romeo and Juliet will result in their (and others) deaths, but with this will come an end to the ancient feud between the Montagues and Capulets.”(enotes.com) This is why fate was …show more content…
Romeo though not directly stated was very young,“...just a teenager of perhaps sixteen years old, definitely younger than eighteen…”(enotes.com). Juliet was thirteen going on fourteen which is also extremely young. One accident that happened with Romeo and Juliet was that Friar John was asked by Friar Lawrence to deliver a letter to Romeo in Mantua. Friar John was sick until it was too late to deliver the plan to Romeo. This is an accident because, Friar Lawrence was unaware that the letter was never sent to