Fate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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Imagine this.
Two doors, both alike in appearance.
One is an exit whilst the other is a trap.
You are given a choice in which door to go through.
Hypothetically, let’s say you choose the first door. Bam, wrong choice. Let’s say you choose the second. Nope, wrong again. Both doors were traps; you never really had a choice.
It may seem that your life is governed by the choices you make—you don’t need fate or destiny to predetermine it for you, but when we look at the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet; it seems this is simply an illusion.
Is it true? Do you really need Lady Luck on your side if you wish to achieve a happy ending?

In Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’, fate is inevitable. We are told in the prologue

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