Fate In Romeo And Juliet By William Shakespeare
Believe it or not but fate plays a huge part in shakespeare's plays. In Romeo and Juliet ,by William Shakespeare, it seems that fate is the reason for the tragic death of them both. Fate foretold the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, this would eventually, end the feud their families had. There are several events in the play that fate takes control of. Even in the prologue it mentions they were meant to die “A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;”(Prologue, 6) The events are: in Act 1, Romeo and Benvolio get a chance to go to a party to meet girls, this is where Romeo meets Juliet, in Act 3 scene 1 fate decides that Romeo will be exiled over the death of Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, and finally in Act 5 scene 3 their destined fate from the
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She goes to the Friar and asks him for his advice, Friar comes up with a plan to get Juliet away with Romeo. The plan is to make everyone think Juliet is dead, then at night Romeo would come along with Friar, then Romeo and Juliet would run away together. Since Juliet has to marry Paris on wednesday she takes the potion a day earlier and the Friar has to send a message to Romeo about the plan but then the messenger returns “ Going to find a bare-foot brother out/ One of our order, to associate me, / Here in this city visiting the sick,/ And finding him, the searchers of the town,/ Suspecting that we both were in a house/ Where the infectious pestilence did reign,/ Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;/ So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd./ Friar: Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo? Messenger: I could not send it,—here it is again,—/ Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,/ So fearful were they of infection./” So Friar’s messenger couldn't get the messenger to Romeo because of a disease. Back in Mantua Romeo’s servant, Balthasar, hears of the news of Juliet’s “death” and tells Romeo, Romeo is completely broken to hear about this so he decides to go back to Verona and kill himself with Juliet. When Romeo gets to Juliet’s tomb he drinks the poison and dies right there next to her. Shortly right after Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead and Friar shows up, Romeo explains how he couldn't get the message to Romeo, and Juliet kills herself using a dagger to her stomach. Like in the prologue they were star-crossed lovers that are now
She goes to the Friar and asks him for his advice, Friar comes up with a plan to get Juliet away with Romeo. The plan is to make everyone think Juliet is dead, then at night Romeo would come along with Friar, then Romeo and Juliet would run away together. Since Juliet has to marry Paris on wednesday she takes the potion a day earlier and the Friar has to send a message to Romeo about the plan but then the messenger returns “ Going to find a bare-foot brother out/ One of our order, to associate me, / Here in this city visiting the sick,/ And finding him, the searchers of the town,/ Suspecting that we both were in a house/ Where the infectious pestilence did reign,/ Seal'd up the doors, and would not let us forth;/ So that my speed to Mantua there was stay'd./ Friar: Who bare my letter, then, to Romeo? Messenger: I could not send it,—here it is again,—/ Nor get a messenger to bring it thee,/ So fearful were they of infection./” So Friar’s messenger couldn't get the messenger to Romeo because of a disease. Back in Mantua Romeo’s servant, Balthasar, hears of the news of Juliet’s “death” and tells Romeo, Romeo is completely broken to hear about this so he decides to go back to Verona and kill himself with Juliet. When Romeo gets to Juliet’s tomb he drinks the poison and dies right there next to her. Shortly right after Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead and Friar shows up, Romeo explains how he couldn't get the message to Romeo, and Juliet kills herself using a dagger to her stomach. Like in the prologue they were star-crossed lovers that are now