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Fate In the beginning of the novel fate has been a big part of this play even this quote will explain why; “A pair of star crossed lovers,” (line 6). Since the start of the play called Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet were destined to die. Throughout each act and scene, from constant foreshadowing, even Romeo and Juliet probably even knew their tragic fate. As much as Romeo and Juliet wanted to be together, all their efforts and the efforts of others were purely senseless or as you can say futile, and as much as everyone urged to blame others, only fate is to blame. Also it is a common belief that Romeo and Juliet’s parents are at fault, for making the family feud going, and or that Romeo and Juliet’s haste is to blame, or the Friar and the Nurse shouldn’t have kept the two lovers marriage a secret, and that they affected the unfortunate end of Romeo and Juliet. However, during the phenomenal and tragic play, fate is mentioned many times throughout the play and is obviously the deciding factors in the tragedy. “These violent delights have violent ends,” (Act 2, scene 6, line 9).

Even the sequence that allows Romeo to meet Juliet in the first place is completely coincidental. Only because Romeo had bumped into a servant, who could not read, who happened to have the list of guests who would come to the ball, which included Rosaline, and because of Benvolio’s comment, did Romeo end up coming to the Capulet ball. This must have been one of the first steps that caused the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, since by attending the ball; Romeo meets his future lover Juliet and also is sighted by Tybalt; from there, Tybalt was determined to kill Romeo, forces the fight in which he and Mercutio are killed, This had also caused Romeo to be banished from Verona forever. Eventually, each subsequent action leads to the regrettable end.

Fate becomes much more often in the fifth act. Fate dictated that Friar

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