How Has Fate Brought Them Together In Romeo And Juliet

William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is the tragic tale of “a pair of star-crossed lovers,” (1.Prologue.6). Fate brought them together, and ripped them apart within three days. The lovers came from two feuding families who hated each other. Romeo, a Montague, was encouraged by his friend Mercutio to attend Capulet’s party, where he met Juliet, a Capulet, and they fell in love right away. They married the next day, but Capulet had already promised Juliet to County Paris, a wealthy man who he approved of. Meanwhile, Romeo had been banished because he murdered Tybalt, a Capulet, in revenge for killing Mercutio. Juliet went to Friar Laurence for help because she did not love Paris and was already married to Romeo. He gave her a potion that would
But it was this result of Mercutio’s encouragement that lead to his friend’s death. Romeo had been in love with Rosaline, who did not love him in return. He moped around and was extremely depressed. In order to make him feel better, Mercutio and some of Romeo’s friends dragged him along to the Capulet party, which they were not invited to attend. “Give me a torch. I am not for this ambling./Being but heavy, I will bear the light./Nay gentle Romeo, we must have you dance./Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes, I have a soul of lead.” (1.4.11-15). Instead of supporting Romeo and trying to understand his position, Mercutio told Romeo that he should dance at the Capulet party where he would fall in love with Juliet. Romeo was also a dreamer, and Mercutio mocked dreams, claiming they were silly, unpredictable, and just fantasies. “True, I talk of dreams,/Which are the children of an idle brain,/ Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air,/And more inconstant than the wind,”
While in the streets of the city, Tybalt confronts Romeo because he was angry at his presence during the party. He then insults Romeo, who responds calmly, enraging Mercutio. “O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!/ Alla stoccata carries it away./ Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?” (3.1.70-72). The two engage in playful but dangerous fighting. Romeo tries to break the fight up, but Tybalt stabs Mercutio underneath Romeo’s arm. Mercutio dies, and an angry Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge. “But by and by comes back to Romeo,/ Who had but newly entertained revenge,” (3.1.166-167). If Mercutio had accepted the way Romeo was treating Tybalt, both men could be alive. But Mercutio’s temper got to the better of him and this outburst ended in his