Fate in "Romeo and Juliet"

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This paper explores the role of fate, as Shakespeare employed it, in "Romeo & Juliet". The paper uses examples from the play to show that fate made the tragic outcome inevitable.

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"Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is set in Verona Italy, where two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets produce a pair of "star-crossed lovers". Within the play there are five events that drastically change the course of Romeo and Juliet's love: Romeo and Juliet's meeting, their marriage, the death of Tybalt and Romeo's banishment, Friar John being detained with the letter allowing Balthasar to inform Romeo of Juliet's death, and Romeo killing himself before Juliet awakens. These events could be classified as the direct results of a character's action, an act of fate, or a combination of both. Quite often this is the case, fate played upon the flaws of the character, therefore producing the event. In these situations the character is often aware of the part that fate played."

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