Theme Of Fate In Romeo And Juliet

Fate is said to be the mystical force that has already predetermined the events that will happen in our lives. Some people believe in this mystical force, while others would rather believe in top hat wearing turnips. The question if fate is real has been debated from centuries from the ancient Greek philosophers to middle school students. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, fate is to blame for the demise of the play’s two main characters. The actions of other people and coincidences are two examples of fate, which have a critical impact on the death of Romeo and Juliet.
Fate uses the actions and choices of other characters to contribute to the reasons of Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths. A main reason why Romeo and Juliet meet their fate is that in the beginning of the book Rosalind rejects Romeo. After Benvolio sees Romeo moping and learns that Capulet is hosting apart Benvolio says, “at this …feast of Capulet’s…Compare face with some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow,”(I,iii,89-94). Since Rosaline turned Romeo down he is now free to go to the party with Benvolio to meet Juliet. Also Benvolio is doing this to try and cheer Romeo up, so if Rosaline accepted Romeo’s advances Romeo would not need cheering up and would not have met Juliet at the party. Another
This invisible force is appears throughout the play from the decisions and actions of the other characters, such as Capulet, Rosaline and Benvolio to the coincidence that occur in the play, for instance the hot weather. Fate is the reason why the story of the two lovers in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is so famous and tragic, because whatever Romeo and Juliet tried to do their fate was already planned out for them in the prologue before the play even started. Fate is a colorless, odorless, shapeless entity that everyone has heard of, everyone knows that they technically have one, but that no one can prove does or does not