Why Is Fate Important In Romeo And Juliet
ACT THREE ASSESSMENT
1.
Act Three Scene One
This scene is important because it is the climax of the entire play when Romeo exclaims “O, I am fortune’s fool!”
Fortune/Fate is important because it touches on Romeo’s dream foresaw in Act One, Scene Four that what happened at the party would lead to his untimely death. Romeo killing Tybalt and being banished from the kingdom is a main contributing factor to him being killed
Love as a destructive force is used in this scene as Romeo states that the reason that Mercutio dying is that his LOVE for Juliet has caused him to become effeminate
Death is used in this scene because Mercutio and Tybalt died
Act Three Scene Two
Juliet is thinking about Romeo when she hears the news that Romeo is banished and that Tybalt is dead
Also fate is said again, in Act One Scene Five Juliet states “If he be married, my grave is like to …show more content…
In the prologue, it is revealed that both of the main characters will soon die. Shakespeare uses fate as the driving force behind how and why the star crossed lovers are doomed to their untimely deaths. Fate is also used to develop the characters in the play. For example, Romeo is portrayed as a brash, daring, and foolish young man because of his constant tries to defy his unescapable fate, in Act Five Scene One (yes, I read ahead ) he announces “Then I defy you stars!” when he is made to think Juliet is dead and plans to kill himself. Fate, along with dramatic irony, creates tension in the play because we learned what fate has decided in the end from the prologue, but the characters in the play do not, and in that constant struggle of trying to escape fate, there is tension created. An example of the tension is when completely by chance the Capulets servant approaches Romeo and Benvolio to invite them to the party where he will meet Juliet and begin the trail to his
1.
Act Three Scene One
This scene is important because it is the climax of the entire play when Romeo exclaims “O, I am fortune’s fool!”
Fortune/Fate is important because it touches on Romeo’s dream foresaw in Act One, Scene Four that what happened at the party would lead to his untimely death. Romeo killing Tybalt and being banished from the kingdom is a main contributing factor to him being killed
Love as a destructive force is used in this scene as Romeo states that the reason that Mercutio dying is that his LOVE for Juliet has caused him to become effeminate
Death is used in this scene because Mercutio and Tybalt died
Act Three Scene Two
Juliet is thinking about Romeo when she hears the news that Romeo is banished and that Tybalt is dead
Also fate is said again, in Act One Scene Five Juliet states “If he be married, my grave is like to …show more content…
In the prologue, it is revealed that both of the main characters will soon die. Shakespeare uses fate as the driving force behind how and why the star crossed lovers are doomed to their untimely deaths. Fate is also used to develop the characters in the play. For example, Romeo is portrayed as a brash, daring, and foolish young man because of his constant tries to defy his unescapable fate, in Act Five Scene One (yes, I read ahead ) he announces “Then I defy you stars!” when he is made to think Juliet is dead and plans to kill himself. Fate, along with dramatic irony, creates tension in the play because we learned what fate has decided in the end from the prologue, but the characters in the play do not, and in that constant struggle of trying to escape fate, there is tension created. An example of the tension is when completely by chance the Capulets servant approaches Romeo and Benvolio to invite them to the party where he will meet Juliet and begin the trail to his