Romeo & Juliet
Main Themes
Characters
Fate
Prolouge
Quotes
"Death-mark'd love"
"Ancient grudge"
"Star-cross'd lovers"
The prologue suggests that Romeo and Juliet have very little control over their own life and they will have to succumb to their destiny.
Fated to die
Fated to love
Fated to fall victims to their parents' feud
Premonitions
Through out the play, both R & J get feelings of their death as foreshadows
Quotes
Act 1:4 when Romeo is going to the party "I fear too early, for my mind misgives // Some consequences yet hanging in the stars"
Act 1:5 "My grave is like to be my wedding bed"
Act 3 "A plague o'both your houses"
Violent Love
Unrequited love
In Act 1, Shakespeare explores the idea of unrequited love and the effects it has through Romeo and Rosaline
R & J
Quotes
Act 2 "These violent delights have violent ends"