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Fate - Romeo and Juliet (Prologue ("A pair of star-cross'd…
Fate - Romeo and Juliet
Prologue
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"death-mark'd love" - P
Their love is stained from the start with their future death, or perhaps their love is destined to end instead of them.
The dramatic irony builds suspense from the beginning of the lay, because as it progresses the audience are trying to work out how it will unfold.
Act 3
"O, I am fortune's fool." - 3.1
When Romeo kills Tybalt in a fit of rage he blames his actions on fortune. This suggests that he is too immature to accept responsibility for his actions and instead blames them on fate.
Instead of fortune his poor actions could be considered a result of his impulsiveness, which turns out to be his fatal flaw.
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Act 5
"Then I defy you, stars!" - 5.1
Romeo tries to outwit fate, but this ends up leading to his death, which shows that fate holds greater power in the play than any of the characters.
The noun "stars" link to the belief in astronomy at the time - they believed that the stars under which you born determined how your life would turn out.
"Unhappy fortune!" - 5.3
It was by an unlikely chance that the Friar's letter wasn't delivered to Romeo, which suggests that fate has used its power to cause their deaths.
The noun "fortune" shows that the Friar's plan centred around chance and therefore was destined to fail.
Their poor fate, or belief in it, has ultimately been the cause of both Romeo and Juliet's deaths.