Coincidence In Romeo And Juliet

The idea of fate in Romeo and Juliet is conveyed by Shakespeare in a series of events that coincidence occurs in. In Shakespearian time, society identified fate as Gods will. Because of this when a coincidence arises they believe that these are Gods intentions. We first see this in Romeo and Juliet when Capulets servant runs into Romeo and Benvolio, the servant cannot read so he asks these two boys to help him read the guest list to the party, where Romeo and Juliet are to meet and fall in love. The servant states "If you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine". Shakespeare has also used coincidence to convey fate when Romeo drinks a poison which will end his life because he never got the news about Juliets fake death as he lay there dead Friar Lawrence came running in to find Romeo dead and Juliet just waking up but it was too late. Friar quoted "Saint Francis be my speed! How oft tonight have my old feet stumbled at graves!". These coincidences influence events in

The prologue starts the whole playoff, explaining almost exactly everything bound to happen. "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life" is a line in the prologue, which implies battling against the stars. In Elizabethan England, your destiny was thought to be influenced by the stars. When Romeo exclaims that "Then I defy you, stars!" he is stating that he is not going to pay attention to what the stars are informing and he will continuously love Juliet, therefore not listening to his destiny. The prologue is significant to the story for it creates a sense of fate by providing the audience with knowledge at the start of the play. For instance when "A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life" is used, and automatically it forms expectations for later on in the tale. The prologue impacts the assumptions made on the story and confirms the fate set to be throughout the