For hundreds of years, the heart-wrenching tragedy of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been captivating all audiences. The play focuses on two love-crazed teenagers whose passionate love is forbidden by their parents’ ongoing feud. Everything is preventing them from being together, therefore their love is obviously not their supposed destinies. Despite this, they still decide to pursue this newfound romance. Their struggle to pursue their love for eachother proved that they are not meant to be together, yet they still choose to go through with their relationship. The play’s tragic ending is the result of Romeo and Juliet’s impulsive decisions and rebellious behavior. The ongoing dispute between House of the Capulets and the House of the Montagues makes the idea of Romeo and Juliet’s love impossible. Shakespeare constantly expresses the sheer hatred the families …show more content…
These references symbolize fate, in that the events happening in Romeo and Juliet’s lives are out of their control. Romeo declares that he is “fortune’s fool” when he kills Tybalt in Act 3, meaning that he was manipulated by fate and is not responsible for Tybalt’s death. Although Romeo believes this to be true, it seems unreasonable for fate to bring somebody to kill another person. It was Romeo’s own choices that led him to commit this unforgiving act. Another instance where fate was heavily relevant was when Romeo decided to kill himself after hearing faulty news that Juliet had died. Standing next to Juliet’s tomb, Romeo says “Will I set up my everlasting rest / And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars / From this world-wearied flesh!” (5.3.110-112). Romeo is describing how he will out-do the stars, or fate, and kill himself in order to be with his love, Juliet. But what Romeo does not know is that Juliet is not actually dead, implying that she was not destined to die. She chose to take a potion in order to avoid marrying