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Fate In Romeo And Juliet

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Two Lovers: One Fate These two wealthy families have two star-crossed lovers that lead to an tragic fate. The montagues and capulets have an feud with one another and romeo the son of the montagues loves an capulet daughter named juliet. These two families are at war with one another as for romeo and juliet there at war for each other. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, there are three characters to blame for this tragic fate and they are, Tybalt, Capulet, and the Nurse.
One of the Capulets calls Romeo out for an deul named Tybalt, a pretty good fencer and also juliet's cousin. It was the day romeo marries juliet that tybalt comes to pick a fight. Tybalt runs into mercutio and benvolio friends of romeo outside on a hot day. Romeo …show more content…

Than news comes in from lady capulet telling her to get married on thursday to Paris. Juliet doesn't want this she loves romeo so she denies the marriage causing Capulet to enter. Capulet is not happy with Juliet's answer to the marriage he has planned for her. ¨Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday, Or never after look me in the face. Speak not. Reply not. Do not answer me. My fingers itch.—Wife, we scarce thought us blest That God had lent us but this only child, But now I see this one is one too much And that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!¨ (3.5.160-168). This is a threat towards juliet if not to get married on thursday that she is to be kicked out onto the streets. At this time a women on the streets is a death sentence where there not treated fair at all. Capulet also scolds the nurse for defending juliet this takes us to the reason the nurse is also led to this tragic fate. ¨And why, my lady wisdom? Hold your tongue, Good Prudence. Smatter with your gossips, go!¨ (3.5.170-171) Capulet is basically telling her to shut your mouth you know nothing and tells her to go. The nurse dares not to speak again right …show more content…

This is not where her heart desires and her life is on the line. Juliet begins to talk about her husband Romeo to the nurse and the nurse says ¨Faith, here it is.Romeo is banishèd, and all the world to nothing That he dares ne'er come back to challenge you. Or, if he do, it needs must be by stealth. Then, since the case so stands as now it doth,I think it best you married with the county. Oh, he’s a lovely gentleman. Romeo’s a dishclout to him. An eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye As Paris hath. Beshrew my very heart, I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first. Or if it did not, Your first is dead, or ’twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him.¨ (3.5.213-215) This is the Nurse telling Juliet that he is gone and need to move on and marry Paris. She also says that Paris is better than Romeo. Juliet also asks the nurse if this was truly from her heart and she replies with ¨And my soul too; else beshrew them both.¨ This means that she has now left her side now she only has the Frier that has helped Romeo and Juliet to get married. She might only have one way to be happy is to

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