Fate In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

Have you ever sat down and thought that all the actions you make are written down and predetermined? In the play Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare gives his audience a perfect example of how fate works and examples that it exists. In the story, the two lovers Romeo and Juliet are forbidden to love each other and so they decide to take their own lives. Both their families, the Capulets and the Montagues, are sworn enemies and when the two fall in love, the city of Verona is in shock. Their parents refuse for them to marry, but their love is too great that they can not listen. They both fell victim to fate and fought it as hard as they could to eventually figure out that it is too strong a force for any human to take down. Fate impacts the main couple

Romeo accidentally gets involved into a skirmish with Juliet’s cousin Tybalt. Romeo ends up killing Tybalt by accident and Benvolio says, “The citizens are up, and Tybalt slain (Shakespeare 232).” This is when Tybalt dies. Fate overwhelms Romeo and is forced to fight Tybalt which ruins their plans because he ends up killing him and now is considered rouge. When Friar Lawrence gives Juliet the plan to appear dead he says “And this distilled liquor drink thou off...No warmth, no breath (Shakespeare 255).” As they make their plan, it gets ruined because Romeo is not able to receive the message which ruins their plans. It was fate that the plan would not end up working no matter how hard they try. It is proven since they make multiple plans and actions from the Friar and they all end up not

At the party, Romeo says, “I fear, too early, for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars (Shakespeare 200).” This quote is showing that at the party, Romeo already is feeling that something is not right. That fate is going to punish him, but he will not be able to control it. When Juliet meets Romeo, she says to the Nurse, “Go ask his name. If he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed (Shakespeare 204).” Juliet is already predicting her own death since she met Romeo. That it is fate she will eventually die since she has fallen in love with her sworn enemy. Overall, it is fate the Romeo and Juliet meet at the party which will lead to their deaths. Even they are able to foreshadow themselves dying by fate’s hands.
The final fateful event that occurs that shows fate impacts the characters the most is the fight between Romeo and Tybalt. After Tybalt is slayed by Romeo, he says, “O, I am fortune’s fool (Shakespeare 232).” This quote may suggest that fate killed Tybalt and Romeo did not which resulted in Romeo getting banished. After Romeo kills Tybalt, the Prince finds out and says, “Who now the price of his dear blood doth owe (Shakespeare 233)?” Since Fate caused this, it lead to punishments on the main character. Fate slew Tybalt which resulted in punishment on the main character which lead to his