How Does Fate Lead To The Death Of Romeo And Juliet Essay

“Granting our wish is one of Fate's saddest jokes.” -James Russell Lowell.
In Romeo and Juliet, one of the greatest tragedy stories fate is portrayed in various ways. They fall in love at first sight at the ball. At the end of the book, fate leads to their death and so do all the coincidences. In William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, fate leads to their death because of too many coincidences is one of the reasons that led to their death, also unfortunate deaths, and love at first sight. Love, at first sight, is one of the biggest causes that leads to the two lover’s death. On page 60 Romeo gasps at the sight of Juliet, “What lady is that which doth enrich the/hand Of yonder knight?/I know not, sir/ Oh, she doth teach the torches to

Peter somehow runs into Romeo with an invite. “But I/pray, can you read anything you see?/Ay, if! know the letters and the language./Ye say honestly. Rest you merry./Stay, fellow. I can read. (he reads the letter)” (Shakespeare 1.2.60-64.32). Coincidentally, Peter, a blind messenger of the Capulets’ runs into Romeo. This is a significant coincidence because after this event, Romeo meets Juliet and the rest is history. Another example of coincidence leading to their death is when Friar John could not deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter. Carter states, “Fate seems to hasten Romeo's and Juliet's deaths, and work against their and the friar's plans most clearly in the disruption of the friar's letter to Romeo explaining the plot to drug Juliet and fake her death” (Carter). This quote from Carter’s article shows how fate is the reason of their death. If John had delivered the letter to Romeo, no one would have died because Romeo would have known that Juliet was still alive. Carter also has another great example of foreshadowing when Juliet coincidentally predicts her own fate. She writes, “Juliet says "If he be married, / My grave is like to be my wedding bed" (1.5.133–134), superficially referring to her instant attraction to Romeo and hope that he is romantically available, but the statement also ironically describes her fate.” (Carter). Juliet eventually has to pretend to be dead to not have to marry Paris. Her parents do not know that she is already married to Romeo, who has just been banned from Verona. Juliet’s grave does indeed become her wedding bed, unfortunately. This all is a big coincidence and leads to their death. There are all plenty of examples of coincidences that lead to the reason for Romeo and Juliet’s