Romeo and Juliet: Victims of Fate and Feud “Did my heart love you till now? Forswear it, sight, For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”, from this moment that Romeo first lays his eyes on Juliet, their fate was sealed. In the story of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakesphere, a tale of young love between Romeo and Juliet whose families’ feud leads to their untimely demise. Despite their efforts to be together, misunderstandings and conflicts caused the two star-struck lovers’ deaths. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet in Shakespeare’s play are a result of fate and the bitter feud between the families, the Montagues and the Capulets. Some people may argue that just one or two people are responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. People may believe that …show more content…
While you, the reader, thought about what a character could’ve done differently, the character themselves had their own personality, their own actions in the heat of the moment. This means that they wouldn’t have ever been able to truly do or say something different. For example, Tybalt sent Romeo a letter that challenged him to a duel- “Tybalt, the kinsman of old Capulet, Hath sent a letter to his father's house. A challenge, in my life. Romeo will answer.” (4.2, spoken by Mercutio). Later on in the story, this letter would’ve been helpful when Romeo killed Tybalt and people saw the dead body. Benvolio could’ve shown the people the letter that Tybalt sent to Romeo, but he didn’t. Why do you need to be a member? Due to the fact that it was the heat of the moment and that it was part of his ‘passive’ personality. Another thing is that it might not have even mattered if he had since he's a Montague, and a Capulet apparently has no reason to believe them. Yet, let’s delve deeper into the role of the family feud. The family feud between the Capulets and Montagues served as a catalyst for the ending fate of Romeo and