Fate, destiny, the stars, the role they play in people’s lives is a life-long debate. One that William Shakespeare is very passionate about. In the famous play Romeo and Juliet, fate dictates the character’s lives the whole time and most don’t realize it. Fate causes the teens to meet, leading to their falling in love, murder, and even their own deaths. But out of all the characters, Romeo Montague is the most devoted to fate and its ideals. Romeo Montague believes in fate and the stars, who ultimately lead him to his own death In every act, there’s a mention of the stars, fate, or something along those lines. Many are made by Romeo, he even predicts his own doomed fate. Two times in Act 1 Scene 4, Romeo talks about his own life being in the hands of some higher power. …show more content…
He claims to have had a dream that makes him think going to the ball won’t end well, “And we mean well in going to this masque, But ‘tis no wit to go” and “I dreamt a dream tonight” (1.4.50-53). He believes that his dream is prophetic, that it’s warning him. It may not be the stars, but it’s still a higher power controlling his decisions. The most significant part is where he predicts his own death, “Some consequence yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin his fearful date.by some vile untimely death”(1.4.113-118). Romeo saying “untimely death”, is quite plainly just foreshadowing what’s to come. Which is his own death. So, this means that Romeo knows he’s controlled by fate, or at least has an idea. It’s clear that Romeo believes he is a slave to destiny. That all his actions are already written in the stars and there’s nothing he can do about it. When Romeo kills Tybalt, he mentions fortune again, “O, I am fortune's fool!”