Romeo And Juliet Fate Essay

Some people believe in love at first sight. This group of people include Romeo and Juliet, a couple who experienced love at first sight, but was it fate that led them to their love? Or was it the choices they made? Many think that it was the choices characters made that impacted their relationship between Romeo and Juliet, when in reality a lot of the events were controlled by fate. I believe that Romeo and Juliet fell in love by fate as shown in the text

Romeo and Juliet”, a story written by William Shakespeare. Along the whole tale, fate is portrayed in many ways that eventually leads to the tragedy of these two lovers. Romeo and Juliet’s love story was built more with fate rather than the personal choices that were made. For example,

Romeo calls the servant back and he gets the letter, his eyes reading the paper. This quote proves my claim because out of all the people the servant could have asked, he asked Romeo to read the letter and this shows how fate played out in this section of the play. Also, when Romeo reads the letter he finds out that the girl he was in love with at the time would be attending Capulets event which leads to him deciding to go and there is where he meets Juliet by fate. Another evidence comes from the prologue, where Shakespeare writes, “from forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of starcrossed lovers take their life…” This quote is saying how Romeo and Juliet are

In act 3 scene 1 the author states, “Tybalt. Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here. Shalt with him hence. Romeo. This shall determine that. [They fight. Tybalt falls]” Although some people may argue that this scene is a personal choice because they chose to fight and also because Tybalt chose to kill Mercutio, I say that this scene has to do with fate. I believe this because of how Tybalt, Mercutio and Romeo ended up at the same place at the same time. Fighting each other is what led to the deaths, but fate was also included in this.* Therefore fate also had a role in this part of the story. Another example of this is in act 5 scene 3 where it is stated, “Romeo. Will thou provoke me? Then have at thee, boy! [They fight.]...[Paris falls]” Some may say that Paris chose to tell those things to Romeo which led them to fight but in reality caused them to be there at the same time. Paris and Romeo fought, causing the death of paris. Even in the scenes where some may think its personal choice, fate is always