Fate is one of the many themes in William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In the play Friar Laurence says, “Wisely and slow. / They stumble that run fast.” (2.3.93-94). This quote establishes the theme of fate because it shows that Romeo and Juliet are going very fast with their relationship and are fated to stumble. Another example is that even though Romeo and Juliet are fated to end up together they end up dying or stumbling because they went to fast and did not take it slow. Juliet kills herself when she is only thirteen because she sees that Romeo killed himself because he thought that Juliet was dead. When the Capulets and the Montagues find Romeo and Juliet both dead they end their family feud and come together as one. In the beginning,