William Shakespeare was a very famous poet in the 16th and 17th centuries. To this day, his work is known and loved by many people . Some of his most famous works include Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth, and most importantly, Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is a story of 2 star-crossed lovers from feuding families. William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet, uses foreshadowing, dramatic irony, and tragedy to achieve the idea of fate vs free will. The characters premeditate their tragedy at the end of the play by saying certain lines throughout the play. William Shakespeare uses foreshadowing to achieve the idea of fate in the play Romeo and Juliet. In Act 3, scene 5, sentence 17, Romeo is talking to Juliet and he says “Let me be ta'en, let me be put to death;” This is foreshadowing because Romeo is talking about being put to death, and in the next couple weeks of the play, he does get put to his end. This adds to the idea of fate because, even before he dies, Romeo predicts his demise and the audience already knows of his death so this gives them some …show more content…
“If he be marrièd, My grave is like to be my wedding bed.” (1.5.133b,134). As Juliet says this, she has no idea that Romeo will lead to her untimely demise but the audience does. This shows dramatic irony and also shows that fate led to their passing away. “Shall give him such an unaccustomed dram,That he shall soon keep Tybalt company;“. Lady Capulet is telling her daughter that after Romeo is exiled, she is going to send over a potion to him that will immediately kill him. At the end of the play, Romeo drinks a poison that he got from the apothecary which will kill him after he thought Juliet had died. The dramatic irony is very visible to the audience because we know what happens in the end but to Lady Capulet and Juliet, they have no idea so that shows that Romeo was fated to his death with