To be starcrossed is when one is not favoured by the stars, this is exactly what two characters in the name Romeo and Juliet are considered to be. Together let's look at how these two famous characters became and were terms, star-crossed lovers. In the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the characters Romeo and Juliet are considered to be star-crossed lovers due to the influence of family rivalry, the role of fate and the two characters' immense love for one another. Furthermore, let us look at how these characters were considered star-crossed due to family rivalry. In the play, both character’s families play a huge role in deciding if the relationship between Romeo and Juliet would ultimately work out. Due to their families, the Montagues and the Capulets, being sworn enemies, the relationship between the two lovers is doomed to fail since it is strictly forbidden that Romeo and Juliet have any sort of intimate relationship. Both Romeo and Juliet's families getting in the way of their relationship is portrayed numerous times in the play such as when Juliet is aware of her love for Romeo yet she is hesitant to embrace him as her lover since he …show more content…
After all, they would not be considered lovers or star-crossed if their love for one another did not consume their lives. The love the two characters had for each other did defy them as star crossed because as the stars knew Romeo and Juliet could never be together, Fate worked against them and as much as the love and passion that the two characters had for each other the more they pushed apart from each other. The two were never meant to see each other but instead of never meeting the two did and were instantly bewitched by each other. The two love each Romeo and Juliet have for one another caused them to be star-crossed because they were in love at first sight of one, the two were never meant to look at one