An individual’s ability to determine fate in the play Romeo and Juliet seem to exist only in their dreams. Throughout the play written by William Shakespeare, specific actions that had a significant part in determining what would happen to Romeo and Juliet seem to be unavoidable. No matter what anyone did fate somehow managed to find a way to get what it wanted, that was the deaths of the young teens. “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life…” (Prologue, Line 6) When Tybalt recognized that Romeo was at the masquerade party, Tybalt could have killed him but Capulet told Tybalt he wanted peace. Friar Laurence was the one who married the two teens despite knowing about the family feud. He believed that if the two were married, the feud would have to end and he would be a hero. Capulet changed the day that Juliet and Paris were supposed to get married from Wednesday to Thursday, which threw off Friar Laurence 's timing with delivering the letter to Romeo who was in Mantua.
Lord Capulet decided to throw a masquerade party where the most beautiful women of Verona were to attend. As well as some of the more wealthy men in Verona. Mercutio decided to bring Benvolio and Romeo to the party. Romeo had just found out that Rosaline did not like him and he was heartbroken. Mercutio decided that he needed to see just how many beautiful women
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He tells him all about Juliet and how the two are to get married. Friar Laurence believes that Romeo is acting hastily, because only last night he had been heartbroken by Rosaline. Despite his thoughts, Friar Laurence agrees to marry the two teens in hope that the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets will end. “ So smile the heavens…” (Act 2, Scene 6, Line 1) When Friar Laurence married Romeo and Juliet he did not know that later, because of certain actions in the play the two young kids being married is part of the reason they