Laura Hazelet Mrs. Schildgen Hon English 9 P3 1 March 2024 Fate: True or Doo Doo? (will change title) “We met, we wooed, and made exchange of vow, I tell thee as we pass; but this I pray: That thou consent to marry us today” - Romeo to Friar (2.3.62-64), as he marries Juliet in secret without a second thought. This would set the stage for a series of tragic events that audiences globally would come to adore in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, a story of two lovers from rivaling families who are desperate to be with each other. Although many may claim that Romeo and Juliet's situation was fate's doing, their tragedy was more a result of their own poor choices as they didn't understand their feelings, they acted impulsively, and they failed …show more content…
upon this holy act that after hours of sorrow chide us not!” (2.6.1-2). The friar expresses his hope that their marriage will go well. Upon closer analysis, Friar Lawrence also foreshadows the lovers' tragic deaths in this quote. Romeo and Juliet's hasty marriage illustrates their desperation to be together and obliviousness to the future consequences of their decisions. Another display of their'messy' decision-making can be seen when Juliet drinks poison to make it seem like she died. Just before she takes the poison, she exclaims, “Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee!” (4.3.58). The plan was clearly a bad idea, and Juliet even had doubts about it. She also had a speech to express her worries, but she still carries on with the plan. Furthermore, she didn't even know how Romeo would hear about this or what the Friar would do if something went wrong. Lastly, Romeo and Juliet failed to communicate with each other and among themselves. To illustrate this, one comically horrible miscommunication in relation to them was when the plan couldn't be told to Romeo. Friar John says to Friar Lawrence, “I could not send it. . . nor get a messenger to bring it to thee”