Fate is the puppeteer In this astounding tragedy of adventure, love, life, and death. One will find a tale of two lovers. Who, despite countless efforts, face a grizzly end, due to the stars. Since fate is cursed by Romeo (3.1.138) claiming he is fortune’s fool, or when Juliet just so happens to walk onto her balcony when Romeo is below spying on her. Even in the prologue, both Romeo and Juliet are referred to as star-crossed lovers. Fate cursed Romeo. “O, I am fortune’s fool!” (3.1.138) These words are spoken by Romeo when he has made the decision to attend the Capulet’s masquerade party. Romeo had doubts about whether or not to go to this masquerade but in the end he agrees to go. Romeo himself states he is fortune’s fool and, he is allowing fate to send him down this particular path. Therefore, only fate can be responsible in this scenario. …show more content…
When suddenly, Juliet decides to walk onto her balcony and Romeo just so happens to be there spying on her “O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious fo this night, being o’er my head, as is a winged messenger of heaven unto the white-upturned wond’ring eyes of mortals that fall back to gaze on him when he bestrides the lazy puffing clouds and sails upon the bosom of the air. O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and i’ll no longer be a Capulet.” (2.2.25-35). Fate was attempting to unite them both by having Juliet walk out to her balcony the exact moment Romeo was below spying on her. This inevitably lead to Romeo asking for Juliet’s hand in marriage. Even though both of them knew things were moving too fast, Juliet decided to accept. Had Juliet decided to not walk onto her balcony, then she never would have accepted Romeo’s hand in marriage. Then, Romeo and Juliet never would have been married thus never leading to their