“A pair of star crossed lovers take their life.” If this quote sounds familiar, you probably read Romeo and Juliet, or at least heard of it. This story of two lovers of enemy families written by William Shakespeare is a sad story that brings out the question of: What killed Romeo and Juliet? It’s very possible that fate was the cause of their deaths. This is no longer about who, but more about what. There are 3 reasons as to why this is the case. Fate is mentioned in the chorus, it is foreshadowed in the story multiple times, and because the idea of fate is non-fictional in the book. The first topic to be explained is about the presence of fate in the chorus. As we know, there is a recurring appearance of fate in the chorus, in the form of the famous quote, “A pair of star crossed lovers take their life.” This is something that, like fate, cannot be known by normal means. Us, as spectators, have knowledge of future events, which have been set in stone from the beginning. People are told from the start that it is the fate of Romeo and Juliet to die. Due to this, the influence that fate had on the end of Romeo and Juliet becomes undeniable, thus proving that fate is to blame for their deaths. This can be further proved …show more content…
A prime example of this is the quote from Romeo in Act 1 Scene 4, where he states “I have a premonition that something written in the stars, but not yet revealed, will begin its fatal course with tonight's celebrations, foreclosing on my worthless life by means of some evil forfeit: an early death.” This quote foreshadows the death of Romeo at the end of the story. He even says “written in the stars”, so you know he believed fate was after him. Furthermore, there is another example of this in Act 3, Scene 5, where Juliet states “I have a presentiment of evil: I seem to see you-now you’re down below-at the bottom of a tomb. The only thing that can explain all of this is