Comparing Fate In Romeo And Juliet And The Fault In Our Stars

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Do you believe in fate? That some things are meant to happen and they are out of your control? Fate is a major theme that is show in the play Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet meet in a crazy way. They both attend a ball that neither of them really wanted to go to. Romeo was trying to get over his last love and Juliet was trying to get away from marrying someone else. They both ended up going to the ball and seeing each other. Their families are enemies but yet they still fell in love with each other. In that moment they fell in love, the first time they looked at each other they fell in love. That is fate, that they both decided to go to the ball and that night they fell in love with each other. There is many different ways that fate is …show more content…

One example of the theme of fate outside of the play Romeo and Juliet is The Fault in Our Stars. In the story The Fault in Our Stars two people fall in love in a crazy way just like Romeo and Juliet. Hazel and Gus are the main characters who fall in love at a support group for cancer and it is crazy that they were both at the same group for the same reason. Another way that it is like Romeo and Juliet is by the way they are described. Romeo and Juliet are known as star crossed lovers and that their fate happens from the stars and the name of this story is The Fault in Our Stars which describes fate in a way and how everything happens through the stars. My final example of fate outside of Romeo and Juliet is The Little Mermaid. In The Little Mermaid Ariel falls in love with a human and she can’t control it. This is an example of fate because she can’t control that she fell in love with a human even though her family doesn’t want her to be in love with him. This is also like how Romeo and Juliet’s families do not get along and yet they still fall in love. Ariel falls in love with a human and can’t control it just like Romeo and Juliet fell in love and couldn’t control

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