Predetermined destiny is expressed very strongly by Shakespeare since he always hints the ending since the beginning of the book. Even if you wouldn’t know the ending of the book, if you start reading, you could kind of find out in what tragic way the book ends. Introduction Shakespeare included hints leading to the tragic end all over the book, especially in the prologue. In the prologue, there are a lot of references to their destiny and the tragic end. Argument 1 As you start reading the beginning of the book, the prologue, you will notice that Shakespeare uses predetermined destiny already since the beginning. When Shakespeare mentions “death-marked love” he states that Romeo and Juliet’s love is always going to end in death (Prologue, …show more content…
9). This pretty much defines destiny since destiny is determined and cannot be changed. The concept of predetermined destiny is that there is a ‘predetermined’ ending in the form of an event.
In Romeo and Juliet, the event is their death which has been determined since the beginning of the prologue. This doesn’t always have to be a negative event like death though, it could be winning a game or happy ends. Since ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a tragedy though, there had to be some form of negative, predetermined event. Argument 2 Another very popular term related to predetermined destiny is “star-crossed lovers” (Prologue, 6). In the context of this book, this means that the Romeo’s and Juliet’s relationship is meant to fail all along. So, “star-crossed” means meant to fail and “lovers” stands for Romeo and Juliet. This relates to predetermined destiny because it is a predetermined event that cannot be avoided which is destiny. Argument 3 Sometimes the characters seem to know their fates which means that they might know about their destiny or fate. For example, when Juliet says that she is “As one dead in the bottom of a tomb” she says where she dies (3.5.56). This shows that Shakespeare made the people know how the book ends throughout the book. This is only one example of many all over the book and shows the foreshadowing of the predetermined fate. So, in this quote foreshadowing is used in order to describe their fate even though foreshadowing is different from
fate. Conclusion Predetermined destiny is quite popular in Romeo and Juliet. This means that an event at the end of the book, their suicide, has been decided since the start and cannot be changed. The book would always end this way.
Fate is talked about a lot too, which adds to the dramatic features of the play, so as the story evolves everything the characters say can relate back to the prologue in some way when we find out what is going to happen in the end. The quote ?From forth the fatal loins of these two foes? shows that nothing good will happen as fatal means almost deathly and both the families children end up dying at the end. Also in the prologue ?The fearful passage of their death-marked love? means they are fated to die because they are in love through a course of unfortunate events. Also at the Capulets? party when Romeo and Juliet first kiss the rest of the play is almost set out for you.
In Romeo and Juliet a significantly horrendous ending takes place, but with Shakespeare's use of foreshadowing he is able to keep the reader from being overly traumatized. For example, when Juliet and Romeo are discussing plans Juliet says, "O God, I have an ill-divining soul! / Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, / As one dead in the bottom of the tomb"(lll,v,14-56). Juliet has mixed feelings about the arrangement devised by the Friar so that the two of them can be together.
Some people may not believe that destiny is something that truthfully exists in the world. These people doubt that there is anything that is actually meant to be, or supposed to happen, thinking that there is always a way around troubling predicaments, knowing that it is not necessary to turn out just one certain way. They trust that whatever occurs in their lives comes as a result of the decisions that they make with their own free will. Others believe that whatever happens during the course of their lives is inevitable and every event is laid out before them like a road map to life, in other words, fate. William Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet has fate as an exceptionally crucial element which makes fate as important as any character in the production. The events leading up to and during the party were definitely caused by fate. The moment that Romeo and Juliet meet is the exact incident that leads to their death, however unaware these "star-crossed lovers" are to that fact. Thus, fate is undoubtedly the most responsible influence for the couple's tragedy.
In the very opening of the play the chorus is singing about Romeo and Juliet, and predicts their life together as having a star-crossed conclusion. By already knowing from the beginning that their life has an ill-fated conclusion, we can see how their choices brought them to their death. Romeo and Juliet could see that their life together was not going the way they wanted, because Romeo and Juliet wanted to marry each other but there were many barriers between them. Both Romeo and Juliet had many failed attempts in their efforts to trick fate out of what was ultimately going to happen to them both. Hold! Get you gone, be strong and prosperous in this resolve. I’ll send a friar with speed to Mantua, with my letters to thy lord. (IV, i, 122-124)
Poor choices can cause tragic outcomes. Fate, on the other hand, is beyond someone's control. Many people believe that regardless of their actions, fate and destiny determine the outcome of their lives. However, in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, the outcome of Romeo and Juliet's lives were controlled by the choices that they made. Although the deaths of Romeo and Juliet were mentioned in the prologue of the story as star-crossed lovers, the tragic ending of the couple was determined by their free will as a result of unwise decisions.
Fate is the outcome of inevitable events that are predetermined and usually lead to death, ruin, or misfortune. Fate played a huge roll in Romeo and Juliet’s death as it may have already been planned out therefore making their deaths
The friar also foreshadows the result of Romeo and Juliet’s love again when he predicts that their “violent delights have violent ends” this again hints the ending of Romeo and Juliet’s love. This is not the only incident of foreshadowing more is done by Juliet when she predicts, “[her] grave is like to be [her] wedding bed” this is an obvious hint that Juliet will die soon after she is married. She doesn’t only foretell her death; she also foretells Romeo’s death as well. She sees Romeo “so low, as one in the bottom of a tomb”(III, v). The most obvious foreshadowing is done by Romeo when he dreams that his “lady came and found [him] dead… and breathed such life with kisses in [his] lips” this foretells the end of the play when Juliet tries to kill her
Predetermined destiny writes out our stories before we experience them and is essential to Romeo and Juliet. The star-cross’d lovers gig basically fueled the whole love-filled dramatic play. Although, Romeo and Juliet both learn this, the hard way, costing their lives, as their love was fated to end in death, unfortunately. In the prologue, lines 6-11 state, “A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventures piteous overthrows, Do with their death bury their parents’ strife. The fearful passage of their parents’ rage, Which but their children’s end naught could remove” (Beers 807). Due to these lines 6-11, it proves that Romeo and Juliet’s destiny was already written previously in the stars above, and the pair of lovers could do nothing but face it, together, hand in hand, with all that they had left.
Two lovers lay dead on the ground. One with a wisp of poison on his breath, and the other with a dagger inside her. In the prologue, Shakespeare reveals to us that two star-crossed lovers die because of their families’ ongoing feud. When the two families discover what has happened and how they caused it, the families agree to end the feud and no longer quarrel. Was Romeo’s and Juliet’s death at the hand of the family in the form of fate, or did their choices cause this tragedy? In the play, Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, free will is more dominant than fate in the outcome of the play and is shown by Juliet’s actions, Romeo’s actions, and the actions of others.
From the beginning of the play it is clear that Romeo and Juliet are doomed to die, They are considered victims of circumstance but the question is did they have responsibility for their fate? Could things have been different? Was it a bad series of events, was it a coincidence that fate was against them, were outside forces against them, It is not just a coincidence the language used in the prologue 'star-crossed lovers' and 'death-marked love' shows that it was all meant to happen from the beginning of the play, the words 'star-crossed' refers to an astrological outlook on destiny that was widely accepted in the period the play was written in, reference to this so early in the play creates a sense of anticipation for the audience and from the start they know what is going to be the outcome of the play but the question left on their minds is 'Why?' and 'How?'
I think the story of Romeo and Juliet was based on fate and destiny as I have said no one can be that unlucky, everything that happened must have happened for a reason all of which added to their tragic fate. Every little thing contributed to the ending. I think it was down to fate and destiny it was not a coincidence. There are many ways that this could have been stopped if it wasn’t meant to happen. ‘ For never was a story of more woe Than this of her Juliet and her Romeo.’(5.3.309)
Throughout the play, it is clearly shown that fate has a huge role in the “star-crossed lovers” dire downfall. This is written in the prologue to foreshadow the ending. The prologue provides the audience with Romeos thought provoking promotion further warming the reader of the omnipresent force of fate which is looking over him, “Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars.” Here Shakespeare use literary techniques such as a metaphor to demonstrates that there is a deathly consequence written in fate for Romeo. Overall this provides the reader with the knowledge of what Romeo is thinking and foreshadows the end of the story. Shakespeare uses clever diction to imply that Juliet’s death is inevitable, "If all else fail, myself have power to die.” This clearly illustrates that fate is involved in the upcoming disaster. Not only have the lovers realized that there is a greater fore involved, but Friar Lawrence has too realized, “a greater power than we can contradict, hath thwarted our intents.” This shows that fate is a subjugate factor in the lover’s untimely
Shakespeare first establishes his stance on fate through foreshadowing. By referring to Romeo and Juliet as “star crossed lovers” he reveals that fate has
In Othello, as in many of Shakespeare's tragedies, the tragic ending that is to come is hinted at throughout the play through the use of foreshadowing. Foreshadowing is evident in the first scene of Act II as Shakespeare wrote “Go to the bay and disembark my coffers. Bring thou the master to the citadel. He is a good one, and his worthiness does challenge much respect. - Come, Desdemona. Once more, well met at Cyprus” (75/II/1/229).
In regards to Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare chose fate to be a strong underlying theme which constructs the basis of the story line. Fate has the ability to control the characters’ lives and one minor change in the way it had acted would have changed the entire outcome. Through Romeo and Juliet’s spontaneous encounter, fate was largely responsible for love at first sight alongside controlling the misfortunate events that occur as a result of their love. Apart from love and misfortune, Shakespeare suggests that Romeo and Juliet were destined to die the way they did, despite the fact that it was their choice to end their lives. The outcome of the play was a direct result of fate, which to a notable extent was responsible for the many events which were destined to occur.