Ill Fated Love In Verona

Young love in Verona has been what could be called the talk of the town for hundreds of years. This young love is the very basis for the play Romeo and Juliet. In this play young love faces many troubles that may seem like fate has caused. Between the two families raises a fiery feud that can only be quenched by the dousing love of Romeo and Juliet. Although in the end the dousing love must come after the horrible deaths that come between the two families.

The first way that opposed the love of Romeo and Juliet was fate acting against love. Fate continued persistently to stop the union of the two lovers through deaths and tricks. The first trick that cruel fate plays on this union between these two love birds, that is also the start of all of the other problems, is the fact that their two families hate each other. When these two star-crossed lovers meet they do not know until later that night that they have just stumbled into the middle of their family feud. This causes Romeo and Juliet to need to keep their love a secret until perhaps one day when the feud is over, and their true love can be shown to the world. This secret that they are forced to hide leads to the many other tricks and deaths that will be played on the couple.

The second trick that fate plays on the lovers is when the Friar Lawrence gets involved in the wild love roller coaster between the two characters. He is approached by the couple and is asked to marry them. He of course reacts like anyone else has when he hears that they had only just met. He says, “Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here?” when he hears this news (2. 3. 70-71). He then proceeds on about this idea of theirs being rushed and that they should take their time. As he is saying...

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...he encounters Paris and gets into a scuffle and starts of the fight by saying, “Wilt thou provoke me? Then come at thee, boy!,” which angers Paris (5.3.72-73). He then enters the tomb after killing Paris and, as if timed by fate, takes the vial of poison moments before Juliet awakens from her slumber.

In conclusion fate cannot be contained by the lovers. Their best efforts only ended up worsening the situation in total. They continue their efforts even when the odds are against them. This can just go to show that at times it may be best to understand that somethings are not meant to be such as Juliet and Romeo’s love. Sometimes fate must not be tempted. Fate in some cases can be beaten but in others must be acknowledged.

Works Cited

Applebee, Arthur N. Romeo and Juliet. The Language of Literature. Evanston, IL : McDougal Littell, 2002. 990-1102. Print.