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Fate
- Act 3 Scene 1
- 'O, I am fortune's
fool!' - Romeo
- His irresponsibility is
shown when he blames
fate for his actions
- His irresponsibility is
shown when he blames
fate for his actions
- 'O, I am fortune's
fool!' - Romeo
- Act 5 Scene
1
- 'Is it even so? Then I defy
you stars!' - Romeo
- Romeo is adamant that he
will not give in to the power
of the stars and let them
take Juliet away from him
- When Balthazar tells
Romeo that Juliet is
'dead'
- When Balthazar tells
Romeo that Juliet is
'dead'
- Romeo is adamant that he
will not give in to the power
of the stars and let them
take Juliet away from him
- 'Is it even so? Then I defy
you stars!' - Romeo
- Prologue
- 'A pair of star cross'd
lovers...' - Chorus
- Even from the beginning, the
lovers are destined to die
- 'star cross'd means the
stars of fate were
crossed e.g. Romeo and
Juliet meeting at the
Capulet's
- Even from the beginning, the
lovers are destined to die
- 'A pair of star cross'd
lovers...' - Chorus
- Act 1 Scene 4
- 'My mind misgives/ Some
consequence yet hanging in
the stars' - Romeo
- Romeo suggests that going to
the party will have severe
consequences, hinting at his
eventual downfall and death
- Romeo suggests that going to
the party will have severe
consequences, hinting at his
eventual downfall and death
- 'My mind misgives/ Some
consequence yet hanging in
the stars' - Romeo
- Act 5 Scene 3
- 'Shake the yoke of
inauspicious stars' - Romeo
- To shake off the burden
imposed by fate - continued
in the speech before Romeo
commits suicide
- To shake off the burden
imposed by fate - continued
in the speech before Romeo
commits suicide
- 'One writ with me in sour
misfortune's book' - Romeo
- Romeo and Paris fight until
eventually Paris is killed,
before Romeo takes the
poison
- Romeo sees Paris as someone
who is destined to be
unfortunate, much like himself
- Romeo and Paris fight until
eventually Paris is killed,
before Romeo takes the
poison
- 'Shake the yoke of
inauspicious stars' - Romeo
- Act 3 Scene
5
- 'I see thee, now art below, As
one dead in the bottom of a
tomb. Either my eyesight
fails or thou look't pale' -
Juliet
- Juliet foreshadows
Romeo's death as the
last time she will see
him is dead in her
tomb
- Juliet foreshadows
Romeo's death as the
last time she will see
him is dead in her
tomb
- 'I see thee, now art below, As
one dead in the bottom of a
tomb. Either my eyesight
fails or thou look't pale' -
Juliet
- Act 1 Scene 5
- 'Go ask his name: if he married
My grave is like to be my
wedding bed' - Juliet
- Juliet foreshadows her
own death as her tomb is
her wedding bed to Paris
- Juliet foreshadows her
own death as her tomb is
her wedding bed to Paris
- 'Go ask his name: if he married
My grave is like to be my
wedding bed' - Juliet
- There's a lot of
foreshadowing in the
play, particularly on the
lover's deaths
- Emphasises the Prologue's
assertion that Romeo and
Juliet are 'fated' to die
- Emphasises the Prologue's
assertion that Romeo and
Juliet are 'fated' to die
- Fate controls their love
and has forced them
together, ultimately
ending their parents
hatred but also their lives
- Hints are made
throughout about the
ending and the downfall
of Romeo and Juliet
- Fate is blamed for several
events particularly by Romeo
- Even though it plays a huge part
in the play, Romeo fails to accept
any responsibility for his actions
- Even though it plays a huge part
in the play, Romeo fails to accept
any responsibility for his actions
- Shakespeare allows the
audience to already know
the fate of the lovers. He
wants them to be in a
god-like position by using
dramatic irony
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