How does shakespeare explore the concept of fate in romeo and Juliet?
He uses metaphors to describe whats going on in the play like, The end of the scene as they make their way to the party, Benvolio tries to hurry them along, thinking that they will be late…However, Romeo has concerns about going at all. “I fear, too early. For my mind misgives some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, shall bitterly begin this fearful date with this night’s revels and expire the term of a despised life, closed in my breast, by some vile forfeit of untimely death”. Romeo seems to imagine that by attending their enemy’s party something is about to happen that will eventually lead to his death…Which of course is true, he meets Juliet etc…
In the prologue its tells you whats going to happen in the play like when its tells you there going to kill them selfs “a pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life”. By telling the…
In the movie, Baz Luhrmann uses the pathetic fallacy, like when Mercutio dies and Romeo lays over him and there was thunder and lighting at same time as he does it. To show that there was a emotional event going on in the scene of the movie.
Shakespeare uses a lot of complexes English in he’s write like metaphors and hidden happenings in the play when in prologue it’s tell you what’s going to happen in the play.”From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, a pair of star crossed lovers take their life.” As we all know, Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of romance. Romeo and Juliet’s death was a result of many misfortunes, but they were mostly victims of the society in which they lived, malignant fate, and their own passions. Thus, fate is undoubtedly the most responsible influence for the couple’s heartbreaking tragedy.
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