Chance is unpredictable events that happen purely by accident. Many incidents of chance occur in this play. One example is when the servant of Capulet asks Romeo to read the invitation list for him. It was coincidence that Romeo and Benvolio happened to be walking on the same street as the servant, and it just happened that that servant could not read. Another example is when Romeo met with Juliet. Out of the n

umerous girls at the party hosted by Capulet, Romeo saw Juliet, and was struck by her beauty. Also, it was bad luck when Romeo wasn’t able to receive Friar Lawrence’s letter. Romeo had terrible timing when he arrived at Juliet’s grave, for if he had only gotten there a little later, or waited a little longer, he would have seen Juliet wake up. This is how chance plays an influential role in this play.

Fate is the supposed force or power that predetermines events. Those who believe in fate, such as Romeo, believes that their life was already planned out by a higher power, and they cannot do anything to change it. While he was in Mantua, Romeo had a dream, where he was dead, and Juliet woke him with a kiss. This foreshadows his death, and it is also ironic because Juliet is the one that is dead at that time. Not only is fate applied to the deaths or Romeo and Juliet, but it can also be applied to the play as a whole. In the beginning of the play, the chorus mentions the “sta

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