A large part of the beliefs for both Romeo and Juliet involve fate. They believed in the stars, and that their actions weren't always their own. Early on in the play, Romeo makes this statement: "Some consequence yet hanging in the stars ...By some vile forfeit of untimely death. But he that hath the steerage over my course Direct my sail."(1.4.107) He's mainly saying that he had a dream which leads him to believe that he will die young b

Romeo and Juliet throughout the play have dreams or visions of their deaths. For instance, after Romeo was exiled from Verona and he was about to leave Juliet, she says "Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, / As one dead in the bottom of a tomb." ( 3.5.55) This suggests that Juliet is destined to find Romeo dead in a tomb, not when, how or why. This foreshadows a later scene in the play where Juliet awakens only to find Romeo dead on top of her, in a tomb.

Some people believe that fate can only take you so far and the rest is up to you. Fate got Romeo and Juliet together, but it is unlikely they were predestined to die. Fate can draw two people together, such as the case in Romeo and Juliet, but it was an external force, the family feud, that caused the tragic ending. Things happen because of fate, but fate can’t control everything that is going to happen. It's a never ending circle of power and feeling, destiny and actions. Each depends on the other, yet each has the power to affect everything on its own. Fate can only guide an individual. Fate can draw two people together, it can’t guarantee everlasting love. In this play, Romeo and Juliet were given guidance but fate

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