... - before he meets Juliet- telling him that what ever is about to happen will end bitterly. The reference to fate is "hanging in the stars" it relates back to the Elizabethan attitude and beliefs towards fate. Another example of fate in action during the play is in Act 5 Scene 1 where Romeo says "I dreamt my lady found me dead"- this is another premonition of Romeo's saying that ... he will be found dead by his Lady- Juliet. This is once again linked to the Elizabethan attitude towards fate, Romeo says that he "dreamt" that he was found dead ... by Juliet but the audience know that he WI...

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... 's Revised Unabridged Dictionary as ill-fated, non-favored by the stars, and opposed by destiny and fate; so was the story of Romeo and Juliet really about a couple of star-crossed lovers who were destined never to be together or live in happiness, or was it their own actions that caused their ... it was actions and not fate that was to blame in this Shakespearean tragedy. Every reader of Romeo and Juliet has to take into account the large possibility of destiny or fate in the big picture of it all during this story because it is a variable which many believe in, while taking ... of wine...

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