... a twist of destiny, Romeo from the Montagues falls in love with Juliet from the Capulet house. Their innocent love follows a path to a fate driven tragedy. Destiny and fate first brings together the lovers, then reinforcing the family feud that keeps them apart, and ultimately causing the catastrophic conclusion. The sequence of events commences as fate initiates Romeo and Juliet ¡ ¦s first rendezvous and thrusts them together into a spiral tornado of ¡ §star-crossed ¡ § love. On Romeo ¡ ¦s parents ¡ ¦ behalf, Benvolio inquires ¡ §what sadness ¡ Romeo takes pain in. The resp...

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... be a power which is believed to settle ahead of time how things will happen. William Shakespeare, in Romeo and Juliet, brings this question to the surface. Although fate seems to control what happens to Romeo and Juliet their choices contribute more to their fate than fate itself. Although some reasons that Romeo and Juliet die are out of their control, fate is not the largest reason that the lovers end up dying. For example, when Romeo hears of Juliet's death ... least Romeo and Juliet wouldn't die. When Juliet chooses to drink the potion and not go with Romeo and leave Verona she make...

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