Romeo and Juliet! Why was fate to blame? Romeo and Juliet is a well-known Shakespeare in which fate plays an important part. Tragedy is defined as something with a serious theme that usually ends in death or defeat. Fate is a power, which is thought to make things happen and is out of anyone's control. In Shakespeare's time this power was thought to have come from the stars and that people's lives ... die as he felt it was his fault. "Miscarried by my fault, let my old life Be sacrificed come hour before this time- Through his complicated plans, which required accurate timing they both ended ...

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... famous love story in the English literary tradition. Love is naturally the play's dominant and most important theme. The play focuses on romantic love, specifically the intense passion that springs up at first sight between Romeo and Juliet. In Romeo and Juliet, love is a violent, ecstatic, overpowering force that supersedes all other values, loyalties, and emotions. In the course of the play, the young lovers are driven to defy ... an undeniable aspect of the world of the play); the horrible series of accidents that ruin Friar Lawrence's seemingly well-intentioned plans at the end of t...

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• Grade Level: High School