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Essay / Luck or Fate in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet, considered one of the most famous love stories of all time, is a play rooted in time and fate. Certain actions are believed to happen by chance or fate. The timing of each action influences the outcome of the piece. If some events are of lesser importance, others are crucial in the development of this tragedy. The important events that inspire the conclusion of Romeo and Juliet are Capulet's ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt and Romeo, and the plague of Friar John. An illiterate servant of Capulet asks Romeo for help in reading the guest list. To show his appreciation, the servant invites Romeo to the ball. “My master is the great and rich Capulet, and if you are not of the house of Montague, I beg you to come and grind a cup of wine” (I.ii.85-88). Romeo, in love with Rosaline, is not in the mood to go to the ball. His subconscious even tries to warn him against leaving. “My mind worries / A consequence still pending in the stars / Must bitterly begin its terrible appointment / With the rejoicings of this night, and expire the term / Of a despised life locked in my bosom / By some ignoble abandonment of an untimely death” (I. iv.113-118). Once at the ball, Romeo's gaze falls by chance on Juliet, who charms him as she herself is charmed by him. Romeo proclaims: “Has my heart loved until now? Give it up, view! / For I saw true beauty only this night” (I. v. 59-60). It was by entering the territory of the Capulets that Romeo discovered Juliet. “Is she a Capulet?” / O dear account! My life is the debt of my enemy” (Iv131-132). When Juliette learns the identity of the object of her love, she cries: “Prodigious birth of love it is mine / That I must love a hated enemy” (Je....... middle paper..... .gosling to Romeo, Romeo convinces the pharmacist to sell it anyway, again by recklessly going against the norm without taking the time to consider the consequences The substantial events that inspire the. conclusion of Romeo and Juliet are the Capulet ball, the quarrel experienced by Tybalt and The Plague of Romeo and Brother John The Capulet ball influences the end of the play by Romeo's invitation to the ball, which creates Romeo's meeting. and Juliet. The ball also gives rise to Tybalt's anger and provokes his defiance from Romeo, which produces much sorrow in Juliet and Romeo. Moreover, the quarrelsome weather is partly responsible for the quarrel between Tybalt and Mercutio. Since Brother John did not deliver the letter, Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead and sacrifices himself. seeing that Romeo is dead, kills himself too.