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There are many definitions for the word fate. The definition of the
word fate in the Dictionary is a power that supposedly predetermines
events. Also fate means something that is unavoidable. It is meant to
happen and cannot be changed. The tragic story of Romeo and Juliet has
a sense of cruel fate in it.
In William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, fate plays an extremely
powerful role throughout the story. It turns out to cause many
terrible events. Shakespeare hints at the outcome throughout the story
and makes the reader hope more and more that Romeo and Juliet can live
together. Unfortunately, the fate of Romeo and Juliet isn't a very
preferable one. Fate can be defined as an inevitable and often adverse
outcome or condition; destiny. Romeo and Juliet were ultimately the
ones responsible for their own deaths. The destinies of these two
"star crossed lovers" were not set from the start of the story, but
almost all events that took place brought Romeo and Juliet closer to
their inevitable fates. There were too many coincidences to give the
reader any doubt that the actor and actress in the play were entirely
the masters of their futures.
The first coincidence was that Romeo and Juliet, the two lovers,
shared the unfortunate fate that they were from feuding families. The
two of them were a perfect match, and were completely in love with
each other, and the odds that one was a Montague and one was a Capulet
were incredibly slim. They both showed their grief when they learned
that the other was from the opposite family. "O dear account! my life
is my foe's debt." (Act 1, Scene 5, 132), and "My only love sprung
from my only hate." (Act 1, Scene 5, 152) were the two expressions
that Romeo and Juliet exclaimed. Juliet had the right idea when she
showed her frustration with the feud, and its influence on Romeo and
Juliet’s relationship, in her soliloquy on the balcony, and said,
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other word would