What Is the Role of Fate in the Play Romeo and Juliet?

What Is the Role of Fate in the Play Romeo and Juliet?

William Shakespeare is a popular and legendary play Wright from the a Elizabethan era. Shakespeare’s plays have stood the test and time and still appeal to audiences today. He wrote classics such as `Romeo and Juliet`, `Macbeth’ and `The Taming of the Shrew`. Shakespeare was an incredibly popular play Wright during Elizabeth oreign as Queen of England and at this time Britain was a Christian country . The English had a very poor opinion of their own language and their was very little serious writing, hardly any literature, Shakespeare was educated at a local grammar school and went on to become one of the worlds most successful play wright. He also wrote two long poems and a collections of sonnets, that appealed to Elizabeth I, a great admirer of Shakespeare’s work. His plays were a variety of comedy, tragedy and romance.
One of Shakespeare’s classics plays is `Romeo and Juliet`. He is said to have written the play in 1597 approx. Shakespeare tells the tale of two star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet, whose short romance is plagued with tragedy. The play focus’ on popular themes such as romance, tragedy, death and violence. Shakespeare was inspired by a poem by Arthur Brook called, ‘The tragical Histoire of Romeus and Juliet.’ The poem never got much acknowledgment or recognition but Shakespeare used it as the basis for writing a play about, who are now, the world’s most famous lovers. Romeo and Juliet’s meeting is told in the form of sonnets, which were very popular in Elizabeth I court and would appeal to Queen Elizabeth. It is said that Shakespeare wrote his plays with Queen Elizabeth’s tastes in mind.
The prologue of the play reveals a lot about the plays theme and how fate plays an important part in the play. We are told that Romeo and Juliet are ‘star – crossed lovers’ (destined for bad luck) and ‘death marked’. we know that their relationship will be plagued with death. The prologue actually reveals the plot and could be seen as ruining the play....

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