The question of whether, fate controls one’s life, is a debatable inquiry. "Romeo and Juliet," typically seen as a romantic story becomes a tragic love story sue to the overwhelming influence of fate. In William Shakespeare’s, Romeo and Juliet, destiny makes Romeo and Juliet star crossed lovers because of their family feud, thus linking the violence that leads to death early on in the novel.
The play of fate becomes evident as Romeo and Juliet are born into families who have a strong sense of animosity. When Juliet discovers Romeo’s true identity, she is upset for the name, Montague represents. Juliet says, “My only love sprung from my only hate! / Too early seen unknown, and known too late! / Prodigious birth of love it is to me, / That I must love a loathèd enemy” (I, V, 138-141). When Juliet states, she falls in love with “a loathèd enemy,” it is ironic how she blames fate for loving an enemy, but her short lasting happiness comes from being in love with Romeo. This foreshadows the failure of Romeo and Juliet’s love because both of them take a risk by loving each other knowing their family feud is going to ruin their relationship. EXPLAIN!!! Furthermore, when Capulet forces Juliet to marry Paris, that she must marry someone whom she does not love. Juliet says, “Alack, alack, that heaven should practice stratagems/ Upon so soft a subject as myself. (III, V, 205-215). Juliet’s reference to heaven symbolizes fate affecting her in an adverse way. Heaven is known to be a place where the good people in society go after death, and Juliet remarks heaven as a bad thing. Heaven symbolizes fate because fate places her in the position of not being able to freely love whoever she wants. Since, both these lovers do not have the right to freely love each other, and it leaves them with an unsatisfying relationship. Fate ruins the love of Romeo and Juliet by placing them into families with strong hatred verifying that their lov...