The play romeo and Juliet is an idea of fate from the play write William Shakespeare , in the play Romeo and Juliet the entire play is about the acts of God to change the course and direction of Romeo and Juliet’s life.
The idea of fate in the pay comes from the Elizabethan era , religion was very important to everyone at that time. this is shown in the play as romeo and Juliet each take moments of the play to explain the will of god and how it will take them,
Romeo:”From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!Arms, take your last embrace! and, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss A dateless bargain to engrossing death!Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide!
Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark!Here’s to my love!”
This quote is from the play as romeo begins to lose faith in God and is exclaiming to God of the pain and suffering he is going through.
But as the play goes on the theme of fate is a very clear one even though there Is only one major incident of it in the play as it continues, Friar Lawrence was a character in the play who was introducing fate from the action he did himself and the action he made others do.
The theme of fate is very clear one as it is mentioned often. The beginning of the play mentions the story of the fate.
(Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;
Whole misadventured piteous overthrows
Do with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love,
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.)
January 14, 2013 at 9:28 pm
This is a good start, Thomas. You’ve clearly got a good grasp of what Shakespeare intends with his references to fate. I encourage you, as you develop this essay, to expand your introduction so it outlines in simple terms all of the points you’ll make in your wider essay. You can think of it like a roadmap to the ultimate essay.
I’m pleased to see your using quotations right from the beginning.
A couple of points to consider:
1) Fate is just ONE part of the play – it’s one we’ve concentrated on a lot, but it’s not always the most obvious theme. There is the theme of passion, of the ills of selfishness, of the cost of violence.. It’s a good idea in your writing for you to acknowledge that this is one way of analysing the play rather than expressing it as if it should be obvious to everyone (it won’t be)
2) Further down the path, keep a close eye on your spelling and sentences, particularly of unfamiliar words or terms – like “playwright” (as in a maker of plays). Dictionaries can be great there, as can the internet, if you’re careful.
3) Try to make one point per paragraph and make sure there’s a point, example and explanation in every one too.
Good start!
Mr Waugh