Romeo and Juliet is indeed a pair of “star-crossed lovers” (Prologue, Pg1). From the opening scenes of the play, the children of the two feuding families, the Montagues and the Capulets, the young couple is presaged to fall in love and eventually die together. Evidently, fate has a major role in this play as it unites the couple, separates them, and reunites them with death. How did Romeo and Juliet meet? In my opinion, they …showed first 75 words of 700 total…

…showed last 75 words of 700 total…than any other act in the novel. Romeo and Juliet is controlled by destiny; there is no doubt about it. The events that lead to the couple’s deaths are all controlled by fate. The list, as mention before is as follows: meeting, separation, and death reunion. Coincidences are evident in the novel, and as they build up, the reader’s idea of reality changes, and enables Shakespeare to create one of his greatest tragedies.