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When Romeo believes that Juliet is dead, he cries out, “Then I defy you, stars,” completing the idea that the love between Romeo and Juliet is in opposition to the decrees of destiny (5.1.24). Of course, Romeo’s defiance itself plays into the hands of fate, and his determination to spend eternity with Juliet results in their deaths.
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Romeo and Juliet come up with a cunning plan to get married under their parents’ noses. It seems as if the feud between their families really might end. At the end of Act Two, the lovers marry. No sooner are the lovers happily married than the play shifts from comedy to tragedy.
This trio of quotes advances the theme of fate as it plays out through the story: the first is spoken by the Chorus (Prologue.5–8), the second by Romeo after he kills Tybalt (3.1.131), and the third by Romeo upon learning of Juliet’s death (5.1.24).
130 Farewell, dear Father. Love give me strength, and strength shall help afford. Farewell, dear Father. Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare, scene summary, scene summaries, chapter summary, chapter summaries, short summary, criticism, literary criticism, review, scene synopsis, interpretation, teaching, lesson plan.
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Chapter Summaries. Themes. Characters. Symbols. Quotes. Written and first published at the end of the sixteenth century, Romeo and Juliet is Shakespeare’s best-known romantic tragedy. The play tells the story of a young couple from rival families in medieval Verona, Italy, and the inevitable ecstasy and doom of their whirlwind romance.
