The role of fate, chance, and coincidence within the play Romeo and Juliet

George Aberto once said "above anything else, fate is what brings lovers together." In Shakespeare's play, Romeo and Juliet, fate, chance, and coincidence are all important to the development and eventually the conclusion of this tragedy. Without these three closely related themes the play would not have been able to make it out of the first act. These themes are pivotal to the development of the play and there are many instances where this is …showed first 75 words of 1355 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1355 total…Act 1. The feud between the Capulets and the Montagues, Romeo's invitation to the ball, and the death of the two "star-crossed" lovers which led to the end of the feud between the two families are all examples of how fate was able to sway the development of the story so it would lead to the death of Romeo and Juliet, "For never was a story of more woe /Than this of Juliet and her Romeo".