In William Shakespeare’s play, he uses metaphor to communicate his ideas about fate.
In an example Romeo tells God to direct him ” He that hath steerage of my course, direct my sail”. Shakespeare describes Romeo as a ship and God as the captain of the ship. God controls Romeo ‘s path he follows and what it leads to. In the play, Shakespeare uses this metaphor ” Some consequence yet hanging in the stars” What Romeo is doing here is saying there is something bad that is going to happen to him but not just yet. also you know the bad thing that’s going to happen to him is going to be in the future because it fate and fate means what your destiny is going to be. Lastly Romeo says this to Juliet “it is the east and Juliet is the sun”. What i think Shakespeare is trying to do here is refer Juliet to a sun because the sun is really a star so she is basically being called a star which she is. Romeo says this because Juliet is the love of his life.
A large co-incidence in Romeo and Juliet is when Juliet fancied Rosaline, but Rosaline didn’t fancy him back but then there was Juliet. Romeo was looking for someone who will return his love and the co-incidence is Romeo is that Juliet is their. Another co-incidence is when Romeo shows up to the tomb at the same time as Paris which is a co-incidence. When Romeo saw him at he tomb Romeo killed him.
The chorus
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-crossed lovers take their life,
Whose misadventured piteous overthrows
Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.
The fearful passage of their death-marked love
And the continuance of their parents’ rage,
Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove,
Shakespeare does this so he can give you a bit of information of how the play is going to be so he can grab your attention.
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.
In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare uses iambic pentameter when Romeo says “it is the east, and Juliet is the sun “. Iambic pentameter means the term describes the rhythm that the words establish in that line. Another example is this “Be not her maid, since she is envious;”. in some sort of pattern, which gives the line that certain rhythm that makes the line sound “poetic.” This is how you break it down n FAIR | VerON | a WHERE | we LAY | our SCENE (information from shmoop)
Shakespeare uses lots of direct references to fate/God. An example of a direct reference to fate is when Romeo says ” Consequence yet hanging in the stars” how I think Romeo uses direct references to fate is when he says ” hanging in the stars” the reason for this is because it means its destined to happen so its going to be Romeo’s fate to happen. Romeo says this because he met the love of his life at the ball so he thinks something bad is going to happen to him. Shakespeare used direct references towards God when Romeo said “hanging in the stars”. The stars are in the sky as is God, so God is the one directing his destiny. A second example of when Romeo tells God “He that Hath steerage of my course direct my sail” Romeo is talking about God the reason why Hath has a capital “H” is because that means God. So Romeo is telling God to direct his sail (boat) because he puts hi trust in God. How does Shakespeare use direct reference to fate ? he uses fate when he says “steerage of my course direct my sail”. Romeo doesn’t want to direct his future, he wants God to direct his destiny on where he goes in the future. Romeo’s fate is now in God’s hands. When Romeo says “steerage of my sail” it means someone should control his path.
Fate was one of the most important thing in the whole play. The reason for this is because it tells you if things will end well or end up bad. The thing that everyone loves about Shakespeare is that he makes you think and make you have to look back and see what he’s trying to say. When Shakespeare says ” The fearful passage of their death-marked love” It will make you think who are the two lovers and how do they die that is an example of how Shakespeare makes you think.
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