Quote Analysis From Romeo And Juliet Essay

Although the quotation suggests that the inevitability was tragic it can be debated to whether it was truly tragic or are the star-crossed lovers finally together? Another implication made from the quotation is that the hero is male (his fate) excluding Juliet from the role of the hero, which again can be argued as from a feminists point of view Juliet is seen as the ultimate hero defying her father by not marrying Paris and being an independent woman who has thoughts and opinions and is tired of being in a role of women; Shakespeare played Juliet as a very strong character whos independence can be claimed to have been what caused the death of the young lovers relating to the inevitability of Romeo and Juliet as the lovers were destined for death due to Juliets prevailing personality. Looking at the psychoanalytical theory Juliets powerful desire for Romeo was almost immediate possibly because her repression given by her father made her want to defy him and become her own person.

Inevitability is first introduced in the prologue where is states that a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life already the audiences are aware that the fate of the two protagonists is destined, the Shakespearean audience would have seen this as tragic but true because fate was believed to have been written in the stars and for the lovers to be star-crossed highlighted that their fate was sealed whereas a current day audience may have seen the prologue as a faulted truth due to the fact that many individuals at the present believe in coincidences not destiny, therefore the prologue could be seen as a something which has been written by Shakespeare to create tension and suspense waiting to see when the two lovers will take their life; for the protagonists to be star-crossed suggests that their paths meet unexpected to them but had always been planned for them similar to the Greek tragedy which connotes that the Gods plan their fate, it could also symbolise religion and heaven due to the word crossed representing the figure of Christ boned on the wooden cross giving implications that young lovers will struggle resulting in death which is ultimately what happens again reinforcing that their fate is inescapable.

The repetition of the 0 is portrayed throughout the whole play connoting that the fate of Romeo and Juliet is inevitable and nothing that they do can change it. The O is said when a dramatic act has occurred creating a melodramatic mood which affects the audiences, Shakespeare subtly makes his audience both modern and Shakespearean feel uneasy and tense with the use of a single letter. The O is symbolic of many things: firstly the O may represent the circle of life and how tragic things may happen and will still continue to happen, however the O could also represent the hangmans noose again a reminder of the two lovers fate and for it to be repeated frequently suggests their destiny is to die. The O is a circle which is the shape of the world which could be symbolic of fate being manipulated by the Gods which then also relates back to Greek tragedy when the gods controlled their fate. Furthermore the O could be what is trapping Romeo and Juliet, they are stuck in the centre of it unable to break out and escape the fate written for them and the O is recurrent more towards the end of the play as Romeo and Juliet finally realise that their fate is to die Shakespeare use of dramatic irony is prominent here.