At the very start of the parlt in the the prolouge it says that both the star crossed lovers fate is sealed and they will die. The star crossed lovers being Romeo and Juliet, but also in the play there a rare many clues said by the characters talking about there future. Romeo says in the play that his consequence is left hanging in the stars, which means that his fate is in the hands of God. He also says that somethinbabas will happen, but he only says that about the party that night so that time he wasnt talking about his future. Shakespeare uses dramatic irony which is when we the audience know something that the characters don’t in this case we know that Romeo and Juliet are going to die.
October 9, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Joe, this paragraph contains a huge amount of interpretative information, all of which is relevant to the idea of fate in Romeo and Juliet.
It needs to be unpacked more, to be clearer. I’d suggest one paragraph on the metaphor of the stars, where you explain that ‘the stars’ are a reference to heaven and thus the hand of God. Then you can show that ‘star crossed’ might mean that their future is written and it’s not good! Then the part where Romeo speaks of things being “written in the stars” makes easy sense.
After that you can talk about dramatic irony and the idea that as an audience it is as if we are also in the stars and that, while the characters don’t, we do already know what is going to happen.
The ideas are great – the way you organise your writing needs some work.
Excellent work, though – I look forward to the re-write!
Mr Waugh
October 9, 2012 at 6:53 pm
Had to laugh. My comment is longer than your paragraph. Guess who’s keen?
CW