The forcefulness of their love will result in many actions foreshadowing their death. ... It is shown right away in the prologue; foreshadowing that Romeo and Juliet's love is not meant to be and a tragedy will occur. ... Romeo challenges fate by crying out "Then I defy you stars" (Act 5, Scene 1, Line 24), depicting that their love is against destiny. ...
The forcefulness of their love will result in many actions foreshadowing their death. ... It is shown right away in the prologue; foreshadowing that Romeo and Juliet's love is not meant to be and a tragedy will occur. ... Romeo challenges fate by crying out "Then I defy you stars" (Act 5, Scene 1, Line 24), depicting that their love is against destiny. ...
These references of the two lovers inform the audience of the structure of the play itself, which is the fate from which Romeo and Juliet cannot deny, and the "stars" which are controlling their destinies to be together and eventually die tragically. ... Romeo and Juliet's fate is foreshadowed right in the beginning of the play, during the prologue, when the "star crossed lovers" are introduced. ...
(3.1.142) This quotation shows us that he knows that Fortune is in control of his destiny now, and that he has no say in what happens to him. ... The prologue sonnets foreshadow excessive passion between Romeo and Juliet, and the sonnet in Act I Scene V already has a lot of passion between the two star-crossed lovers. ...
