For the purpose of this essay, Fate is defined as a force beyond human control, thus removing personal choice as a motivating force in the play. ... It is the pending marriage to Paris that drives Juliet to take the sleeping potion that Friar Lawrence gives her. ... This motivates her to seek Friar Lawrence's council, and more importantly prompts her to drink the potion that will put her in a death-like sleep. Fate plays its cruellest and most crucial role when Romeo does not receive the letter from Friar Lawrence notifying him of Juliet's true condition. ... That romeo should drin...

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The Webster's dictionary defines tragedy as "A dramatic composition, dealing with a serious or sombre theme typically that of a noble person whose character is flawed by a single weakness, which causes him to break a divide law or moral precept and which leads inevitably to his downfall or destruction. ... Romeo, also showed his impulsiveness to Friar Lawrence when he said that he was prepared to kill himself is he could not see Juliet. ...

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