Romeo and Juliet

             "Prodigious birth of love it is to me/ That I must love a loathed enemy"(I. In Romeo and Juliet, there is a mixture of fate and responsibility. Many people affect the outcome of the two lovers" lives, but no more than Romeo and Juliet themselves. Although fate is at work from beginning to end, Romeo and Juliet determine their own destiny through marriage after on night, deception, and suicide.
             Because Romeo and Juliet rush into a relationship, they affect their destiny. They know because their families are enemies, their relationship will never work out. "My only love sprung from my only hate/ Too early seen unknown and known too late"(I.v.137-138). In addition to their forbidden love, they not only get engaged but also are married after one night. After the party, Juliet proposes. "If that bent of love be honorable/ Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow"(II.ii.143-144). Because of spur of the moment decisions, Romeo and Juliet are responsible for their tragic end.
             Along with rushing into marriage, not only did they lie to their parents, but Romeo and Juliet also deceive their parents. While pleading with her mother to not be forced to marry Paris, Juliet says, "Indeed I never shall be satisfied/ with Romeo till I behold him- dead"(III.v.94-95). After apologizing and agreeing to marry Paris, Juliet deceives her parents by taking a potion to make her appear dead. "Romeo, Romeo, Romeo, I drink to thee"(IV.iv.58). Instead of being straightforward with their parents, Romeo and Juliet chose to lie about it and therefore limited their possibly long, happy lives together.
             Hence, because of their lying, Romeo and Juliet are determined to kill themselves. Romeo makes such spur of the moment decisions that, because he has been told that Juliet is dead, he is driven to complete desperation that he kills himself. "Here's to my love! O true apothecary!/ Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die"(V.