What is fate? Fate is invisible, colorless, and odorless. It is something that is around us all the time. It is our destiny. Fate is the chance of anything occurring to any body at any time. Fate can result in negative or positive outcomes. In the play Romeo and Juliet, fate caused many troubles of love, life, and death.
Firstly, fate caused the Capulet servant to ask Romeo if he could read the invitation to the Capulet Party. The servant said to Romeo:
God gi' go-den.- I pray, sir, can you read? (1.2.59)
Romeo reading the invitation is fate because he met Juliet at the party. Juliet turned out to be Romeo's true love, for whom he ended up dying for in the end. Therefore, Romeo reading the invitation is an example of fate.
Another example of fate is when Tybalt killed Mercutio. This act of violence caused Romeo to achieve revenge on Tybalt and kill him. Next, Romeo was banished for killing Tybalt. If it were not for fate, Romeo would have never been banished. Fate caused the battle between Tybalt and Mercutio, but it ended the war, resulting in Romeo's banishment.
Finally, the last example of fate in Romeo and Juliet is when Friar John could not get to Mantua because of the plague. Because he couldn't reach Mantua, Romeo thought that Juliet was actually dead. When Friar Lawrence found out that Romeo never received the letter, he said worriedly:
Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood,
The letter was not nice, but full of charge
Of dear import; and the neglecting it
May do much danger. Friar John, go hence;
Get me an iron crow and bring it straight
This caused Romeo to kill himself and then Juliet to kill herself. If there was no plague, Romeo would have found out that she was faking death. Romeo and Juliet would have lived happily ever after, but this did not happen. Fate caused the plague which kept the Friar from reaching Mantua. This resulted in the deaths of both Rome
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