“Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen.” These words were compiled and famously said by Ralph Waldo Emerson who was a part of the Transcendentalist Movement and was an American essayist. Romeo and Juliet were very important “star-crossed lovers” who played the part as important figures in fate’s game. In multiple parts of the play there are noticeable events where fate takes control over Romeo and Juliet’s lives. Some of the specific events can be referenced back to the Friar gaining knowledge about Romeo and Juliet’s affair, there was also the event were Nurse would similarly gain knowledge about the affair and could’ve done something to stop the relationship between Romeo and Juliet. The final and irreconcilable …show more content…
It was almost as if everything clicked for Romeo and Juliet and all the nurse had to do was tell Juliet about the marriage confirmation. A quote that can be used is by Nurse in this very situation where she can change her mind or let fate continue, “Then hie you hence to Friar Laurence's cell/ There stays a husband to make you a wife” (Shakespeare Act II Scene V). As Nurse said this Juliet and Romeo’s fate had been sealed, it is impossible to change destiny because the world had officially come together to make sure that destiny would continue its ways. It would only be a little longer until fate’s game would come to a tragic …show more content…
As quickly as they had both fallen in love, their demise would become blurred with the way fate had handled the end of the game destiny had chosen. A scene that exposes the role fate plays in Romeo and Juliet’s lives would be the dramatic irony of knowing how close they were to coming together. The irony gave them the sense of knowing that there could've been a way out of the ending and that if only both of them hadn't allowed themselves to be swallowed up by fate, they could've still been