Exploring how the prologue sets up the theme of fate in 'Romeo and Juliet'
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I can explain how the prologue sets up the theme of fate in ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
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In Elizabethan England, most people believed that their lives were controlled by fate.
Romeo and Juliet’s fate is revealed to us in the prologue.
The image of “star-crossed lovers” shows that Romeo and Juliet’s love will have a tragic end.
The use of “fatal loins” implies that Romeo and Juliet’s fate was sealed before they were born.
The use of the sonnet form implies that Romeo and Juliet are trapped within their destinies.
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