William Shakespeare wrote many great plays in his day. His tale of Romeo and Juliet portrays a tragic love. This play ends with the deaths of the key characters Romeo and Juliet, because of their forbidden love. Many factors contribute to their demise. The scene of when they first meet, the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio, and the final death scene all reveal why the two of them cannot be together in the end. Romeo …showed first 75 words of 946 total…

…showed last 75 words of 946 total…there would be a change in fate. However, Romeo and Juliet have already planed to kill themselves if they cannot see each other again. Even if the plan does work, they will still encounter many other obstacles. The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet shows how fate and decision making affect their lives and probably has some relation to real life. Shakespeare might have been trying to show how much people can control their own destiny.