Has there ever been such a tragedy as Romeo and Juliet, two young lovers who eventually take their own lives due to their family's inability to over come long-standing conflicts. The themes used in Romeo and Juliet are as follows love, conflict, life and death, power, time, fate and two worlds. The two that will be discussed in this essay are love and fate. Love plays an important role in Romeo and Juliet. Throughout the play, one can analyse the different types of love that Shakespeare explores. First, there is lustful love. This is basically love for the purpose of...
that will make her appear dead for 42 hours. However, fate is not on their side again. The letter sent by the Friar never reaches Romeo. The Friar arrives too late to stop Romeo from killing himself. Juliet awakes only minutes after Romeo has died. The list is long, illustrating the power of fate in the case of Romeo and Juliet

In conclusion Romeo and Juliet is a tragic story of two people that were prevented from living their lives together primarily due to the hostility between the two families who could not accept the relationship between their children.