'O, I am fortunes fool.' This quote is from the end of Act Three Scene One of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo, who is a Montague, after he has killed Tybalt, a Capulet, in an angry battle, speaks it. It means that he is blaming all of his problems on fate. In this essay I will discuss how much fate did play a part in Romeo's downfall and how much of his downfall was caused by his own actions. When we first meet Romeo we can see that he is depressed, lovesick and that he likes to be alone. We...
only child due to the feud and so they both decided to end the feud, this could e because of fate. The deaths of Romeo and Juliet could have been fate to eventually lead to the end of the feud, but the events that lead up to the deaths were mainly to do with the decisions made by Romeo and the other characters and so fate did have a key role in Romeo's downfall but he is mainly to blame because of the rash decisions he made and the impulsive behavior he shows near the end of the play.