An Ill Fated Love - Was Romeo and Juliet's love a complete act of fate? Were they meant to meet?

An Ill Fated Love Does fate play an important role in the lives of young love? Often, because youths' lives are controlled and guided by their parents' hands, certain situations are out of their control. Many aspects of Romeo and Juliet's lives were complete acts of fate, and fate was largely responsible for the outcome of each situation. Fate was directly involved with the young lovers' meeting, separation and final downfall because there was no …

…meeting, Romeo's banishment, or their tragic endings. It seemed as if everything around them was pre - destined and it was impossible for them to escape their ultimate fate. Why fate chose to bring them together only to tear them apart, no one may know for sure. Perhaps fate did this to make the families aware of the futility of feuding, but could the same point not have been proven with less heartbreak and bloodshed?