Shakespeare uses Fate and Fortune multiple times to set the mood or tone during the play Romeo and Juliet. One example of Fortune is when Capulet is forcing Juliet to marry Paris and giving her no choice in the matter. Shakespeare has Capulet say, " Proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man,/ And then to have a wetched puling fool,/ A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender;/ To answer 'I'll not wed, I'll not pardon you:/ Graze where you will, you shall not house with me" (Shakespeare.III.V.182-188) This is used to set the mood in the play because it frustrates the audience by allowing the audience to know that Juliet cannot marry Paris because she has already married Romeo, where Capulet does not know this and is beside himself when Juliet says she will not marry Paris. This results in Capulet telling her that if she does not marry Paris, she is not allowed to return back under the Capulet's roof and will not be cared for by their family anymore. An example of Fate is when the symbol of the star is used. This is used when Romeo says, "I fear too early, for my mind misgives/ Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/ Shall bitterly begin his fearful date/ With this night's revels, and expire the term (Shakespeare.I.iv.106-109) This is used as a symbol as well as to personify Fate and develop the mood of the play. To develop the mood, this is used to foreshadow Romeo's fate as being fearful and bitter. Although he does not know his fate, he is able to see that his fate is hanging in the stars which he can see is not a good thing.
Fate and Fortune
Shakespeare uses Fate and Fortune multiple times to set the mood or tone during the play Romeo and Juliet. One example of Fortune is when Capulet is forcing Juliet to marry Paris and giving her no choice in the matter. Shakespeare has Capulet say, " Proportion'd as one's thought would wish a man,/ And then to have a wetched puling fool,/ A whining mammet, in her fortune's tender;/ To answer 'I'll not wed, I'll not pardon you:/ Graze where you will, you shall not house with me" (Shakespeare.III.V.182-188) This is used to set the mood in the play because it frustrates the audience by allowing the audience to know that Juliet cannot marry Paris because she has already married Romeo, where Capulet does not know this and is beside himself when Juliet says she will not marry Paris. This results in Capulet telling her that if she does not marry Paris, she is not allowed to return back under the Capulet's roof and will not be cared for by their family anymore. An example of Fate is when the symbol of the star is used. This is used when Romeo says, "I fear too early, for my mind misgives/ Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/ Shall bitterly begin his fearful date/ With this night's revels, and expire the term (Shakespeare.I.iv.106-109) This is used as a symbol as well as to personify Fate and develop the mood of the play. To develop the mood, this is used to foreshadow Romeo's fate as being fearful and bitter. Although he does not know his fate, he is able to see that his fate is hanging in the stars which he can see is not a good thing.
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