If you
want to see the link between love and fate in , look no further than the
.andare "star-cross'd lovers." This means that they are fated to fall in lovethat it's
all in the stars. Belief in astrology was widespread in Shakespeare's day. Astrology was
actually considered a science at that time and was practiced by men of great learning and
erudition. The idea, then, that love was inextricably bound up with fate would not have been in
the least bit strange to the play's original audience.
But just as Romeo and
Juliet are fated to be in love, they're also fated to die because of that love. A line in the
Prologue refers to their "death-mark'd love," which indicates that the young lovers'
love is fated to end in death. For good measure, we're informed that the "star-cross'd
lovers" will take their own lives. This implies clearly that Romeo and Juliet will still be
lovers at the time of their deaths.
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