Fate

Question 1

General:

Answer 1

• Romeo believed something will go wrong in the future,
• He believes that his dreams have predicted the future.
• Mercutio mocks this - he does not believe in the power of fate and dreams.
• Juliet and Friar Lawrence also talk of fate and fortune.
• By putting importance on fate and God, Romeo avoids taking responsibility for their actions.
• The Shakespearean audience would have believed in God and fate much more than today’s audience.

Question 2

Fate 1.1

Answer 2

‘(Prologue) A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life.’

Question 3

Fate 1.4

Answer 3

‘(Romeo) My mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars,…some vile forfeit of untimely death.’

Question 4

Fate 1.4

Answer 4

‘(Romeo) But He that hath the steerage of my course Direct my sail.’

Question 5

Fate 3.1

Answer 5

‘(Romeo) O I am fortune’s fool.’

Question 6

Fate 5.1

Answer 6

‘(Romeo) Then I defy, stars!’

Question 7

Fate 3.5

Answer 7

‘(Mercutio) Dreamers often lie.’

Question 8

Fate 3.5

Answer 8

‘(Mercutio) I talk of dreams, Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy.’

Question 9

Fate 3.5

Answer 9

‘(Juliet) Be fickle fortune: For then I hope thou wilt not keep him log but send him.’

Question 10

Fate 5.3

Answer 10

‘(Friar Lawrence) Unhappy fortune!’