Romeo & Juliet - An exploration of the ways Shakespeare sustains our interest in the play particularly with the use of the theme of fate, (despite revealing the ending in the plays prologue).

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Romeo & Juliet by Rosie Wild L6.7

An exploration of the ways Shakespeare sustains our interest in the play particularly with the use of the theme of fate, (despite revealing the ending in the plays prologue).

Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' is set in Verona in the1500's and unlike most plays of the period as well as most modern plays, it reveals the ending in the prologue. The prologue is situated in the play before the opening scene in act 1, and contains some vital and interesting facts about the play. We learn about the feud between the two families and also the most crucial aspect we learn is that the 'star-crossed' lovers are doomed from the start, and that their love ultimately ends in the death of both teenagers. Shakespeare himself was very cautious of death. Shakespeare wrote his own epitaph because during his time, when the graveyard was full, people would dig up someone's corpse and burn it so that another could be buried in that person's place. This disgusted Shakespeare, and he didn't want this type of disrespect after his death. To this day no one has disturbed Shakespeare's grave. Ironically, tombs and burials are