Jan 22, 2016
FL - Exploring English: Shakespeare #4
WEEK 2 - ROMEO AND JULIET
SESSION SUMMARY
FATE IN ROMEO AND JULIET
‘Fate’ is the belief that your life has been decided for you and that you can’t control what happens to you.
The phrase star cross’d lovers’ in
Romeo and Juliet
comes from the belief that the position of the stars influences the events in people’s lives. In Shakespearean times, these beliefs would have been common.
Annotations from the Original Text (Video Transcript)
https://via.hypothes.is/https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/explore-english-shakespeare/1/steps/67301
Q & A COMMENTS SECTION
Do you know the meaning of these expressions?
to tempt fate
a fate worse than death
to seal someone’s fate