Starter quiz
- In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo and Juliet's fate is to ...
- live happily ever after.
- have a tragic end. ✓
- grow apart.
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- In Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Benvolio attempts to remove Romeo's melancholia by convincing him to attend __________ ball.
- the Montague
- the Prince's
- the Capulet ✓
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- In the prologue of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo and Juliet are referred to as "______-crossed lovers".
- 'star' ✓
- In Act 1, Scene 4, of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo has a dream that attending Capulet's ball will ...
- mean he meets the love of his life.
- bring about his death. ✓
- bring about Mercutio's death.
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- 'The development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power' is the definition of which word beginning with 'f'?
- 'fate' ✓
- 'Certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented' is the definition of which of the following?
- dubious
- preventable
- inevitable ✓
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Exit quiz
- 'A purpose or goal; aim' is the definition of which word beginning with 'i'?
- 'intention' ✓
- In Elizabethan society, people largely believed in which of the following?
- That they had free will over their lives.
- That their lives were controlled by fate. ✓
- That they could change their destiny.
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- Complete the quotation from Act 5, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet': "shake the yoke of inauspicious ______".
- 'stars' ✓
- In Act 5, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Juliet refers to herself as which of the following?
- "a scabbard"
- "a sheath" ✓
- "a fool"
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- In Act 5, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', Romeo decides to kill himself to change his destiny. Why is this ironic?
- He doesn't really mean it.
- He doesn't end up killing himself.
- His destiny is to die. ✓
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- 'Unlucky, ill-omened, unfavourable' is the definition of which of the following?
- inevitable
- inauspicious ✓
- inhospitable
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Key learning points
- Arguably, Shakespeare presents fate as inevitable throughout ‘Romeo and Juliet’.
- Act 5, Scene 3 reinforces the idea of fate being inevitable through Romeo and Juliet’s deaths.
- Using single paragraph outlines can be an effective way of creating a plan for an analytical essay.
- Considering the writer’s intentions allows us to think about how the text connects to the ‘bigger picture’.
Common misconception
That people generally believe in free will and always have.
In Elizabethan England, people typically believed that fate controlled their lives - they believed they did not have free will.
Keywords
Fate - the development of events outside a person's control, regarded as predetermined by a supernatural power
Inevitable - certain to happen and unable to be avoided or prevented
Inauspicious - unlucky, ill-omened, unfavourable
Intention - a purpose or goal; aim
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