Many people in our world today think that there is a great force that keeps us on a certain path in life. They think we have predestined futures in which we are unable to change. Fate is a power that is beyond our control that decides how our life will turn out. In the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare, fate leads the two main characters down a rigorous path of love and death. When Romeo sees Juliet for the first time. He knows he has finally found his true love.

"Star-crossed lovers" means unlucky; Romeo and Juliet's lives tragically end because of their love. Their paths were never meant to cross because they came from feuding families. This quotation shows that fate brings them together; if they had not met at the party, Juliet would not disobey her parents by marrying a family foe. Romeo...