A Tragedy is a Play which Explores Human Weakness and Suffering, Leading to a Disastrous End. What are the Causes of the Tragedy in Romeo and Juliet and how does Shakespeare Dramatise them?

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The fated death of Romeo and Juliet was revealed from the opening of the play. Shakespeare tried to deliver to us the idea that to be able to die of destiny you have to believe in destiny; Romeo and Juliet and an Elizabethan audience would have believed in destiny without any problem and so it would have been a persuasive reason to the audience for the tragic end...
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Romeo was shown to believe in fate through, the stars saying this just before leaving for the Capulet ball "I fear to early for my mind misgives, some consequences yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin this fearful date". Romeo knew that his actions were not under his control but the stars "he that hath steerage over my course, direct my sail"...
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