Fate

Question 1

A pair of…

Answer 1

Star cross’d lovers
Prologue
Destiny is defined by a divine force so they are powerless and cannot do anything to change their fate

Question 2

He that hath the steerage of…

Answer 2

My course direct my sail
Romeo
Somebody is in charge of his life and not him
He is not in control
He cannot change what happens

Question 3

This is too rash, too… /

Too like lightening…. /

Answer 3

...unadvis'd, too sudden
...which doth cease to be
Juliet
Expresses misgivings
Going too fast
Even though they were expressed, their relationship continued... meant to be?

Question 4

All this is but… /

Too flattering-sweet… /

Answer 4

A dream
To be substantial
Connects to when Mercutio says “dreams… are the children of an idle brain”

Question 5

I fear too early…/
Some consequences yet…
Shall bitterly begin…

Answer 5

For my mind misgives
Hanging in the stars
His fearful date
Romeo has a premonition something that will cause a premature death will occur that night yet goes into the Capulets anyhow
Mocking his own melancholy because of Mercutio so goes anyway?
Doesn’t think the warning is serious?

Question 6

These violent delights have…
And in their triumph…
Which as they…

Answer 6

Violent ends
Die like fire and powder
Kiss consume
The fire and powder are explosive which represents the end

Question 7

I am fortune’s…

Answer 7

Fool
In this case fool means plaything
Fate is playing with him so it can get its desired outcome and Romeo has now realised fate has been using him
Romeo literally killed him but was it really fate?

Question 8

Wisely and slow…

Answer 8

They stumble that run fast
Foreshadows the “stumble” which has a terrible outcome
Their relationship is extremely fast which is why it’s more than a stumble