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The phrases "star-crossed lovers" and "death-marked love" suggest that the love of Romeo and Juliet was fated to have tragic consequences.

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The prologue in Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet suggests that the fate of the two lovers, Romeo and Juliet, is predetermined. The prologue mentions that "star-crossed lovers" will take their lives, implying that their tragic end is guided by fate and destined to happen.

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no, they choose their own fait.

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Q: What does the prologue in act 1 say about fate in Romeo and Juliet?
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What told the Prologue in act 1 in romeo and Juliet?

The narrator


Who gives the background information about Act 2 in Romeo and Juliet?

The Prologue. There is a second prologue just before Act 2.


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In Act V, Scene 3, Juliet's lines echo the sentiment from the prologue by emphasizing fate and the idea that Romeo and Juliet's tragic love was predetermined. She refers to their love as "death-marked" and states that they were "star-crossed lovers," reinforcing the theme of destiny and the inevitability of their tragic end.


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His love eventually went towrds Juliet.


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In Act II prologue, 'old desire' is Romeo's former love, Rosaline, and 'young affection' is his new love Juliet. He quickly forgets Rosaline in the face of Juliet's beauty.


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Is Tybalt a protagonist of Romeo and Juliet?

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