He means that he has been brought into a bad situation by circumstances beyond his control.
Romeo said that he was fortunes fool after he killed Tybalt.
Romeo says it after he kills Tybalt and is banished to Mantua.
Friar Lawrence says this line in Act 5, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet. He is referring to Romeo expressing his grief over Juliet's death and stating that he would rather be considered a fool if he were "married" to Juliet's grave (forever mourning her).
When Romeo says "O, I am fortune's fool!" after killing Tybalt in Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet," he is expressing his sense of being controlled by fate or luck. He realizes the consequences of his actions and the role that external forces have played in his tragic situation.
She means "Where are you, Romeo?"
Stars means astrology, fate, our predetermined destiny. Romeo believes that fate has got in the way of his happiness ("I am Fortune's Fool"), and the Prologue confirms this idea ("star-crossed lovers"). In saying "I defy you, stars" Romeo says that he will fight against what appears to be his predetermined fate.
Wherefore means why. "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" means "Why are you Romeo?" Juliet is asking why he is Romeo, or more simply why does he have to be a member of the Montague family.
YES, he DOES mean it! So don't fool yourself.
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Romeo means that his life is in his enemy's hand.
Romeo means that his life is in his enemy's hand.
He means that he has been brought into a bad situation by circumstances beyond his control.