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Fate portrayed

in

Shakespeare's plays

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Julius Caesar

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Caesar was the ruler of the Roman Republic, but his people hated him and planned to assasinate him. Throughout the play, Caesar was given hints about his fate (getting stabbed) yet he ignored them the whole time.

Romeo and Juliet

In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare tells from the beginning that their fate is sealed as "a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life," expressing the idea that fate is irreversible.

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As You Like It IIt

The character Jaques has this view on life that the world is a stage, and people are merely actors, going on stage and taking their entrances and exits. There are seven stages of life, which is everyone's fate to go through.

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All's Well That Ends Well

Helena, a young girl , is in love with Bertram. Unfortunately, Helena is not the correct social stature for Bertram, but she disregards the fact and rejects her fate, pursuing her love of Bertram.