How do the phrases “star-cross’d lovers” and “death-mark’d love” introduce the themes of love and fate in the prologue to Romeo

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How do the phrases “star-cross’d lovers” and “death-mark’d love” introduce the themes of love and fate in the prologue to Romeo

and Juliet

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Yuri [45] · Answer 1 · 2022-07-06T04:17:15+03:00

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Star-crossed lovers indicate that they love each other at first sight. Death-mark'd love is fore shadowing that their actions later on affect the stories outcome. Because Juliet's parents wanted her to marry Paris instead of Romeo, she got a potion from Friar Lawrence which made her appear dead for 2 days. Romeo thought she had died and drank a poision to kill himself, and Juliet woke up to that. It is foreshadowing these events.