Romeo and Juliet - Beautiful love story or diactic tale?
Shakespeare has developed a beautifully written love story that has nothing to do with love. The term star crossed has always been taken to mean fate, but and that they were meant to be - soul mates per se. The problem is that's not what the play is about, so it can not mean that either. The play is a didactic display of the danger of excess. Simply put - anything in excess is bad for you, no matter what it is. This is beautifuly illustrated by the friars speech when Romeo comes in to speak with him. He states exactly as I've just stated with a number of examples. So, in this context - star crossed is the X that most people put over the eyes of dead people when they draw them. The couple was destined to die, for they did not understand the idea of temperance, even in love.
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