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Theme of fate in Romeo and Juliet

Hi, just revising Romeo and Juliet (for the AQA GCSE) and I'm doing a mindmap for all the themes with model points to use if they pop up in the exam, and I'm revising fate at the moment. I need three points; I already have one, which is that fate is to blame for the tragedy which befell Romeo and Juliet. Has anyone got any suggestions for the other two points? Thanks in advance :smile:

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Fate is intertwined with love (Romeo and Juliet are fated to love each other) - comment on their shared sonnet in 1.5
Fate is Celestial (references the stars a lot)
Fate is inevitable (look at foreshadowing) (look at the prologue and how it predicts everything)
Fate is personified ("Fortunes fool", "All men call thee fickle" as well)

Hope this helped. Possible to share some of your mind maps? What have you put for the theme of conflict? :P