GCSE Romeo and Juliet

One of my favourites is "O, I am fortune's fool!" Said by Romeo in Act 3 Scene 1. The basic gist of the analysis is Romeo is saying he is completely at the whim of fate, and he is played by it. This can be interpreted in two ways, either that Shakespeare is emphasising how the two lovers were fated from the start to meet their demise, bringing in how fate is a key theme of the play, or one way I actually think it can be considered is Romeo not acknowledging his one "fatal flaw", his impatient, immature and rash decision making. This is what leads to him marrying Juliet so quickly, him acting out of anger and revenge and killing Tybalt, therefore leading to him being banished. So this quote could speak to how Romeo is in denial about his own part he plays in his life, and wants to blame it all on fate when at the end of the day he is party to blame for his actions. That interpretation is easily disputed of course, by saying that Romeo was destined to die as mentioned in the prologue ("two star-cross'd lovers take their lives"), but it's interesting to write and talk about nonetheless.