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‘Star crossed lovers’ is a phrase from Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet that has become particularly well known. Here we examine what ‘Star crossed lovers’ means, and the context of the phrase within the play.
The terms "star-crossed" and "star-crossed lovers" refer to two people who are not able to be together for some reason. These terms also have other meanings, but originally mean that the pairing is being "thwarted by a malign star" or that the stars are working against the relationship. [1]
‘A pair of star-cross’d lovers’ is a well-known phrase from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The Prologue’s description of Romeo and Juliet as ‘star-cross’d lovers’ has become one of the most emblematic phrases from the whole play, neatly encapsulating the doomed nature of their love affair from the outset.
Meaning. It refers to someone having bad luck, because the stars or heavens do not favor him. This phrase refers to those lovers whose relationship is destined to fail, because people who have a strong belief in astrology are of the belief that stars actually control the destiny of human beings. Simply, we can call this couple ill-fated.
18 nov 2021 · Star-crossed lovers believe that the stars, the heavens, or similar outside forces are in control of their destiny and are working against them (via Literary Devices). In Romeo and Juliet, for example, the outside forces working against the lovers are their own families who won't allow them to be together.
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A pair of star-crossed lovers. Chorus: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil...
31 lug 2015 · Prologue. THE PROLOGUE. ⌜Enter⌝ Chorus. Two households, both alike in dignity. (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene), From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. 5 From forth the fatal loins of these two foes. A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows.
