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Here are three relevant quotes about fate in Romeo and Juliet:
1) I fear, too early; for my mind misgives
- Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,
- Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
- With this night's revels and expire the term
- Of a despised life, closed in my breast,
- By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
- But he that hath the steerage of my course
- Direct my sail! On, lusty gentlemen! (I.4.106-113).
This is Romeo's premonition that this night (as he is about to enter the Capulet's party) will change the course of his life. He feels that his fate is death but is not afraid of it.
2) A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. (Prologue 6).
Right up front you are told by the narrator that the lovers, Romeo and Juliet, are
star-crossed, meaning that all of this action is fated to be. Fate is seen as written in the stars. These lovers are star-crossed, therefore their fates are intertwined.
Will I set up my everlasting
From this world weary flesh. (5.3.109-112)
Again, stars are used as a symbol of fate. Right before his death, Romeo is trying to shake the grips of fate
but the audience knows that fate has already won.
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