“From forth the fatal loins”: Heredity in Romeo and Juliet
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Two lines from the prologue to Romeo and Juliet are often cited as part of the evidence for the basis of the formulation of Fate or Providence as the main theme: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life.” Much is made of the fact that the lovers are star-crossed, but little is said about the "fatal loins" and the influence of heredity in the lives of Romeo and Juliet. This paper tries to insist that Shakespeare’s plays, including Romeo and Juliet, of course, always intensify the dominant Elizabethan view that heredity or blood determines human individuals, and that heredity, acting through the "fatal loins," determined that Romeo, Juliet and other characters would have the characteristics of their respective families.
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Two lines from the prologue to Romeo and Juliet are often cited as part of the evidence for the basis of the formulation of Fate or Providence as the main theme: “From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life.” Much is made of the fact that the lovers are star-crossed, but little is said about the "fatal loins" and the influence of heredity in the lives of Romeo and Juliet. This paper tries to insist that Shakespeare’s plays, including Romeo and Juliet, of course, always intensify the dominant Elizabethan view that heredity or blood determines human individuals, and that heredity, acting through the "fatal loins," determined that Romeo, Juliet and other characters would have the characteristics of their respective families.
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