What are the major themes in Romeo and Juliet and how do they contribute to the tragedy of the play?information on themes- death, fate and love

A few different themes you could explore in Romeo
& Juliet are:

1.
Love

Love is the dominating theme in Romeo &
Juliet. More specifically, examine the way love controls these two young people and
causes them to act hastily and without consideration for consequences. They love each
other, but they lack the maturity to deal with that love in a constructive way. Their
love for each other causes them to abandon their family and friends. Romeo abandons his
friends Mercutio and Benvolio after the party in order to seek out Juliet. Juliet tells
Romeo to "deny thy father and refuse thy name...or wilt thou not, but be sworn my love,
and I'll no longer be a Capulet." Love also leads to defying the rules that govern them.
Romeo, banished from Vernoa, ignores the Prince's ruling and sneaks back in to see
Juliet anyway. This ultimately leads to both their
deaths.

2. Love as a cause of
violence

Shakespeare explores the chaotic side of love in
this play. Although a love story, it is full of violence and death. Their relationship
is marked by death from the moment it begins. At the feast where they meet, Tybalt
claims he will kill Romeo for his intrusion. Tybalt does end up killing Mercutio over
Romeo's actions, and Romeo in turn kills Tybalt. Both Romeo & Juliet are haunted
by suicidal thoughts over the course of the play. Their love cannot immediately
supercede the hate that divides their families, so thoughts of dying rather than living
apart control their thoughts and actions. Love and passion also lead to Paris being
slain by Romeo at Juliet's tomb.

3.
Fate

The theme of fate is a major part of Romeo &
Juliet. Although their actions lacked criticial thinking and their own immaturity and
failure to control their emotions led to their deaths, the idea this being their fate is
the basis of the play. The Chorus calls them star-crosses lovers at the onset. Perhaps
it was their destiny to die young. In addition to the audience being aware of this fate,
Romeo & Juliet appear to be cognitive of it as well. Just before entering the
Capulet house for the feast, Romeo has a premonition of something bad happening that
will lead to untimely death. Later, when he believes Juliet is dead, he cries "then I
defy you, stars." Their love seems to be in oppostion to what fate has in store.
Examples of this include the extreme hatred between the families (which is never
explained) that keeps Romeo & Juliet apart, the series of events that unravel
Friar Laurence's plan, and the awful timing of Romeo's suicide just as Juliet wakes up.
It seemed as if their fate was not to be with each other, but to die
trying.