`"Star-Crossed Lovers"

"Star-Crossed Lovers" is an archetype that describes a pair of lovers whose relationship is constantly interrupted by outside forces such as society, friends, family, or any tragic situation. Although it is not always accurate, these relationships seem to be cursed from the very beginning. Despite this thought, a handful of movies, along with novels decide to switch the plot up to keep the audience more engaged. The author makes fate play a role in helping the star-crossed lovers actually live their “happily ever after.”  This occurs in the popular fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” (Belle and The Beast), the romance film “The Notebook” (Ally and Noah), and “Twilight” (Edward, and Bella).

The Beast, and Belle

The traditional fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast is known as one of the best examples of star crossed lovers.  It is about a wealthy daughter by the name of Belle who is dissatisfied with her life in a small French town. The Beast, on the other hand, is a prince who was placed under a spell who showed no love in his arrogant heart for others. As the story progresses, they soon fall in love. This expresses them to be star-crossed lovers because Belle is a beauty, and the prince is an ugly beast. Despite all the circumstances, the two set the differences aside and fell in love living happily ever after.

Noah and Ally

The 2004 romance film, “The Notebook” is about a young couple (Noah and Ally) whose love affair was tragically put to a halt after their separation in the midst of World War II. After being away from each other for seven years, the couple reunited. Despite having to take radically different paths, they found themselves unable to resist the call of a second chance, and end up getting married. This conveys them to be star-crossed lovers because despite how far they were from each other, fate brought them back together leading to their happily ever after.

Bella and Edward

The hit novel “Twilight” is a great example of a star-crossed lovers archetype. In the book, Edward Cullen is a vampire, and Bella Swan is a normal human being. As the story progresses, Edward starts to get attracted to Bella due to her blood mesmerizing him, and the fact that he cannot read her mind. They soon fall in love. However, Edward being a vampire, he can kill her in an instance when he cannot control himself. His intentions of being with Bella could cause her death. Despite the fact that they are totally different, they end up getting married later on in the “Twilight Saga.” This goes to show that even if they had many differences in one another, a dominant force known as fate interfered in their love story having them overcome many hurdles resulting in them being together.

The role of fate is to ultimately, give couples the second chance, or to open a door to something amazing. It helps make the “impossible” in a relationship become “possible.” This is seen in many films, and novels including “Beauty and the Beast,” the hit film “The Notebook,” and the popular novel “Twilight.” 

This withering rose is a symbol of Star-Crossed Lovers. This rose is decaying, the petals are falling off, and it is bleeding. In contrast to what has been stated above, this demonstrates another path that fate can lead to in a relationship.  ; The couple's relationship falling apart, or ending.