Star-Crossed Lovers ;

    A star-crossed lover is a phrase that refers to two people who care a lot for each other but due to their circumstances, they cannot be together. These relationships are just not meant to be from the beginning and nothing can change that. In real life this phrase is interpreted to mean that fate which are the stars have already determined that two people that love each other cannot live happily ever after no matter what.  

     However this is reality but to make it even more interesting, almost all films along with books these days interpret the fact that fate is what plays a role in making the star crossed lovers end up being together in the end and living their life happily ever after. They go through and overcome obstacles in the end as being one, but we has humans know for a fact that it is almost impossible for characters like that to be together in the end even if there love is very true and strong.

      Moreover, examples of star crossed couples in movies include The Notebook (Ally and Noah), Twilight (Edward and Bella) and The Vow (Paige and Leo) In all of these couples, the main star crossed couple in each movie end up having to deal with many obstacles that come their way such as having different personalities to leading to not possible or not expecting circumstances, such as an accident. But in the end, they still end up being with each other and live happily as one.

      In the movie, The Notebook, the star crossed couple Ally and Noah are together in the beginning, but due to harsh circumstances they had to separate from each other and end up living a completely different life. Ally even ends up with another guy and is at the edge of getting married to him, but she still results in going back to visit Noah and this takes place just when you as a viewer think they got over each other. Her feelings for him arise within her once again because he was her first true love. She ends up leaving her fiancé and gets married to Noah and they live happily ever after. This is a valid example of something that does not exist in the real life, but since it was a movie, it was possible. 

      Another movie that portrays this is Twilight and its saga. The main star crossed couple, Edward and Bella are completely from two different worlds but they end up meeting each other. Edward is a vampire while Bella is a human, and this is something that is not possible in real life. This type of situation makes it seem impossible for a couple like that to be together and live happily, but this movie proves otherwise and shows that they overcome all the obstacles that come their way. A couple that consists of a human and a vampire is something that just does not happen, well it should not happen. In the end Bella becomes a vampire herself and she becomes the mother of Edward’s child, who is also a vampire. Basically they live happily ever after which is something that is not possible in real life in any circumstance. This takes place due to a dominant or powerful force known as fate, which interferes in their love story and makes them   overcome all obstacles and end up being together in the end living happily.

      On the other hand, we have to take into consideration that in real life, this is not possible and we should not let movies or books shape our expectations to be so high that in the end we end up severely hurt, if we ever come across the same situation being in a relationship. The fiction works make us watch what they think we want to see, but we need to remember that even though these movies may lead us to have high expectations in love, we do not always get what we want in life because life is not fair or the fact that it does not go the way you want it to go.  In conclusion, the main role that fate plays or portrays towards romantic relationships is basically to give second chances along with breaks to each other when you are in a relationship and that too if it just does not seem realistic in any way.