Shakespeare stayed true to his time and to the culture of Verona in Romeo and Juliet by using aspects and elements of Boethius’ Consolation of Philosophy. Boethius’s Philosophy basically stated that humans decide their own fate, besides God and Fortune. In the article, “Exploring Shakespeare,” the author states, “In fourteenth-century Italy, just as in the Elizabethan Age and later, people sought to understand the extent to which human beings are in control of their lives. Romeo and Juliet reflects fourteenth-century notions of God and Fortune as figures that work together to control the fate of human beings.” This exhibits how Fortune, as well as God, assisted in discovering the fate of both families, since money was the primary reason for
