Themes
O! I am Fortune’s fool.
— William Shakespeare • Romeo and Juliet
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker cries out that they are Fortune's fool, meaning chance has made a plaything of them. It is an exclamation of anguish and helplessness, blaming fate for their misfortune while admitting they have been mocked and led on by luck.
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