Can someone please explain the following paragraph from “Romeo and Juliet” in modern English?
blacksheepunite Teacher High School – 12th Grade eNotes Editor Romeo and his friends are on their way to the party at the Capulet’s house. His friends have just said that they are going to be late. There is a word for word translation of this on enotes: http://www.enotes.com/romeo-text/act-i-scene-iv The gist of the passage is that Romeo says he is afraid that they will arrive too soon because he is afraid that going to the party will lead to dire consequences. He says he fears that the events of the evening will start a chain of events that will eventually cost him his life (an untimely death). This is the “consequence” that is “yet hanging in the stars.” What he says suggests that he has a choice to go in or not. It also suggests that he feels that if he does go in, and if fate has its way, he will die before his time. The first part of this passage is all about what Romeo is afraid will happen if he goes to the party. In the last two lines, he has decided to go on despite his misgiv
