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"'''Star-crossed'''" or "'''star-crossed lovers'''" is a phrase describing a pair of lovers whose [[relationship]] is said to be doomed from the start. The phrase is [[astrology|astrological]] in origin, stemming from the belief that the positions of the stars ruled over people's fates. To describe a relationship as "star-crossed" is to say that it is "[[wikt:thwart|thwarted]] by a malign star",<ref>Levenson (ed.), Jill L. (2000). Romeo and Juliet, The Oxford Shakespeare (Oxford World's Classics). Oxford: Oxford University Press. page 142 ISBN 0192814966.</ref> or that the stars are working against the relationship. The phrase is best known from the play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'' by the [[Elizabethan]] playwright [[William Shakespeare]]. |
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[[Image:DickseeRomeoandJuliet.jpg|right|200px|thumb|The most famous star-crossed couple, [[Romeo and Juliet]]]] |
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==Star-crossed in Shakespeare== |
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The phrase was coined in the prologue of Shakespeare's ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'': |
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"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes, / a pair of star-cross'd lovers, take their life."<ref>[http://www.william-shakespeare.info/act1-script-text-romeo-and-juliet.htm Full text / script of the play Romeo and Juliet Act I by William Shakespeare<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref></blockquote> |
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It also refers to [[destiny]] and the inevitability of the two characters' paths crossing each other. It usually means ''unlucky'', since Romeo and Juliet's affair ended tragically. Further, it connotes that the lovers entered into their union without sufficient forethought or preparation; that the lovers may not have had adequate knowledge of each other or that they were not thinking rationally. |
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==Famous examples of "star-crossed lovers"== |
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[[Image:Leighton-Tristan and Isolde-1902.jpg|right|300px|thumb|[[Tristan and Iseult|Tristan and Isolde]]]] |
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Other famous star-crossed lovers include: |
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*[[Pyramus and Thisbe]] (usually regarded as the source for ''Romeo and Juliet'', featured in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'') |
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*[[Catherine Earnshaw]] and [[Heathcliff (Wuthering Heights)|Heathcliff]] from ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' |
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*[[Lancelot]] and [[Guinevere]] |
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*[[Tristan and Iseult|Tristan and Isolde]] |
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*[[Hero and Leander]], [[Greek myth]] |
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*[[Pelléas and Mélisande]], [[Symbolist]] play by [[Maurice Maeterlinck]] |
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*[[Venus and Adonis]], classical myth during the [[Renaissance]] |
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*[[Troilus and Cressida]], tragedy by [[William Shakespeare]] |
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*[[Hagbard and Signy]] |
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*Devdas and Paro (Parvati) in [[Devdas]] |
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*[[Heer Ranjha]] |
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*[[Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl]] |
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*[[Layla and Majnun]] |
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*[[Butterfly Lovers|Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai]] (also known as The Butterfly Lovers) |
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*[[Paris of Troy]] and [[Helen of Sparta]] in ''[[The Iliad]]'' |
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*[[Oedipus]] and [[Jocasta]] in ''[[Oedipus the King]]'' |
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*[[Mark Antony]] and [[Cleopatra]] during the time of the Roman Empire |
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*[[Count Dracula]] and [[Mina Harker]] by [[Bram Stoker]]'s novel [[Dracula]] |
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*[[Heloise (abbess)]] and [[Peter Abelard]] during the [[Middle Ages]] |
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*Emperor [[Jahangir]] and [[Anarkali]] |
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*[[Cyrano]] and [[Roxane]] in [[Cyrano de Bergerac (play)]] |
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===Modern examples=== |
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In [[soap opera]], modern examples of star-crossed lovers have included couples such as [[Cliff Warner and Nina Cortlandt]] and [[Bianca Montgomery and Maggie Stone]] from ''[[All My Children]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title=Peter Bergman Biography | publisher=hollywood.com |accessdate=2007-07-15 |url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Peter_Bergman/195311#fullBio}}</ref><ref name="AfterEllen">{{cite web| first=Sarah | last=Warn |title=The End of a Lesbian Era on All My Children|publisher=[[AfterEllen.com]]| date=2005-02-24|accessdate=2007-07-28 |url=http://www.afterellen.com/archive/ellen/TV/2005/2/amc.html}}</ref> |
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[[Prime time]] created one of its most notable star-crossed lovers with [[Buffy Summers]] and [[Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)|Angel]] from ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]''.<ref name="tv.ign.com">{{cite news | first=Eric Goldman, Brian Zoromski, Dan Iverson | title=IGN's Top 10 Favorite TV Couples | publisher=IGN |accessdate=2007-06-12 |url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/764/764349p2.html}}</ref> [[Cole Turner]] and [[Phoebe Halliwell]] from ''[[Charmed]]'', [[Michael]] and [[Nikita]] from ''[[La Femme Nikita]]'', [[Kara Thrace]] and [[Lee Adama]] from ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'', and [[Clark Kent]] and [[Lana Lang]] from ''[[Smallville]]'' are other star-crossed couples from the genre.<ref>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/SHOWBIZ/TV/04/06/review.charmed/index.html</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Jennifer| last=Armstrong | title=La Femme Nikita: The Complete Second Season (2005) | accessdate=2008-12-10 | url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1036995,00.html | publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Andrew| last=Johnston | title=Final Flight | accessdate=2008-12-27 | url=http://dev.timeoutny.com/newyork/articles/tv/28191/final-flight | publisher=Time Out NY}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang | accessdate=2009-02-09 | url=http://www.cwtv.com/shows/smallville/cast/kristin-kreuk | publisher=The CW}}</ref> |
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With [[film]], such star-crossed couples as [[List of characters in Titanic (1997 film)#Jack Dawson|Jack Dawson]] and [[List of characters in Titanic (1997 film)#Rose DeWitt Bukater|Rose DeWitt Bukater]] from ''[[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]]'', [[A Walk to Remember|Landon Carter]] and [[A Walk to Remember|Jamie Sullivan]] from "[[A Walk to Remember]]", [[Anakin Skywalker]] and [[Padmé Amidala]] from the ''[[Star Wars]]'' saga, "[[Bella Swan]]" and "[[Edward Cullen (Twilight)]]" from "[[Twilight (series)]]"and [[Ennis Del Mar]] and [[Jack Twist]] from ''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' have been included.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/1998/mar/16/local/me-29454</ref> <ref>http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117916821.html?categoryid=31&cs=1</ref><ref>http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117916821.html?categoryid=31&cs=1</ref><ref>http://www.natalieportman.com/articles/nparticles_en.php?viewarticle=1&article_number=170</ref><ref>{{cite web | first=Dan| last=Harris | title=Christian conservatives serve up 'Brokeback' backlash | accessdate=2006-05-27 | url=http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=1566879 | publisher=ABC News }}</ref> |
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[[Anime]] has had its star-crossed couples as well. [[Gennosuke Kouga]] and [[Oboro (Basilisk)|Oboro Iga]] from ''[[Basilisk (manga)|Basilisk]]'' is one example.<ref>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/basilisk/dvd-1</ref> |
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Video games, [[RPG]]s particularly, have featured star-crossed couples. A few examples are [[Cloud Strife]] and [[Aerith Gainsborough]] in ''[[Final Fantasy VII]]'', [[Zero (Mega Man)|Zero]] and [[Iris (Mega Man)|Iris]] in ''[[Mega Man X4]]'', and so on. |
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== See also == |
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* [[Elopement]] |
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* [[Teenage tragedy song]] |
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== References == |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:Love]] |
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[[Category:Shakespearean phrases]] |
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