How large a role, do you think, does fate play in the story? How much a part does fate plays in your own life?

Rosaline tells Romeo that he "cannot tilt at fate," he'll lose. How large a role, do you think, does fate play in the story? How much of what occurs is by design? How much a part does fate plays in your own life, in your opinion?

I think fate plays the same role in the story as it does in real life.

I don’t think it’s truly fate that that brings Romeo down. Rather it’s his predilections and Rosaline connivances. Particularly as Solomons has rewritten the end. Rosaline makes everything happen. She even blames herself for being in the wrong place (the Capulet ball) and causing the meeting of Romeo and Juliet.
Certainly Romeo is fated to died but it’s his own vain glory (even in Shakespeare) that brings it about.

Maybe some things were was fate for example
Rosaline could have predicted she would meet someone at the Montagues party but she could not have predicted he would show up at her family’s party and fall in lust with Juliet.

I don't know as though I really believe in fate. In this story, it seems more about how some of the character manipulate outcomes, or try to manipulate outcomes. Things don't always turn out the way they plan.