Editing Star-crossed (section)

==Definitions==
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,<br>
A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life (5–6).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.william-shakespeare.info/act1-script-text-romeo-and-juliet.htm|title=Full text / script of the play Romeo and Juliet Act I by William Shakespeare|website=William-shakespeare.info|access-date=7 October 2017}}</ref>}}

It also refers to [[destiny]] and the inevitability of the two characters' paths crossing. It usually but not always refers to ''unlucky'' outcomes, 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.<ref name="Levenson"/>

(The original texts of the prologue, Q1 and Q2, use the spelling "starre-crost", but the version "star-cross'd" is normally used in modern versions.)