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star-crossed lovers
1- Lovers whose relationship is doomed to fail are said to be “star-crossed” (frustrated by the stars), because those who believe in astrology claim that the stars control human destiny. William Shakespeare used the phrase to describe the lovers in Romeo and Juliet.
star-crossed lovers
2- A phrase from the play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare ; Romeo and Juliet are so described in the prologue to the play.
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Yet the comic high jinks, star-crossed lovers and long-lost relatives that pop up in his play “The Miser,” first produced in 1668, will be instantly familiar to anybody who has ever seen a Shakespeare comedy.
“Fairytale of New York” flips this notion on its head by celebrating star-crossed lovers, gamblers and bums in a drunk tank — all the misfits who are searching for a family of their own on Christmas Eve.
Lucy Gray and Corio are also star-crossed lovers like Maria and Tony but the chemistry is palpable and highly charged.
Naturally, the star-crossed lovers are torn apart by cultural and racial differences, all while singing and dancing their hearts out.
And there are the star-crossed lovers flung to their deaths from a castle, now haunting a happier union.
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