Question

Which lines in this excerpt from act V of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet reflect the conflict of person versus the unknown?

Answer 1

I believe its "a greater power that we can contradict. Hath thwarted our intents. "Come, come away". Because the unknown is a greater power and we dont know what comes after, just as she said this shortly after she found romeo dead from poison.

Answer 2

Answer:

“Of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep:

A greater power than we can contradict  

Hath thwarted our intents.”

Explanation:

When Juliet  comes to realize that Romeo had died in the wake of drinking the toxin, Frair Laurence reveals to her that a more prominent power which is demise has demonstrated its matchless quality and had happened.