In The Barber of Seville, fate is once again inevitable but it is set in a more lighthearted tone. The fate of Rosine and the Count have been set from the very beginning, even before they have met. Her guardian, Barthalo, is so in love with Rosine that he tries to keep her locked up in the house and away from society as much as possible. Yet even so, it takes one meeting of the Count for him to fall in love with Rosine. Once that happens, it is just a journey for the Count to save and marry his future wife. Fate once again arranges for the relationship between the barber, Figaro, and the Count. It just so happens that the Count has once helped Figaro who is one of the only people who have common entrance to Barthalo’s house. Even at the end when there were several misunderstandings, everything aided Rosine and the Count to fulfill their fate. Barthalo’s attempt to deceive Rosine, therefore calling for the notary to come right away during that night only turns around and backfires on his own plan. The befriendment of Bazile on Barthalo’s part is a mistake of his; due to his sneaky and dishonest personality he therefore finds Barthalo a trustworthy friend. But for Bazile, money talks loudest and the Count has all the money he needs. It then makes it easy for the Count to repeatedly ‘buy’ Bazile to cooperate. The fate of true love reigns in this comedy, meanwhile Barthalos jealous, sneaky, pig – headed personality leads to his own fate and his ‘downfall’.