Consider all that has occurred in Act V: Romeo's learning of Juliet's "death", Romeo's visit to the apothecary, Friar John's inability to give the letter to Romeo, Paris' visit to Juliet's tomb, Paris and Romeo's duel, Paris' death, Romeo's death, Friar's attempt to convince Juilet to flee, Juliet's death, the confession of the Friar, the parents' response to their children's deaths, and the Prince's final words.
Write a lengthy (2 paragraphs-ish or so) journal in the voice of a major character of your choice based on any or all of these things that the character has been involved with. Be specific and consider the character's personality. I should be able to recognize who you are portraying through your journal.
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I am to blame I have been behind the scenes the whole time I married the two I know of their love I have devised the plan I have brought them together I am sorry I ask for thou forgiveness I believe that the love of two people is strong and blind the life of the two that have ended here is still pure and true sad as it may be I believe that the reconsolidation that is to arise of this is more than the toil of the death.(person 1)
ReplyDeleteoh my dearest daughter your dead (on knees crying) I love you so much I shall use our wealth to erect a statue in your memory it shall be made of pure gold oh I love you so why, why have thy been so blind why couldn’t I have been there I have failed and you old foe I see no reason to have this dumb feud continue we shall both erect statues for our dearest Childs memory.
Balthasar has told me that Juliet is dead. If this is true, I no longer want to live. First, I will go to an apothecary and get a poison that shall kill me, then I'll go to the Capulet's tomb.
ReplyDeleteI arrived at the Capulet's tomb and discovered Paris was there also. Paris wouldn't listen to me as I told him to just go away, that I didn't mean to cause anyone harm but myself. This little misunderstood detail led to a fight, which led to Paris' death. Even though Juliet was dead, she still looked beautiful, and death had yet to touch her cheeks and lips with paleness. I drank the poison and allowed myself to die with one last kiss.
O no the one whos love i would die for has died. I have spent most of the past week trying to be with her. Now that we are married we will have to find a way to work things out.
ReplyDeleteJuliet i will come and to show my love for you i will kill myself at your funeral lying beside you to show our love. I love you so much and i cant live life without you so i will just end my own life. We will be laying there dead together and soon enough i will see you again my love.
Oh how can life go on! I cannot stand this nonsense. our feuding is absolutely stupid. we should stop this and be friends. i, as a capulet, feel that a statue of romeo sounds like a great idea. That way everyone will know our feud is over. It is quite sad that our feud led to our childrens death.
ReplyDeleteIt is even more upsetting to think that their deaths had to happen for our feud to end. But i am glad that it is over and we can grieve together in the knowledge that our kids were married. please montague, let us go and grieve together. Let us remember our children the way they should be remembered, as romeo and juliet, a pair.
My own mother doesnt even know how old i am. Im raised by the nurse. it was her nipple i sucked on. I kissed a boy i met after 30 seconds and now im madly in love with him. Im supposed to hate him but i find that impossible. i thought i wanted to stay single forever. but now that i met him i know there isnt any chance of that. Romeo showed up under my balcony and we talked for a long time . i know i wanna marry him . hes definitely the one for me. im going to send my nurse after him tomorrow to get all the plans arranged. she bettere hurry up . idk what ill do if he doesnt wanna marry me. hes my one and only. ohh gosh. shes back. he said yes were getting married! Romeo killed my cousin tybalt today. his punishment is beinng banished. idk what to do. idk how long it will be before i get too see him again. my parents told me im going to marry paris . but i cant. i love romeo and i told my mother i was married to him she just didnt listen. idk what im going to do. Since romeo is banished and im his wife i want to go with him, but the only way to get out of marrying paris is if i fake my death. so my plan consists of going to the friar getting a poison that will slow my heart down and then make it seem like im dead.im dead. :)
ReplyDeleteI saw my dearest husband laying on the floor dead because he thought i was dead. I cant believe my whole life is down the drain because of Romeo thinking i was dead. Now that he killed himself i must kill my self, because i cannot live without him. (i stabbed my self). Im now dead, so is my romeo, and paris.
ReplyDeleteI did not wish for my beloved juliet to be torn away from me so quickly. However, as I ride once more to Verona, my heart pumps at the prospect of seeing her dead. My only hope, is that in taking my life, I may see her again. My man Balthasar rides with me, unaware of my plan. I will leave him outside of the crypt in the hope that I will be able to commit my act in peace. I want to die with my Juliet within my grasp, for perhaps, when I awaken in Heavan, she will remain within said grasp. I hope my death is quick and painless, yet I wish that hers was even quicker and without any pain at all. She deserved to die in a restful state, and as she was found in her covers, I believe that whatever caused her death, be it illness or a poisoness draught, that she passed with conviction and loyalty to my name.
ReplyDeleteO romeo how could everything back fire. You thought i was dead now you are gone. The friar's plan didnt work. you were supose to come get me and we could runaway and live life together. Happily and in love. I dont no what could of happended because now you are dead. The plan did not work. I wonder what you were thinking when you found me "dead." O romeo There is no way i can live now.
ReplyDeleteYou are my one and only love and now you are deadd. i must kill myself there is no other choice. i am going to stab myself there is no other way.
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ReplyDeleteI have been to Mantua. But unfortunatly I was stuck. The health officials would not let me send or deliver any papers. They sealed my house up in quarantine believing that I was carrying the plague.
ReplyDeleteHoly Friar, I come barring bad news. I could not get the letter to Romeo, for the fear of me spreading the infection. Now i'm off getting a crowbar for you.
Oh goodnees..i have had to take this poison to fool everyone but soon i will be with Romeo forever...im awake and heading to find Romeo but when i get to see him i have noticed that he posioned him self for real. How dare he, he was supposed to be here for me after i woke..i wonder if the frairs letter was not sent to him. But since he is dead i must die to. Oh but wait he only left me this tiny drop of posion, how am i supposed to drink this little bit and die the same way he did. (drinks the last bit of posion) falls and dies.
ReplyDeleteOh Romeo, how could i let this happen, and we were so close to being together truely. Your body lay on the cold ground, yet your touch remains warm. I don't see how i could go on without my beloved Romeo. My parents don't understand, so my mind is caught in a web of decisions.
ReplyDeleteMy mind is made up. Since i cannot possibly face everyone after my faked death, i must truely kill myself. (Grabs dagger and stabs herself) This is thy end, but now dear Romeo and I can be together in death.
My dear Juliet is gone and it's all because our families could not get alon! Only if she would have escaped with me to another town! Then she would still be alive! It kills me that I couldn't be there for her funeral.
ReplyDeleteSince my beloved Juliet can't be with me. I will join Juliet in the heavens where we can always be together for the rest of eterneity. I am going to find the most potent of poison and travel to my wife's tomb where I will be able to be close to my Juliet.
I wake up to find the one who is supposed to be here waking me up...dead. I was told he was going to be here. I cant believe it, i must do something. Im not leaving though, i wont. What is this? Why does he have this cup? This is poison? He drank all of it, left none for me. Maybe if i kiss your lips there will still be some left on there. Oh yes, look a knife. This will help. i just need to be with my husband. Now you can rust inside me and let me die.
ReplyDeleteWhat!!! Juliet is dead. Wow i need to rush to her side right now!...
ReplyDeleteOh no she really is dead. I guess since she is dead i need to be dead too, so i can live on with her. This is for my love Juliet!
Ohh no my love Romeo just killed himself because he thought i was dead. How come no one tried to warn me! My plan did not go as i expected. Well it was nice that he killed himself because i was dead. But still why?!?!?! Well since my plan backfired i guess i will do the same thing he did. I will kill myself for my one true love Romeo. I will give him one last kiss before i die. There, ok, now its my time to go.....
ReplyDeleteHere take this potion and everyone will think you are dead. Then I will send a letter to Romeo and he'll be there for you and you can each live a full nice life with each other.
ReplyDeleteThis entire thing is my fault. If I didn't give Juliet that potion then she would still be alive. Romeo would still be alive also. But then Juliet would have to marry Paris even though she loved Romeo. I don't no whether to blame myself or not.
I will send this letter to Romeo and everything will work out. He will get it and head for Juliet and Juliet will be waiting for him and they will Run off and live happily ever after.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even think of all the bad things that could've happened. I didn't think that Juliet wouldn't be awake when Romeo got there and Romeo would think she was dead, let alone kill himself.
This is a tragedy and between two lovers and I feel it is all my fault.
The one i have truly loved and couldn't never be without has died. There is no point in living now if Juliet is dead. I must go to your funeral and kill myself so our bodies can be next to each other one last time. I hope i will see you again sometime. My life means nothing if your not alive to be by myside.
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