Act 5

Death cleans up shop in Verona

Prompt B:
With the murder scene at the Capulet Tomb, and the city guard coming rushing to investigate, I can relate to this scene, when there was what we learned after the event to be a false bomb threat at the Statue of Liberty. I remember seeing all the commotion and being evacuated to the boats to go back to the city. While we were at Ellis Island when the alarm went off, we were bombarded by questions from reporters back at the main harbor. My brother, grandparents and I all gave our alibis to the press, my brother's was later used in a broadcast from a local New York news station. While there was no tragedy, as in Romeo and Juliet, I still found the who, what, when, where, why's of the reporters quite relatable to the Friar having to tell the entire story behind Romeo, Juliet, and Paris' deaths
Prompt G:

If I were to step inside of Friar Laurence's shoes, I would feel very nervous, frustrated, and worried. Having learned that my message to Romeo did not go through, the decisions Romeo could make are very unpredictable, and are likely to jeopardize the entire plan. After finding Romeo, Paris, and now a freshly, officially dead Juliet in the Capulet tomb, I am very scared of looking like a criminal, being at the murder scene, with the watch guard approaching. Not to mention, after delivering my alibi to both families, I am quite ashamed of the Capulets and Montagues, as their stupid feud led to the death of Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, and Juliet.

Act 4 Scenes 4-5

"She's Dead!"

Prompt A:
On the day of her wedding, Juliet is found to be dead. After a length of time of the Capulets moaning, crying, and mourning, Friar Laurence instructs the family to bury Juliet in the family tomb.
Prompt E:


I chose this picture because it reprents Juliet lying dead in her bed, as pale as the hand pictured above.

Act 4 Scenes 1-3

The Last Straw

Prompt A:
In this section of reading, Juliet goes to the friar to learn the plan for what to do about Romeo, yet when she arrives at the friar's cell, she finds Paris, and must deal with him before learning what her role in the friar's part of the plan is. She is given a vial with a drug that will render her to appear dead, yet she will wake up within 42 hours of having taken the potion. She is told to take the potion that night and will appear dead, where she will have a funeral, and eventually be taken away by Romeo to Mantua, where she can foget the whole Capulet-Montague feud. When she returns home, she finds that she is to be married Wednesday, messing up her whole plan. In her agony and confusion, she decides to take the vial, hoping that the plan will follow through for her.
Prompt C:
 - Why does noone know what Juliet will personally feel while she is under the effects of the drug?
 - How will moving the wedding sooner affect the plan?
 - Who will deliver the message about the friar's plan to Romeo?
 - What if Romeo doesn't arrive? What will happen when people find out Juliet is still alive and she faked her death?
 - How would the family war escalate if the town found that another Capulet died of grief over her fallen cousin?

Act 3 Scenes 3 to 5

"It's Complicated"

Prompt A:

After Romeo and Juliet’s short time together, Romeo must depart for Mantua. After he has left, Juliet learns that she is to be wed to County Paris within the week. This poses an issue for her, as she does not to what to do, in order to save her marriage with Romeo, and evade being married to another man.

Prompt C:
Why did the nurse all of a sudden care so little about the relationship Juliet and Romeo had?

Why can’t Juliet tell her parents that she is already married?

Why is Lord Capulet so eager to get Juliet married?

Why does Lord Capulet also care so little about what his daughter may want?

Why does Juliet’s mother not take a side with Juliet or Lord Capulet on the issue of Juliet’s marriage

Act 3 Scenes 1-2

Banishment

Prompt C:
Why does the prince not understand that Mercutio is dead, so both sides have suffered loss, and are basically equal in their loss?
Why does Juliet not wish to simply join Romeo in banishment?
What was Tybalt going to talk to Romeo about?
Why doesn't Romeo tell his friends that he is married?
How is Romeo going to tell Juliet that he killed Tybalt?
Prompt E:

I chose this image because it represents how Romeo has been banished from Verona, and must now walk out of his home town down the path to find a new home.

Act 2

Star Crossed Lovers

Prompt A:
In Act 2, Romeo finds Juliet in her room above the garden, and he hears her talking about how much she loves him. Eventually she finds out that he has been listening, and the two find they have a mutual attraction, which they proclaim as love. Juliet sends her nurse to deliver a message to Romeo that she loves him, so he knows her love is certain. Romeo goes to the church to ask the friar to arrange his and Juliet's marriage. He then tells the nurse to tell Juliet his plan, and the nurse travels to Juliet carrying instructions. The nurse instructs that Juliet will go to the church to supposedly perform her religious duties (confession), but instead be wed with Romeo by the friar, and run away to live happily together.

Prompt E;

I chose this picture because in Act 2, Romeo basically proposes to Juliet for them to be married. While he presents no ring to her, he gives her his love and devises a way to be married in secret, so the two can be together.

Act 1 Scenes 4-5

Prompt A:
In these scenes, the Capulets are throwing an annual party. However, some of the Montagues, including Romeo and his group of close cousins, intend on going to the party, despite how Montagues are not allowed. While Romeo does not wish to partake in the dances that his close friends perform while at the party, he meets Juliet, and all his previous desires for Rosaline begin to fade. Meanwhile, although the Montague boys are masked, Tybalt, a Capulet, easily can see that the masqueraders are Capulets, and nearly starts a fight. However, Lord Capulet sees no intent in the Montagues to cause a commotion, and forces Tybalt to calm down. In the end, Romeo leaves the party, however knowing that the new girl he longs for is possibly the hardest to have a relationship with because he and Juliet's families are bitter enemies.

Prompt  B:
The scene from the ball where Romeo meets Juliet reminds me of the movie Cinderella. Just like the story of Cinderella, Romeo was not allowed to go to the "ball," yet went anyways. There he met Juliet, like Cinderella met the Prince. Then finally, just like Cinderella had to leave the ball, Romeo had to leave in order to not stir up trouble. While Juliet found out Romeo's identity unlike how the prince took a long time to find Cinderella's identity, in both cases, the two pairs of people left each other longing to see each other again.

Act 1 Scenes 1-3

Prompt A:
In the town of Verona, Italy, there is a huge rivalry between two families, the Capulets and Montagues, this rivalry being so harsh that the families have broken out in fights in the streets, and the Prince of Verona has decreed that any more citizens who fight will be executed. In the two families, certain members face various conflicts. In the Montague house, Romeo faces depression because he loves a woman who does not love him back, and his family tries to help him get out of his depression. In the Capulet house, Juliet faces her parents arranging a marriage with another wealthy man that she is not interested in marrying. With the Capulets throwing an annual party, this gives both Romeo and Juliet the chance to find other people, even though Romeo risks starting a possible fight with the Capulets as Montagues are not welcome.
Prompt E:

I chose this picture to represent how depressed Romeo (blue-clothed man) is about Rosaline, and how Benvolio (yellow-clothed man), Romeo's cousin, is trying to help him get over Rosaline.