Post Number Six: Let Lovers Keep On Loving

Life went on and people wondered if there was something they could have done so the tragic event of young romeo and Juilet death had not occurred. Many things had changed in Verona, such as the large solid gold statues in the streets, the empty Friars cell, and the lovely sound of Juliets voice.

Friar Lawence was hated by all the citizens of Verona. They were all disgusted with the fact that an elder man would go behind the backs of adults to help young lovers with their forbidden marriage. By choice, the night of the deaths, the Friar packed his clothes, poisons, and potions and left the place he used to call home. Although the Friar was hated by everyone he did not hate himself. He felt like he did the right thing. He believed Romeo and Juliet were born to die. Maybe it was their fate to die so that the family feud would end.

The Capulets were very disappointed in Nurse. She was supposed to care and kept an eye on Juliet and she didn't do such a good job. The Capulets told Nurse to leave their house and not to bother coming back. With Juliet gone and no job, Nurse was beyond depressed. Juliet was like a friend and a daughter to Nurse, she was all she had. The apothecary was banished from Verona for giving Romeo poision and was told to leave right away with out his belongings. So that night Nurse planned to sleep in the woods since she had no house, but on the way she passed the apothecary's house. Nurse froze and wondered if she should enter. Two sentences ran through her head " He no longer lives here. It belongs to nobody, and it probably has a bed." So she entered the dark cold home, she laided down on the cot and tried to fall asleep. With all the crying she had been doing her throat she very dry and itchy. Nurse rose from the bed and made her way to the cabinets. She fiddled with the jars and mugs and wondered if they were filled with water. Finally she got tired of trying to find water and just took a little bottle and shuffled back over to the cot. Then she popped out the cork and took a large sip. Nurse fell fast asleep and never woke up again. It wasn't water after all!

The house of the Capulets was cold and lonely.  Lord Capulets blamed himself for the death of his daughter. He felt like he should have seen it coming and he cursed his hands for the times he hit juliet on her soft white cheek, and he wished to take back the words "My fingers  itch" (Shakespeare 214) Althought a time comes when you have to move on with life, so he did. Lord Capulet spent his days with his new friend Lord Montique. To wash away their woes they played chess and went hunting. They found out that they had a lot in common.

It took a lot of lives but the town of Verona finally learned to let the lovers keep on loving.



Words of thimg that have to do with Romeo and Juliet.

Vocabulary Terms

1. apprehend: arrest; take into custody
2. canopy; covering; protection
3. contempt; scorn; disdain
4. disperse; scatter distribute
5. inexorable;unmoveable; relentless
6. interred; buried; shut in
7. penury; povery; destitution
8. remnants; remains; leftovers
9. righteous; virtuous; moral

Post Five: Anger would Strike

I see the character Juliet as a fairy tale princess. She is wealthy, has all the beautiful gowns, and her husband is the most handsome man. She seems to fit in with all the other princess; also Juliet’s life has a twist. Her love with her husband is forbidden, and has to be kept as a secret. Both parents do not known about there love, so they arranged a wedding for Juliet and another handsome young man, Paris.

Both the Capulet and the Montague want there children to marry well. The parent would have never imaged there children would be marriage to each other. When Juliet explained a little of how she thought of Romeo she was told

                             "Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!
                             I tell thee what: get thee to church o' Thursday, or never look
                             me in the face. Speak not, reply not, do not answer me!
                             My fingers itch. Wife, we scarce though us blest that God had

    lent us but this only child; but now I see this one is one too much

and that we have a curse in having her. Out on her, hilding!"

From this we can tell that lord Capulet is very upset with Juliet so upset that he was beating her (Shakespeare 214).  Can you imagine what would happen to Juliet if she was to that she was already married? I think that they would no longer treat Juliet as there daughter. Or they might even make her marry Paris still because they don't wont her in there house. I feel that the Montagues would act in the same way. Both Romeo and Juliet betrayed the re family.

If there marriage secret was told I think the parents would be in a rage! There would be yelling, screaming, slapping and punching. Maybe the families would go to the prince and ask there to be punishments. From reading the book I think that Juliet’s parents care more about whom there children is with. Although no matter how mad they are Romeo and Juliet will remain in love.

Lord Capulet is very upset with Juliet.

I think if the truth was told there would be lots of flighting between the familys.

Vocabulary Terms
1. arbitrating: deciding; jubging
2. distraught : upset; distressed
3. immoderately : wastefully; extravagantly
4. inundation : flood; outpouring
5. resolution : solution to a problem
6. spited : acted maliciously or with ill will
7. supple: flexible; pliant

Post Four: Guilty Romeo

Dear Diary,
The only second of happiness that I've had all day is opening up the dusty cabinet and see your brown leather cover. Ohh diary I have done the most terrible thing that one could do. I have killed my true loves cousin, Tybalt. I am covered with guilt from my head to my toes. Why, why am I not punished to death, but I banished. I should not be on earth if I am not with Juliet. This morning I thought my life took a turn for the better, but then what do I do? A murder, for all the times it was right after my wedding. Now my Juliet will be send to a church to marry someone and I will not be able to stop her.  Ohh I can't stop thinking about what I have done, I am hated by everyone, but my Juliet. The nights when I would go to her house and climb up the tree that sat right outside her room is over. The times we talk to each when she was on the balcony and I was on the ground, are over. Ohh I am monster, a murderer,
I have made my Juliet’s life so complicated.

Diary, I have thought of a plan, I will not fight for Juliet back, because fight is never in my interest, but I will sneak my Juliet back. I will wipe my tears away and think of a escape for Juliet... I have not thought of anything but then I think a plan my future will go along the line of this, Juliet and I will live in your large house right outside the a city, I will have the most beautiful gardens for my love. We will have lots of servants and three sons, they will all strong and smart. Juliet and I will live to are longest together and never to separated. Sounds like a dream life to me, so I must get Juliet to make that work.

Guilty and Lonely,
Romeo

VOCABULARY TERMS

• Chided means to scold or reproach, find fault.
• Confounds is to put into confusion or disorder.
• To drivel is to be childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking.
• A large-scale public exhibition or show is a exposition.
• The religious worship of idols is idolatry.
• Lamentable is something that is to be lamented, regrettable, or unfortunate.
• Perjuries means the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.

Post Three: The Nurse and Friar's Involvement in the Secret Wedding

    Romeo and Juiet were madly in love although their families had been in a feud for decades, so it was forbidden for them to love. Romeo and Juiet did not care what their family thought, so Juiet told Nurse to go talk to Romeo to make meeting arrangements. When Nurse returned she said "Then hurry to Frair Lawrence cell. Then your husband waits to make you wife." Romeo and Juliet were not the only ones involved in the secret wedding, Nurse was involved too. I think it was the right thing to do for Nurse to help Juliet with her wedding because Nurse had worked for Juliet ever since she was a baby and so it is almost as if Juliet is her boss. It would be wrong for Nurse to not carry out that order and it would be inappropriate for her to have a say, even though they were very close.

  When Romeo and Juliet arrived at the Friar's cell, he was quite shocked to see that Romeo was in love once again, only days after having been in love with Rosaline. I disapprove of the Friars involvement with the secret wedding because I think he was only marrying them because he thought that it would end their family feud, not because of their love for each other. "Come! Come with me and we'll make this ceremony short." said Friar Loawrence.

Post Number Two: The Shock of the True Identitys & The Beginning of Conflict

Imagine love at first sight. You know you are going to marry this person, you talk to him and you are 100% positive that this person is the one! Then when you find out his name, you are horrified to learn its the one and only family that your family hates! Does this story sound familiar, because this is in the story of Romeo and Juliet. I seemed to me Romeo was so excited to find love again, and got over the fact that his dream wife, Rosaline, was chased. Although, after finding out that the new love of his life was from the only family that his family despised, Romeo's voice faded. It was like his heart just got shattered into a million of pieces. It's almost like you could see his face drop and change from thrilled to depressed, and sorrow. "My only love sprung from my only hate." This was Juliet words of the awful news that she had been told. It means that the only person that she had ever loved was from the only family that she ever hated. Although both young lovers did not know why their family hated each other. You could clearly tell both were in a great shock. It seemed like Romeo took it harder than Juliet because of the depression that he was going through. Through all of the shock of the true identity it seemed as if Romeo and Juliet were not going to give up on their love so quickly.

If this were to happen to me I feel the opposite of what they're feeling. I would feel as if I betrayed my family. Almost mad at myself for falling for someone I barely knew and then kissing him. I would not have kissed him in the first place, but if I did, I would feel ashamed. I can see why it was a big disappointment for Romeo and Juliet.

The story of Romeo and Juliet is filled with drama, romance, and conflict, lots of conflict. Its does not start out with conflict but it slowly happens. It all started in Act 1 scene II, when the Capulets throw a party and tell their servant to go fetch the people with the names "written" on the paper and tell them to come to the party at such time. The servant was unable to read, like most servants back then. As the servant stressed about how he was to do these tasks, he ask a young man to read off the list of names. Who is the young man you may ask? Romeo it was, so he read the list and one of the guests was the Lovely Rosaline, whom Romeo loved and wanted to marry. Romeo and his cousin who was his best friend, made a plan to attend the party, but not with their real identity. And this is just were the conflict began!

Post Number One: Fate or Luck

To me fate and destiny are the same thing. Fate is like a plan that is already written and you follow it without knowing it's path. I believe life is a trail where you can determine which way you turn. I don't believe in fate because I think that we make our own choices and that we can change those choices. Was it fate that Romeo and Juliet saw each other at a party and fell in love? I say no. It was Romeo's choice to attend the Caplulets banquet, which just so happened to change his life.

Many would call it fate that my dog, who was found wandering on a busy road, now lives in my house with a big yard filled with trees and green grass and squirrels to chase, but I say it's luck. I don't think  it was already chosen by some greater power that Brody was going to be my dog. My family could have picked any dog from the shelter, but we just happened to have picked him. I think that his future could have been different if someone else had adopted him. He has a really good life! To me, believing in fate is almost like being a puppet with scripts and actions already planned out for you.