Yes. Revenge...ah, the sweet taste of revenge...."Women do most delight in revenge." (Sir Thomas Browne) How true, how true...Romeo does too. I mean, Tybalt kills Mercrutio, Romeo kills Tybalt, and then The Prince banishes Romeo. How fun. And I don't like my character as much as I used to, same with Nurse (the backstabbing gossiper!)
Other than that, not much else happened to write about. Here's my Romeo and Juliet conspiracy theorem so far:
1. Before Mercrutio is killed, there is a wild outbreak of the Black Death, killing both of the Ladies.
2. Capulet and Montague, now having no one to tie them back, decide to fight each other and mortally wound each other in the process
3. We discover that Friar Lawrence, under orders from Romeo, had told Montague that someone Capulet had slipped Lady Mont. poison, killing her. We also discover that Juliet's Nurse, under orders from Juliet, had told Capulet that someone Montague had slipped Lady Capulet poison, killing her. (Both were preposterous, of course, but being the suspicious dingbats that they were, they believed the story and went to the duel)
4. Romeo and Juliet inherited all their parents wealth and titles, and, using the strength of their united houses, overthrew the Prince and took Verona for their own.
5. And the rest of them lived happily ever after to the end of their days, save Tybalt and Paris, who also got in a fight (instigator=Romeo) and mortally wounded each other, similar to Montague and Capulet's situation.
THE END :)))))
This week's quote is from....(drum roll please)
LORD OF THE RINGS(The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001)!!!
(confetti cannons blow, wild screaming ensues)
Elrond: Ninde companions. So be it. You shall be the Fellowship of the Ring.
Pippin: Great! Where are we going?
-Jenni
Nah, don't kill the prince. He's about the only sensible character in the story whose also emotionally centered.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Jenna. I do like conspiracy theory #4 though.
ReplyDeleteJenni, I love your posts! I'm really tempted to pursue your alternation R&J and produce it as a class. If only we had more time!
ReplyDeleteI didn't say KILL, I said OVERTHROW. There's a difference, you know. KILLING would just pass the power on to the nearest male relative, while OVERTHROWING would put him into exile and shame him wherever he went, and Romeo and Juliet would be free to rule the city as their own. Like this one guy named Lenin, during WWI.
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