Thursday, February 18, 2010
Week 7
Week 7-Breifly read through the whole book again. You should be clear of the whole story.
What could have been done to prevent all the deaths? Since the prince knows about the hate between the Capulet and Montague, he should set and order which is asking them to move out of town Verona, somewhere far apart from each other. This slims down the percentage of seeing each other in town and started to fight, which eventually lead to deaths when the fight is too violence. Also, Romeo would not have meet Juliet and the tragedy would not have begin.
One of the head of the family can take the initiative to build peace and bond with the other head of the family. They can do so by asking the prince for help in arranging them to meet and sit down peacefully and calmly and talk. When both families are friends, it is unlikely for them to start a fight out of no reason hence, it can decreases the number of deaths.
Tybalt could also help to prevent Mercutio's death and his own death only if he is not so impulsive. However, he is always welcoming troubles and goes around provoting people, just like how he provoke Romeo in Act 3 Scene 1. His hot tempered causes him to end up fighting with Mercutio and the poor MErcutio is killed by Tybalt. In oreder to revenge for the dead Mercutio, Romeo kills Tybalt in return. If only Tybalt chose not to fight, he could save Mercutio and as much as his own precious life. Therefore, i think that it would serve best that Tybalt is banish to other town so that he will not creates more troubles and end up in more deaths. Also, Romeo could also make the diffent by not killing Tybalt as an act of being loyal to Mercutio.
Juliet could chose to tell Lord Capulet the truth that the person that she loves is actually Romeo and not Paris. By doing his, she does not need to drink the potion and it will not lead to Paris death. Paris is killed by Romeo in the vault when he wants to kill Romeo. If Juliet has not drink that potion, surely she willc ome and prevent all this death. However, Juliet is already unconscious after drinking the potion. Then Romeo thought that Juliet is dead and hence, he bought poison to kill himself. Also, Juliet would not kill herself if Romeo has not drink that poison.
Would and Should your character have done anything differently?Nurse should have tell out the truth to Lord Capulet that the boy that Juliet like is Romeo instead of Paris. This can prevent Juliet from drinking the potion and also Paris and Romeo would have die.
Nurse should not have married them secretly. She should have discussed with Lord Capulet about it then ask Romeo go and tell and Lord Montague about it also. In this way, both families have no choice but to be family in law and this will eventually prevent all the death, especially Romeo's, Juliet's and Paris's death.
Nurse could be more alert during the day before Paris and Juliet's wedding, If she is more resilence, she could realise that something is wrong with Juliet as she suddenly want to marry Paris. Nurse could also observe Juliet movement by staying with her in the bedroom and ask her about her plan instead of leaving her alone.
by:joeyedited&post by:joey
Be My Romeo / Juliet
Monday, February 1, 2010
Week 5
-How did the fight start?The fight started at the town, where Mercutio and Benvolio meet Tybalt. Mercutio is not being very friendly and trys to provoke Tybalt when Tybalt wants to talk with him. Tybalt's target is actually Romeo. However, Mercutio is the one who takes his sword out first. When Romeo arrive, Tybalt lost his temper and wants to fight. Romeo tries to talk with Tybalt. Tybalt refuse to listen and Romeo walked away to prevent from losing his temper. Tybalt insists of following Romeo. Tybalt is trying to start a fight with Romeo. Mercutio tries to interfere by taking his sword out and wants Tybalt to fight with him. Upon seeing this, Tybalt also took out his sword. Both of them fight.Then Romeo tries to stop the fight by standing in between Mercutio and Tybalt. But this does not help to stop the fight. Instead, Tybalt pushes the sword into Mercutio's body and Mercutio is hurt. This does not end the fight too. When Mercutio is dead, Tybalt returns. This time, Romeo is too sad about Mercutio's death and wants to revenge. So, he fought with Tybalt and in the end, Tybalt is killed By Romeo. Until Tybalt is dead, Romeo then escaped and this end the fight.
- Did anyone try to stop it? Yes. In fact, there are two people who had tried to stop the fight. They are Benvolio and Romeo.
Fist, when Tybalt arrives and Mercutio is trying to start the fight with Tybalt, Mercutio remind them that they are in a public area. This shows that Mercutio is trying to stop them from fighting by warning them it is in public and when the prince come,. they will be in big trouble. Then Benvolio suggest that instead of fighting, they could discuss things calmly. This is another edvidence that shows Benvolio is trying to prevent the fight.
Before Mercutio and Tybalt start fighting, Tybalt tries to fight with Romeo but Romeo refuse to. This tells us that Romeo is actually trying to save trouble. When Mercutio and Tybalt are fighitng, Romeo did try to stop them from fighting by warning them about the prince's punishment for them. He also stand in the middle of Tybalt and Mercutio to seperate them form fighting. But he does not know that by doing this, he is actually allowing Tybalt to insert the sword into Mercutio's body more easily. However, Romeo is just trying to help.
- Did Tybalt deserved to die?Yes, Tybalt deserved to die as he is the one who insist in fighting with Romeo.
At fist, when Romeo arrived, Tybalt is the one who take the intiative to provoke Romeo. If he had ignore Romeo instead of confronting Romeo, he might not have die. Romeo tries to reason with him by speaking politely to him, but Tybalt is still not happy. Then Romeo tries to walk away to prevent any troubles, but again, Tybalt follows him and is trying to challenge Romeo into a fight. Mercutio saw the attitude Tybalt treats Romeo and is feeling unhappy for ROmeo. Hence, he interfere and starts a fight with Tybalt. During the time when Romeo is seperating them from fighting, Tybalt hurt Mercutio. But Tybalt does not has the guts to accept that MErcutio is killed by him and he walks away. Then Romeo killed Tybalt in order to revenge for the dead Mercutio. From this, it shows that Tybalt deserved to die. Even in laws, when you kill a person, the punishment is normally to die. One life pays for one life. Therefore, i think that Tybalt deserved to die as he had killed Mercutio and even escaped. What more, it is Tybalt who wants to fight with Romeo badly and he is the one who confront Romeo first.
by: Joey & Wanyi edited & post by: Joey
Be My Romeo / Juliet
