The End of the Feud

Act 5, Scene 3

Lord Montague:
Everything has fallen apart. First a massive brawl breaks out in the city due to the feud between my family and the Capulets. Then Romeo gets so depressed, that he stops talking to me and Lady Montague. After that, Tybalt and Mercutio die, and now so have Romeo and Lady Montague! This is chaotic. I should have listened to Lady Montague when she told me that this battle was not bound to end well. The feud has been total nonsense all along. I've lost all of my family. This pointless battle with the Capulets has ended. Lady Montague could not stand the grief of Romeo being banished, and killed herself. Romeo killed himself for a Capulet girl, named Juliet, because he thought - like the rest of Verona - that she was dead, and he was so passionately in love with her that he couldn't live on without her. I am a failure. I have failed to keep my family together, and now they are all dead, all because of this ridiculous feud that was going on. If I had listened to my lady, Romeo would not have feared telling us that he was in love with a Capulet, and none of this would have ever happened. I am overcome with depression. I don't know what to do anymore. There is no way out. I'm all alone.
One of the Prince's men came only a few hours ago, to my house, so that I could see Romeo and explain what had happened. I didn't know anything, nor did I ever know anything, but Friar Lawrence and Balthasar cleared it up for the most part. I could not believe what the Friar was saying when he spoke. He knew all along of what was going on between Romeo and Juliet and he never told anyone! He even helped Juliet fake her death so that she could go and live with Romeo in Mantua. He is no man of God to me. I'd be furious at him, but my anger is masked by my depression. While I was there, I also learned that Romeo killed Paris. I always had confidence that he would grow up and easily be able to take care of himself. Never did I think that he'd end up being a murderer. I should have been there for him. I could have stopped all of this, but chose not to. On a slightly brighter note, Lord Capulet and I were able to end the feud. We shook hands and I promised to make him a gold statue of Juliet and he's going to make one of Romeo. Hopefully this will keep my mind off things for a while. I've done everything wrong. I only hope that I will not blind myself from reality ever again.

Last Words

Act 5, Scene 3

Lady Montague:
Oh, my Romeo! I cannot live with my child so far away from me! I don't know how he is doing or where he is. This is so hard to live through. I don't think I'll make it. All Lord Montague has been focusing on is the feud with the Capulets. I wish they'd just end this war! Then maybe I could get a chance to talk to Prince Escalus about letting Romeo back into the city. I haven't heard a word from him or about him in almost three days now. I've laid in bed weeping all day. I don't think that I am able to convice myself to get up. I feel like my life is slowly falling apart, and I cannot stand to think about it. First a brawl breaks out in the city and we have to face Prince Escalus and be threatened with death. Then, Mercutio, a close family friend, gets killed by Tybalt, and when Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge, he gets banished. This feud has gone too far! It's not just people dying anymore, it's my own son whose life is in danger! It's all my fault. I should have found a way of getting through to him and preventing him from acting so rashly. He's so young. He has his whole life ahead of him. I cannot stand to think that he will be living it the way it is now. It breaks my heart. I am a shame as a parent. I don't want my son to grow up away from his family, pulled away from everything that he was and everything that he had. Lord Montague wants me to get out of bed and stop weeping, but I can't convince myself to do it. My life has crumbled to pieces. My Romeo has been banished and it appears to me that it doesn't really matter to my lord what his family does. I cannot stand to live this horrible life anymore! It is my wish to be taken by death.

Dead Juliet

Act 4, Scene 5

Lord Montague:
A rumor spread though the streets of Verona that that silly Capulet girl named Juliet was going to marry count Paris. When I first heard this, I got quite angry. A man of such high nobility marrying a worthless Capulet?! I'd rather he married a peasant, as he deserves a better wife, and the Capulets do not deserve to have a man of such high stature included in their family. All of this anger was suppressed this morning when I heard that Juliet had killed herself. I felt like all the anger drained out of me. It was so relieving. Not only that but it shows how nature finds its balance; Romeo Montague has been banished, and Juliet Capulet has killed herself. After hearing this message I had to be extremely careful how I acted around the house. My lady would probably smack me if she found out what pleasure it brings me that a Capulet has died. She found the event horrifying; I found her reaction horrifying. She couldn't stop talking about how young the girl was and how horrible it must be for the Capulets, especially since she was getting married today. Ha! I think it's all quite funny how a Montague has been banished and their best friend killed, and so two Capulets are now also gone. Although, I have a feeling that Lady Montague is just acting like that because she is so opposed to the way that I view this feud. I mean, I actually take it seriously, unlike her. She fails to realize that Montagues are dying because of it! I think she's trying to manipulate me into "seeing how pointless it is, and all the horrible events that are occurring due to it." Sometimes, I don't believe that we are married. All these years, she's been a great wife, but suddenly, people start dying and Romeo gets banished, and she changes into some annoying lady. Yet, I must point out that the banishment of Romeo has hit her pretty hard. She and I have both agreed to go and speak with Prince Escalus about it in two weeks, although, personally, I don't think that either of us can wait any longer. Prince Escalus is being so rash, I often question whether he will be a good ruler or not.

Romeo Banished!

Act 3, Scene 1

Lady Montague:
My Romeo has been banished from Verona! I cannot believe that this has happened. A smaller brawl broke out in the city in which Tybalt killed Mecutio, one of Romeo's best friends, and so Romeo in revenge killed Tybalt. I'm appalled that he has been banished from Verona. How could Prince Escalus do this! Lord Montague tells me that we are very fortunate that he has not been killed, but what does it matter if we can never see him again! I don't know where he is, nor do I know if he is safe. Oh, my Romeo! Recently he's been so depressed, and we haven't seen him very often, nor have we spoken to him a lot. I don't even know if Benvolio and Mercutio have been able to help him put his feelings aside and feel happier. It's all my fault! I should have supported him more when he was so depressed. Oh, and Mercutio is dead! I know that this made the Prince furious and our family feels horrible. I will definitely be visiting Prince Escalus to try and convince him to allow Romeo back into the city...but I must not rush myself. Doing it too quickly might make Escalus even more angry. The worst part of this whole conflict is that my Romeo has been banished from the city, and also that, because Romeo killed Tyblat, this pointless feud going on between my family and the Capulets is only getting worse. Lady Capulets pale white skin turned bright red when she heard that Romeo had murdered Tybalt. She was angry that Escalus only banned Romeo from Verona; but every time I think of him being gone a tear drops from my eye. I have to figure out some way to see him. I don't doubt that he has a connection with someone in Verona...someone has to know where he is and what his plans are. Lord Montague thinks that he will easily be able to survive on his own, and he doesn't doubt that he'll come back. I agree with him, and I also believe that Romeo will sneak back into Verona sometime soon, as this is his home. He's grown up here his whole life and been out of Verona only on rare occasions. I have to stay strong and find out where he is now so that I can go and visit him. Lord Montague is also very angry that Romeo was banished. He wants to go right now and yell at the Prince. I've convinced him to wait, and for now all we can do is find out where he is staying so that we can visit him.

A Night Without Romeo

Act 2, Scene 4

Lord Montague:
Last night I heard that the Capulets hosted a party. Obviously we, the Montagues, were not invited - and I took no offense in this. I expected Romeo to be home by that time, as I wanted to try and talk to him again, but he never did come home. Neither I nor my lady were worried at all, but now it is morning, and he still has not returned home. I wonder if Benvolio or Mercutio have found him at all. I sure hope that he is not as depressed as the last time I saw him, and that Benvolio got that Rosaline girl out of his head. Perhaps those dirty Capulets did something to him last night during their party. Oh, how I hate those dirty Capulets. I am sure that Romeo will defend himself well, and I sure hope that he manages to kill one of them. I can't even sit here and think about them without flooding with anger. Lady Montague continues to tell me that I am too old to be going about with this - she acts as if it was total nonsense! I can't believe her. She's like Prince Escalus. I turned red with anger when we had to meet up with him. All he could tell us, over and over, was that this feud had been going on for too long now and he will not bear it any longer. He kept reiterating to us that it was a problem that started so long ago, that he doesn't even know what it was about, and that there was no point in fighting about it anymore. My lady sat next to me and gave me a look just as disgusting as the one on Prince Escalus's face. He then threatened to kill me and any person who was involved in any future fight, even if I didn't take part in it at all. Lady Montague then turned and looked at me as if Escalus was being reasonable, and then told me that I must make sure to control my men. If anything, I'll make sure to tell my men to kill Escalus the next time he was seen out on the streets. I left his filthy household very insulted - how dare he speak to a Lord of a stature as high as mine in such way.

The First Brawl

Act I Scene I

Lady Montague:
Today a huge fight broke out in the middle of Verona...again. Of course, this was caused by none other than the feud between our family and the Capulets. It was years ago that our families first hated each other, and although time has flown by, the hatred between two families has not yet died out. I don't even know what the original fight was about! Today's uproar was cause by Tybalt and Benvolio. Benvolio, such a good man - I cannot believe how he would even try to initiate this. Of course, as soon as the fight broke out, my Lord pulled out his sword in attempt to kill Capulet. It is incomprehensible how two men of such old ages could still try to uphold their names in such horrible ways. Lord Capulet, obviously, was also on his way to pulling out a weapon. Luckily, Lady Capulet shares my view on the matter. She too held back her husband. Not to mention that if they ever did fight at their age, it's more likely that they fall and hurt themselves from the fall, rather than from the actual fight. The servants definitely held Montague back and I looked him in the eye and told him that he would not move one inch. Prince Escalus then rode into the middle of the uproar fiercely and threatened to kill the next person to fight about such nonsense. It is obvious that he is tired of all the disturbances that we've caused. I am too. He took the Capulets in with him, and told us that we'd be seeing him later that day. As soon as everything settled down, none other than Romeo came to mind. I was very happy that he was not present to see the fight that had just died out. He's been so depressed recently. Benvolio certainly seemed to know what was going on more than I did. Apparently, he's been wandering off into the woods to be alone. This girl, Rosaline, has really gotten to him. I hope Mercutio and Benvolio can help him out of this soon. It's beginning to worry me.

Lord Montague:
Today, once again, those dirty Capulets started a fight. I wish I could kill that dirtbag. My Lady, however, would not let me move! The Prince then walked in and threatened to kill the people who'd take place in the next disturbance. If only I hadn't been held back, I might have been able to end this once and for all! Now we have to go see Prince Escalus this afternoon. I don't really care how old I am, I can still fight, and I know it. Anyway, after all that ended, Benvolio, Lady Montague, and I began to talk about Romeo. I'm not too sure that I understand where he is headed for with this girl. He is very depressed. He has shut himself out from the world. Benvolio seemed to know what was going on better than I did. He's the type of guy that you can't ever hate- very trustworthy. I'm almost certain that he'll be able to help Romeo.