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.