A Bloody Mess...

Oh my lord! What a gruesome sight! Romeo, Paris and Juliet dead! How could this be!
Juliet hath already been murdered, yet Paris and Romeo both slain in the tomb alongside her freshly bleeding corpse! Everyone’s still drinking it all in. what a tragedy for both families, Montague and Capulet.

Juliet, oh beautiful Juliet, slain by a dagger as well as Paris, slain by that same dagger! Romeo just lay there, dead, with no mark on his chest from any dagger. Why this, how is is he dead?

Friar Lawrence explained the whole thing to everyone afterwards. The marriage of Romeo and Juliet, the potion that put Juliet to sleep until Romeo could come and rescue her, and how he was keeping Romeo in his cell. Everything hit me at once. I was stunned and confused as well as everyone else. Lady Capulet was crying and so was Capulet himself. Capulet tried to make peace with Montague by saying in a heartbroken voice, “O brother Montague, give me thy hand: This is my daughter's jointure, for no more can I demand.”

We all left the bloody mess in disbelief of the events that just occurred. Juliet, my daughter thus sucked from my own teat, slain! Two family members, Tybalt and Paris, slain! And Romeo, my dear Juliet’s husband, mysteriously dead. Oh me, tragedy on all thy houses.

Holy St. Francis!

A Wedding...A Funeral

The next day, a party was held for the marriage of Juliet and Paris. I could see the look in Juliet’s eyes that she didn’t want to be in such an uncomfortable situation. Juliet ready to marry Paris when she is already married to Romeo! It is not possible. Friar Laurence has to have a potion or something to stop this from happening!

Both Lady Capulet and Capulet were all for the idea of marriage, yet they didn’t know about Romeo and Juliet. I took Juliet back to her chamber to get her dressed for bed. She was panicking and didn’t know what to do. Lady Capulet entered and soon her and I both left Juliet alone to sleep.

It was the day of the wedding and everything was in a big scurry. Lady Capulet was ordering me to go here and fetch spices here and wake Juliet here. I went into the sleeping chamber of Juliet to find her dead! I panicked, “Alas, alas! Help, help! My lady's dead! O, well-a-day, that ever I was born! Some aqua vitae, ho! My lord! My lady!”

What a shame, my child that sucked from my teat, dead! Right before the wedding of her and Paris! I lay her to sleep the night before and the morn she wakes she’s dead! the plans of a wedding now changed to a funeral! Oh the grief! Oh the hardship! First Tybalt’s death, now Juliet? What is this world coming to!

A Bloody Day...

I arrived at the scene with Lady Capulet and Capulet later that day. It was horrible. Tybalt slain and Romeo banished! Blood spilled all over the streets of Verona! I wonder how Juliet will feel when I tell her of this horrible news. That night after the fight I went back to the house hold bearing the bad news. I had to tell Juliet, she couldn’t go on not knowing this horrible news. I walked into her bedroom and said, “Ah, well-a-day! He’s dead, he's dead, he's dead! We are undone, lady, we are undone! Alack the day! He’s gone, he's kill'd, he's dead!”

Juliet was devastated. Later that night I went to see Friar Laurence down at his cell, knowing that Romeo fled to hide in his cell. I spoke to Romeo in great concern for Juliet.
I spoke to Romeo, oh sad Romeo, about Juliet’s sadness. I could see that Romeo was extremely sad. I presented him with a ring from Juliet and left the cell to head back to the home of the Capulets.

Romeo comes back to thy house and speaks to Juliet once more! A short goodbye was all it was, as then Lady Capulet and Capulet entered. The four of us sat down and discussed Juliet’s sadness. Lady Capulet thinks that marrying council Paris would be the best idea, yet she does not know about Juliet and Romeo’s marriage. Ah me, why do I have to keep all these secrets!

Marriage...

I hear news of Juliet and Romeo from Juliet right after the party was held. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. A marriage to the enemy’s son I hear? I must keep this a secret because if and of the Capulet or Montague households hear of this, the marriage will be ruined!

I met with Romeo and all the Montagues the next morn. I was to deliver a message to Romeo as to when the wedding would be held. Those Montagues were rather rude fellows, insulting me. Finally I found Romeo, as I delivered the message to him, the other Montagues left. As I and young Romeo spoke, he mentioned the wedding plans, “Bid her devise, some means to come to shrift this afternoon; and there she shall at Friar Laurence’ cell, be shrived and married. Here is for thy pains.”

As I entered the household of Capulet, I was weary and tired. As I walked in the door of fair Juliet’s bedroom, Juliet rushed towards me asking when the wedding was. Quite an anxious one she is, so I took my sweet time explaining the news to her young ears. She was panicking as I took my time, and burst out, “Here’s such a coil! Come, what says my Romeo?”

Juliet had little to time to be ready for the marriage as it was almost afternoon and she was not prepared. Juliet seemed happy, yet nervous at the same time. I think Romeo is a swell guy and he would make a good husband for dear Juliet. Juliet left the house to be married to Romeo as my work here was done.

Party Time!

One splendid day I was with my fair Lady Capulet. We entered the room of young Juliet. Juliet lay on her bed as the three of us were talking about her marriage. Juliet hath almost 14 years of age. She is almost ready to marry. “It is an honor I dream not of,” says Juliet.

Why would a child of her kind not want to be married? Paris was waiting for her hand in marriage but I think that it would be a pitiful decision to accept it! In the middle of our discussion a servant walks in, ruining the little talk we were having.

The next evening Capulet held a party, all the guests arrived and it was a magical night. I couldn’t help but spot Juliet with another male. He grabbed her hand and they were talking. Afterwards, this man came up to me, asked me for the name of Juliet. I replied, “Marry, bachelor, her mother is the lady of the house, and a good lady, wise and virtuous.”

He looked stunned, almost as if he had run into a wall of stone. The party has ended, fair Juliet comes running to me with a question, “What is he that follows there, that would not dance?”

I ran after him and asked his name. I return to my lady Juliet, bearing the news that this man is a Montague, the son of our great enemy! His name was Romeo. Juliet is called. We leave the party.