Monday, December 7, 2015

Defying Stars and Antecedents

(Note: Some parts are adopted from Shakespeare’s original script.)

Burial rites of Capulet family to Juliet.
Friar:              With all thy respect and rites of thy burial
Within my tent her bones tonight shall lie thou;
So call the field to rest, and let’s away
To part the glories of this mournful day.
Balthasar:      *hides, whispers*
Wherefore mourn thou Capulet people?
Oh, thy princess Juliet!
Why opt to sleep in that apothecary!
Why dost thou stay! I shall forth to Romeo’s place.

Balthasar hurries to Mantua.
Balthasar:      Sure, Romeo will mourn from morning until dawn!
                        Oh dearest friend, how unlucky is thy fate!

Passed the checkpoint of Verona’s borders.
Soldier 1:       Who art thou? Thy dost here!
One must not leave Verona, Prince’s order.
Balthasar:      Prithee, an accident, sir. My mother dies in Mantua!
Soldier 2:       Ha, ha, ha! Who? Thy mother?
Thou stupid excuse, everyone dies there!
Soldier 1:       Epidemic place, including Romeo!
Soldier 1& 2:             Ha, ha!
Balthasar:      *angrily and annoyed*
                        Thou shall not make laugh of thy dearest friend!
Soldier 1:       Opt to rebel?
                        *kills Balthasar*

Romeo in Mantua.
Romeo:         I dreamt my lady came and found me dead.
Strange dream that gives a dead man leave to think.
Oh, thy dearest Juliet, wherefore?
You make my life alone miserable!
                      I long for your lips, your touch, your love!
Messenger:   Romeo, friend Balthasar is dead!
                        He oath these words before thy last breathe:
                        “I thy dear Romeo to be in Verona. Summon him rapidly.”

Romeo mourns.
Romeo:          Wherefore thou fate testing me!
I’m beseeching thou god of the city!
Make thy life an immaculate one!
                        Now, I defy you stars, and all those distorted antecedents!

Romeo quickly went to Verona, and went to Friar Lawrence’s cell. At this time, Friar Lawrence knew that Friar John was unable to send the letter to Romeo.
Romeo:           *melancholically greeted friar Lawrence*
                        Friar, help thou art. I feel so heavily burdened.
Friar L.:            Have thou gone to thy apothecary?
Romeo:            Apothecary? Balthasar laid in an apothecary?
Friar L.:            Unhappy fortune! Haven’t you lamented because of thy Juliet?                        
                         Go to thy Capels’ monument and kiss her to make her alive.

Romeo quickly rushed to the Capulet’s apothecary and followed what Friar Lawrence said.
Romeo:           Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee to-night.
                        Let's see for means: O mischief, thou art swift
                        A dram of poison, such soon-speeding gear
                        That the life-weary taker may fall dead
                        And that the trunk may be discharged of breath
Juliet:              Oh Romeo, Romeo thy dearest!
                       Thank thou for saving thy loveth lady!

Paris saw Romeo and Juliet kissing. He challenged Romeo to fight.
Paris:              I am her fiancée! Thou have no right to touch her!
Romeo:          Juliet is my wife! We are loving and we will love each other for the rest of our days!
Paris:              Curse you, Romeo of Montague!

Paris killed Romeo.
Juliet:             How oft when men are at the point of death
Death that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath.
Dear Romeo, what’s thy life without you?
It’s better to die than to live a stupid life!
Oh, a noise? Let me do this quick.
A happy dagger!
Paris, go thou marry thyself!

Juliet fell to Romeo’s body. Paris quickly escaped out of the apothecary.

Paris was a witness of Romeo and Juliet’s love for each other. He shared the testimony to Lord and Lady Capulet and from that incident until today, the walls built up between the Montagues and Capulets collapsed. The walls that were built in decades, fell down because of Romeo and Juliet’s truth to their love.


“Love always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.”

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