Act III - Comic Commentator

As the Comic Commentator for Act III, it must be said that i dislike the idea of Shakespeare as a graphic novel. The graphic novel leaves nothing to the imagination, and no time to apreciate the true originality and now forced to embrace the characters on paper instead of allowing your mind to create the characters, the setting, and the scenes for yourself.

Act II Connector

Act II Connections Between Romeo and Juliet with....

A Play(West Side Story)....

Romeo and Juliet
~ Juliet confesses she dreads her
arranged marriage to Paris
~ Juliet questions the importance of
family rivalries and expresses her
love for Romeo (wherefore art thou
Romeo?..2.2.35-51)
~ The balcony is the place where they
can express their feelings
~ Both express fear and frustration
about the family and social restrictions
~ Nurse is fearful that Juliet will not
marry Paris and become involved with man
of wrong family
- forbiden love affair
- society keeps them appart

West Side Story
~ Maria admits she dreads her arranged
marriage to Chino
~ Tony expresses love for Maria through
song about her (“Maria”)
~ Fire escape of Maria’s apartment is where
they can express their feelings
~ Both express fear and frustration
of racial and ethnic tensions
~ Anita is aware and fearful that Maria is
involved with a boy from the ‘wrong side’
- forbiden love affair
- society tries to keep them apart

What makes us enemies? (really rough)

Standing here on my belcony my mind does wonder so,
O Romeo, Romeo wherefor art thou Romeo?
Shall we never meet again? am I to marry Paris and forever long to be in your arms? Shall we forever long to see eachother? doomed to never be happy with another?
why must we be apart?
'Tis but thy name that is my enemy.
Thou art thyself, though not a Montague.
What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face.Therefore who says thou art thy'n enemy? Love shalt not judge, nor shall I, thy parents i cannot account for. O, be some other name
Belonging to a man.What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet.
So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called,
Retain that dear perfection which he owes
Without that title. What ties thee to our names? Refuse thy names be but only thyselves. Romeo, doff thy name;
And for thy name, which is no part of thee,
Take all myself. For no longer shall i be Juliet, Capulet, nor he Romeo, Montegue. Only Romeo and Juliet, love shalt not judge.
therefor no longer shall we be enimeis, thou art be free to be whom ever we choose.
No capulets, nor montegues, only Romeo, only Juliet, friends, alies, lovers

Romeo....

I cannot explain in anyother way, the feelings in which i shared for you.You shared them with me as well, however that all changed in an instant.Somehow you turned your love for me off, without ever letting me tell you how i felt.I hope your sure of her feelings, as i can assure you from experiance they wont last, and so:

I loved you once, nor can this heart be quiet;
For it would seem that love still lingers there;
But do not you be further troubled by it;
I would in no wise hurt you, oh, my dear.

I loved you without hope, a mute offender;
What jealous pangs, what shy despairs I knew!
A love as deep as this, as true, as tender,
God grant another may yet offer you.(Alexander Pushkin, http://www.poetry.com/greatest-poem/14103715/)

Rosaline

Act I - Summarizer

This is the intial "meeting" act for Romeo and Juliet.
through out the first III scenes; the beginings of a fight breaks out in the town square between the Capulets and the Montegues, and Lord and Lady Montegue are worried about they're son Romeo, as he has been fairly glum lately. Benvolio, Romeo's best friend, discovers that Romeo's fowl mood is due to the fact that he is in love with Rosaline(a capulet) and she does not return his interest. Benvolio manages to convince Romeo to attend a Capulet Ball that is taking place that night, where he first sets eyes upon Juliet.
The last II scences of the first Act, are the turning point for Romeo. He is now filled with happiness and love instead of sadness and despair. He instantly falls in love with Juliet, and longs to gain her love and trust. They dance and carry on, until it is time to leave. We are left with them pondering their feelings and the longing to see eachother again.

Dear Juliet

If i had a choice i would not have been at you're Father's party, Benvolio convinced me it would be a good idea if i went. I think he might have known something i didn't.
I wanted you to know that what i feel for you is real, it's new, scary and extremely dangerous for us to venture down this path together, but i can only follow my feelings. I wanted a way for you to understand what happened inside my head that wonderful night, from the moment i saw you, dancing with you, kissing you and everything that follows,so i made this song for you, from a list songs you like that Benvolio managed to convince a friend to get for him. i hope you like it....

Hey soul sister, ain't that mister mister on the radio, stereo
The way you move ain't fair you know
Hey soul sister, I don't wanna miss a single thing you do tonight
How long, can I go on like this,
Wishing to kiss you,
Before I rightly explode?
This double life I lead isn't healthy for me
In fact it makes me nervous
If I get caught I could be risking it all
Your lipstick stains on the front lobe of my left side brains
I knew I wouldn't forget you
And so I went and let you blow my mind
Your sweet moving
The smell of you in every single dream I dream
I knew when we collided you're the one I have decided
Who's one of my kind
Is this forever?
If I should be so bold
I'd ask you to hold my heart in your hand
I'd tell you from the start how I've longed to be your man
But I never said a word
I guess I'm gonna miss my chance again
All I really wanna do is love you
A kind much closer than friends use
But I still can't say it after all we've been through
And all I really want from you is to feel me
As the feeling inside keeps building
And I will find a way to you if it kills me
If it kills me
If it kills me
I think it might kill me