Monologue Exercises

 The big aspect of exercise 110 is understanding the play and character that our monologue is in and performed by. We should truly know the story and especially the way our character acts and behaves.  We should be able to mentally become our character. I understand her feeling of true love for Romeo and was embarrassed in this scene because she opened up her heart about her love for Romeo and to find out that he actually heard her must have been very nerve-wracking. We should absorb our character's monologue and the character's behavior and actions. Also when we should read the whole play and even make sure the monologue we picked is still the one they can perform best. I have completed reading Romeo and Juliet. I picked this monologue because I understand the feeling of insecurity of love and the embrassemnt of the reveal of her naked emotion. In exercise 111, they want us to discover all the known facts about our character. I know that Juliet is 14 years old, she lives with her parents and has no siblings though she is close to her cousin and she fell in love with her family's rival and her love is strong. She grew up in Italy, and that her parents were forced into their marriage and so was she originally. Her family truly affected who she was in the play and her wealth. She was young and pushed into the future too early in her life. They want us to outline the information we have about the character and if something is not known develop your own information as long as it makes sense to the story. They want to make there is no hole and confusion in our understanding of our character. Most of the holes in Juliet's story are full. We should know how our characters became the person they are and understand why. This is the true process of bringing your character to life.