Juliet Capulet’s Monologue

https://youtu.be/8cbMESgbEns

I truly liked the process of a monologue. When decided to do this monologue, I was going to do the version that I have seen done so many times. I was planning on doing the original language within a nightgown and just being embarrassed and just talking Romeo's ear off. Though when I started to do the exercise I realized I wanted to put our version on it. Once it was approved, I did the modern version from No Fear Shakespeare. Allowing myself to not have the difficult language of Shakespeare in my project, I still didn't think to do the whole in modern time until we discussed my monologue with the class. Then I really embraced my monologue and was able to realize I relate to Juliet even more than I thought. I noticed we both like older men and the world is against us being together. Having something holding Juliet and me back from our dream romance caused me to involve more in my monologue. Mrs. Guarino even suggested I add at the end of my monologue a picture of my celebrity crush. I loved adding this to my monologue because it created this extra aspect to my monologue to make it even more real. Another thing I didn't realize added to my modernized version of Juliet's monologue was actually added after I did my draft of my monologue. I created my monologue at night when I was already in my pajamas and when I showed it to the class, they suggested I wear normal average pajamas instead of a nightgown due to the fact that it was realistic to the modern time. I just my monologue wore my average flannel pajamas to show that Juliet's situation is a common situation for crushing teens and how expressing your true feelings about a crush to them or to your friends. The embarrassment of showing your love for someone is too hard to expose but you shouldn't feel embarrassed since it is normal for teens. So, I need to work on thinking about every little thing that matters, and in order to show your goal, you have to think of it all. I have to think about the end result. I believe in the end I did better and that is all thanks to my classmates. Though I do believe I expressed the emotion of Juliet's love well.

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