Comic version of Romeo and Juliet

Comic version of Romeo And Juliet

 In this project, our group is going to adapt comedy to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is really beautiful story and it's full of poetic lines, but we thought it will be extremely hilarious if we change some settings and how we act. Sarcasm will be the main literary feature of the new play. For example, the show, Saturday Night Live, performs serious and heavy plays hilariously by changing settings, how they act, and emphasizing some ironic situations. We will approach every lines in new perspective, so that modern audiences can forget about how beautiful the original story was. Approaching the story with totally new perspective and coming up with funny ideas of new settings will help us to think more critically and creatively.

 We will perform the scene 1.5, 2.2 and 3.1. First, scene 1.5 is the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet. The most of their lines are so poetic and beautiful, and we have to stay in original language, so we will have hard time to compose a funny scene. However, Romeo is only 16 years old boy, so he wouldn't have that much experience at saying those beautiful words which also can sound hilarious to others. Scene 2.2 is the balcony scene which is one of the most beautiful scene. We are going to have slight change of settings like Juliet is actually staying at 35th floor of extremely high hotel or actually everything is happening through social media, so that we can add some hilarious sources by the things that can actually happen in modern days. Finally in the scene 3.1, the fight scene of Tybalt and Mercutio, they will act like really dumb. They've never actually killed someone before, and never even dreamed of it. Also we can add slow motion in the scene, so that we can emphasize exaggerated facial expressions.

 We will need at least 2 people for the scene 1.5. Olivia will be Juliet and Ryan will be Romeo and we might put more people to express the crowded party. For the scene 2.2, we also need at least 2 people and to divide the lines evenly, we can change the actors from the first scene. Lastly, at least 3 people will be in the scene 3.1.

act 3 scene 5

http://youtu.be/uqDzeEi6LTg

Death (Sun rises after dark)

The term death appears a lot of times in Act 3, scene 3. Romeo expresses banishment which is the punishment for killing Tybalt as a death. Death generally means the end of the life or everything that makes us to exist. Living out of City Verona is same thing with living in hell to Romeo especially because Juliet isn't there. Human beings wants to avoid their death when they have precious existence such as someone who they love and also because no one knows what will happen after it. Also, death actually affects to others rather than a person who really dies. For example, if Romeo gets kicked out from the city, then his family, friends, and people who were close to him especially Juliet will be in deep sorrow missing his existence. However, death always gets substituted by new birth that fills another part in our heart. End of the story brings the new beginning of the whole different story, like Romeo and Juliet's death brings peace between the two incorrigible households.

Iambic pentameter

I like to look the stars and moon at night.
Oh night can only bright the stars and moon.

awesome sample of flirting (Act 2 scene 2)

 Act 2 scene 2 is the most famous scene in the play Romeo and Juliet, because of whole bunch of romantic words and the unique setting. Also, scene 2 is my favorite scene because it reminds my personal memory and I feel I'm going to fall in love with somebody.

In the beginning of scene 2, Romeo compares Juliet to the sun which is the center of the universe.
"It is the East, and Juliet is the sun." (Act 2, scene 2, line 3). The sun provides the light which is one of the most important sources. Sun also keeps line for the whole world by gravity. Everything might be impossible to exist without the sun. Romeo is also saying that Juliet is lighting and wakes him up. He can't live without her just like living without the sun and it means Juliet is occupying so many part in Romeo's life. Also sun is so beautiful and powerful even hard to look at it directly and describe it in words. Romeo and Juliet also expose how much they love each other and confirm their love toward each other. Also, this scene is the first scene that Juliet exposes her true characteristic and honest feelings about Romeo. I could assume that Juliet had had similar life with Romeo in this scene. They were born in extremely rich household, but in fact both of them were living very lonely  life. She talks about their identity mentioning their family name. She is ready to give up her family and identity, and also wants the same thing from Romeo. "Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet." (Act 2 ,Scene 2, line 37-39). This line shows how much Juliet loves Romeo even though she doesn't know Romeo well. Also it tells that Juliet is out of her mind wtih love, because she loves Romeo more than her family name. She thinks their family name cannot be an obstacle for their love. She expects Romeo to get out of his family and make a new family with her. In normal way, it sounds extremely crazy. However Shakespeare depicts the craziness followed by love in very smooth way.

Juliet speech

In Act 2, scene 2 Juliet is saying that she also loves Romeo. She is just thinking out loud in lines 36 to 45. She asks why Romeo's name is Romeo, and she is ready to give up everything from where she belongs which is Capulet.

blog #3

 My basic knowledge about the story of Romeo and Juliet is that both are teenagers and fell in love at one sight to each other. However unfortunately, the relationship between two households is extremely unpleasant. Thus, Romeo and Juliet fervently loved each other, but the story ended up in tragedy. They killed themselves because of each other which I thought it was kind of ridiculous.

My first impression of Act 1 was craziness of the world where Romeo and Juliet live and pity for them. I could feel that Romeo and Juliet are the biggest two victims of the extremely insane world which is made by their rich parents and guess why they fell in love to each other so fast. In Act 1, I  could find Romeo's childish characteristic. When he have conversation with his uncle, he mentions about his lover and says "If my eyes ever lie to me like that, let my tears turn into flames and burn them for being such obvious liars! A woman more beautiful than the one I love? The sun itself has never seen anyone as beautiful since the world began." This part shows how Romeo is a babe in the woods. Also Romeo always talks about love and wonders about it, therefore I could assume that Romeo is in lack of love and that's the reason why he fell love with Juliet.

 Act 1 scene 5 is the scene that mostly shows characteristics of Romeo and Juliet by their first meeting. First Romeo falls in love with Juliet at one sight even though he had his previous lover Rosaline. When he starts to talk to Juliet, he talks like flirting genius. Every word from those two teenagers made me feel that they are the perfect match to each other. Their actions toward each others were very straight forward and feisty without any anxiety or fear. It also means that they always have been desiring for the love.