English Speaking and ListeningTuesday 8th Febuary 2005
Miss Brooks
Juliet's Monologue: At the end of Act 1 Scene 5
My GOD, please, WHY do you torment me so!
Tonight I met my soulmate, my only, my true love and now it seems fate has conspired to make us enemies!
It was at my parent's party as I was dancing. That was when I first saw him. We later talked in such sweet language before we kissed. Oh what kisses they were! I was sent to see the stars in the almighty heavens when my love kissed me. He was so gentle yet passionate – he left me burning for more.
In fact, my love managed to entrap, entice and enchant me so much, that he awoke some ancient, feminine, animalistic instinct deep down inside my soul which gave me the knowledge and the passion to give him as much as he gave me.
But my short happiness has been ruined by Nurse's revelation: My soul mate is the only son and heir for the Lord MONTAGUE!
My sweet Romeo will never be allowed near me by either my father or my cousin Tybalt. I am positive Tybalt suspects about my new found romance and I am not sure Nurse would be able to hold her tongue when pressed.
Perhaps my Lord Romeo and I should runaway together and marry. Then we could be safe from both of our families' prejudices.
I would give up anything and everything to be with my Romeo.
I only hope he feels the same way about me. I know he knows who I am – Nurse told me she told him – but will it matter to him? Will it matter that he has kissed a Capulet?
I pray it will not. I pray that he feels the same about me as I do about him.
Liz Ballantyne10AT10A2