AN- I don't own nothing, not even Damon Salvatore. I only take the characters on a ride in my mind...
Chapter 3,
I reached school and met up with Bonnie and Caroline,
"Hey Bonnie, thanks again for your help." I told my friend,
"Hey no problem.'' She said smiling,
"So whats up with you and Stefan?" Car asked,
"Um..." I tattled,
"Spill it Gilbert." Bonnie said,
"At the masquerade, Damon told me he loved me and I told him that I felt the same way, he was about to kiss me when I told him that I wouldn't. Not until Stefan knew. We went to find Stefan and I found him kissing Katherine... I pretty much stormed out." I said,
"Wow." Bonnie said,
"Stefan is a jerk." Bonnie said,
"So what about you and Damon?" Caroline asked,
"I told him that I want to wait, and even then take things slow. I need to prove to myself that I am not Katherine." I said,
"Oh honey, you are sooooooo not Katherine." Caroline said
"So what do we have first?" I asked trying to change the subject,
"English, and I hear that we have a substitute, apparently Mr. Mille is on vacation." Caroline said as we made our way into class and took a seat,
After the final bell, I was in the back reading the last few pages of Romeo and Juliet when I saw someone tapping on my desk trying to get my attention, I looked up and was literally shocked to see Damon. Yes Damon Salvator standing in a suit, (looking like a sexy eternal stud) looking at me,
"Miss...?" He said playing the dumb card,
"Elena, Elena Gilbert." I said,
"Miss Gilbert, I hope you have read the whole play at home?" He asked,
"Yes I have." I replied, I was in no mood to say, 'yes sir' to that man. He smiled and walked as I was left to gawk, I mean he is good looking...
Caroline and Bonnie were giving me the, 'WTF' stare and i shrugged helplessly. Damon walked to the blackboard and said,
"Good morning guys. I am your new English literature teacher because Mr Mille is on leave. My name is Damon Salvatore. Now I know that we will be reading Romeo and Juliet, Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of playwright William Shakespeare about two young "star-cross'd lovers" whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular archetypal stories of young, teenage lovers. One of my favorite quotes from the play is, Act II, Sc. II For stony limits cannot hold love out." He said making me blush,
"What about you Miss Gilbert, which quote do you like?" He asked making people turn towards me... ass.
"Uh... I always liked Is love a tender thing? It is too rough,
Too rude, too boist'rous; and it pricks like thorn." I said,
"Do you believe that?" He said,
"Pardon?" I asked,
"You have a whole play full of wonderful quotes and you pick that one, do you really think love is like that?" He asked,
"Can I change my answer then?" I said as a few people snickered,
"Of course." He exclaimed,
"How about, Did my heart love till now?
Forswear it, sight!
For I ne'er saw true beauty
till this night!" I said and some people clapped at my dramatic acting even Damon.
"Can anyone some this story up in a few lines?" Damon said,
"Anyone... anyone? Well To me, it reminds that we are not in control of love. Love and obsession can completely consume and destroy, all the while we are lured along by our own burning desire. Every character is unique. Like your thoughts, experiences and conflicts within yourself. Do not listen to the people who tell you to see them as "fictional creation in a stage drama", treat them as fellow men.
Romeo, the love drunk neighbour, son of a wealthy family who is not allowed to be with his love because their two families are enemies. The strong Mercutio is killed because of a long-lasting fight he has to continue. Lady Capulet and her less-familiar relationship to her own daughter.
A real stage drama is based on its fate. Like Aristotle said, every hero has a fatal flaw. And every real hero of a tragedy has to go through this. He struggles with his fatal flaw and the developing circumstances. "Personal defect" which sleeps within the hero the whole time breaks out at the play's climax, which leads to the tragedy. A real tragedy is always based on the fate of its hero. I do not want to hear anything about a peaceful ending.
Romeo is led by his love to Juliet, he climbs the enemy's walls and has no doubt that he will not have her in the end. He is the tragic hero who does not know that he is infected by the fight of his family. To satisfy his thirst for revenge he kills. This leads to the tragic end of the two lovers which could only be together in death. The whole long way was lead by their early clear-cut fate. The are forced to go a complex way of powerful influences.
Secondly, an important aspect is the language. In Shakespeare's puns you can see everything this play wants to scrutinise. Society, love, hate... The puns and the stylistic devices are used by Shakespeare to sharpen the dramatic irony.
Mercutio's dying pun, "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."
Shakespeare's play is based on true traditional ways to awake and affect the audience and every person, no matter what status. Follow his characters, who first show us how to think about ourselves and their statements given them by Shakespeare himself and you will find the true meaning of this play and the circumstances of the time it was written in." He said,
I got a text from Bonnie,
Your paying attention, =p- B
Come on B, he put me on the hot seat- E
Well I can't believe how he managed to make this play interesting- B
And before I could reply my phone was in Damon's hands,
"Miss Gilbert, I am confiscating your phone." He announced,
"I don't believe substitutes can confiscate phones Mr. Salvatore." I replied tartly,
"Ah but they can, and they can also give you detention. Which by the way I'm giving you." He said with a smirk.
Great! Woohoo! Detention... and with Damon.
The rest of the day went by as a snore. But finally the bell for home time rang.
"Hey, you got detention, where you going?" Bonnie asked as we stepped out of Biology class,
"I'm gonna run to my car to grab a book. Don't want to suffer the wrath of Mr. Salvatore." I said rolling my eyes as Bonnie laughed.
I had a couple of minutes before I had to go to detention so I went to my car to get a book I was reading, I had the book in my hand before someone grabbed me from behind,
"Aaaah... Oof." I screamed before that person knocked me hard and I blacked out...