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• The title of the song

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• Why you picked it and what character it fits

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💔❤️ Funny, sweet, dramatic, or sad—all kinds of love songs are welcome.

Bonus Challenge"

“Include a Shakespeare quote that connects to your song and earn +1 extra credit.”

This is a 30 point assignment.

Extra Credit: Comment on someone's song (up to two for credit: 5 points each)

Extra Credit: Do another song! (10 points per song, up to two extra)

Total possible extra credit points: 30

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“Loving you / Isn’t the right thing to do / But how can I ever change things that I feel?”

Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac

“Loving you / Isn’t the right thing to do / But how can I ever change things that I feel?”

Why It Connects:
Why I Picked It:
This song reminds me of Juliet when she’s torn between loyalty to her family and love for Romeo in Act I, Scene 5. She can’t help how she feels, even though she knows it’s going to end badly. It also makes me think of Act 3, Scene 5, when she tells Romeo to go and it breaks her heart.

Which theme does it fit?
💔 Love Against the Odds

Shakespeare Quote Connection (Extra Credit):

“ O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou 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."

Scene it relates to : Romeo

What lady is that, which doth enrich the hand               

Of yonder knight?

Servant

I know not, sir.

This song relates to this because Tyler meets a girl and he doesn't know her name so he approaches her and attempts to get to know through the verse than asks her name in the chorus, this relates because Romeo who doesn't know Juliet starts to ask around who she is then goes in a monologue about how beautiful she is

Well, there's just an empty space,

And there's nothing left here to remind me,

Just the memory of your face."

Why it Connects:

Why I Picked It:

This song reminds me of Romeo discovering Juliet, who appears lifeless. Believing her to be deceased, Romeo is overwhelmed by grief and describes the emptiness and the despair he feels with her not being part of his life. This fits the scene perfectly as it captures Romeo's heartbreak as he gazes upon the "lifeless" Juliet, seeing her as "just a memory" of her face before he drinks the poison and joins her in her eternal rest in Act 5, Scene 3.

Which theme does it fit?

💞🔥⚔ Love Against the Odds

Shakespeare Quote Connection

(Extra Credit):

"Here, here will I remain

With worms that are thy chambermaids; O,

here

Will I set up my everlasting rest,

And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars

From this world-wearied flesh!"

Scene it relates to : Romeo

O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night

As a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear — 

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.

So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows,

As yonder lady o'er her fellows shows.

The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand

And, touching hers, make blessèd my rude hand.          

Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,

For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

These relate to each other because Romeo just meets Juliet, goes on a monologue about her, before approaching her, and how beautiful she is and this song is talking about how Tyler is falling in love with the person the album is about

Why It Connects:

Why I Picked It:

This song reminds her of Juliet's feelings for Romeo, but she questions herself for thinking of having a relationship with Romeo during the balcony scene.

Act II, Scene 2. Juliet loves Romeo but fears that if the other Capulets discover the relationship she shares with Romeo, they will murder Romeo Montigue. It also reminds me of how Romeo feels about himself when he finds Juliet dead in the tomb: "Tybalt, liest thou there in thy bloody sheet? O, what more favor can I do to thee?," (5.3).

Which theme does it fit?

💔♾️Love against the odds and wanting a second chance at Love.

Shakespeare Quote Connection (Extra Credit):

"Love's not time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come."

"I feel you deep in my skin (deep in my skin)

I can't let you in ( I can't let you in)

But you're what I need (what I need, what I need)

You're what I need (you're what I need)"

Why it connects:

It connects because Jaydes signifies that he likes someone and knows he should not be with them. Just like how Juliet loves Romeo but knows she should not be with him because he is a Montague.

Why I picked it:

This song reminds me of Juliet because even though she loves Romeo, he is a Montague, and she is a Capulet. The two households are having a feud, so the other Capulets would not be fond of this couple, and she is fully aware of this.

The quote, "What lady is that, which doth enrich the hand, Of yonder knight?/ O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night" And the lyric "Something in your eyes was so inviting, Something in your smile was so exciting, Something in my heart, Told me I must have you". I think these would fit together because after they saw each other they couldn't stop thinking about each other.

Out of body // That's just how I feel when I'm around you shawty

Why I picked it:

I chose this song because I think it fits Romeo throughout the play. In the first verse, Drake is telling an ex-lover they are to blame for where they are in the relationship and that he met someone new who he's going to see again. I believe Romeo would've said this to Rosaline after he met Juliet in Act 1, Scene 5 if he were to see her again. Also, the second verse describes an "Out of body" feeling with this new lover, which could apply to Act 2, Scene 2, when Romeo and Juliet are together on the balcony.

"I have died everyday waiting for you

"Darling, don't be afraid I have loved you for a thousand years"

Why I picked it:

The song fits Juliet, as the song's feeling of destiny matches how quickly and deeply Juliet falls in love with Romeo, like she's been waiting her whole life. It's like she knew she would love him, even before she met him, and that their love was meant to be.

Act I, Scene 5: Juliet's shocked and upset that she fell in love with someone she's supposed to hate, and she wishes she knew who he was before she fell in love with him, so she could have avoided all this trouble.

Which theme does it fit?

❤️ Falling in Love

Shakespeare Quote Connection

(Extra Credit):

"My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

"We only met each other just the other day
But you already got me feeling some type of way"

Why I picked it:

I chose this song is because it reminds me of the moment when Romeo first saw Juliet at the Capulet party in Act 1, Scene 5. It illustrates how quickly Romeo starts to develop feelings for Juliet even though he just met her has already lost his feelings for Rosaline.

Which theme does it fit?

❤️ Falling in Love

Shakespeare Quote Connection

(Extra Credit):

"If I profane with my unworthiest hand

This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:

[Romeo takes Juliet’s hand]

My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand

To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."

"If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you If the party was over And our time on Earth was through I'd wanna hold you just for a while And die with a smile If the world was ending I'd wanna be next to you"

I picked this quote because it reminds me of Romeo and Juliet t the end of the play and when Romeo chooses to drink poison as he would rather die next to Juliet than live in a world without her and for Juliet it reminds me of how she chose to kill herself and die next to Romeo than running away and living without him with them both choosing to die next to each other than living without each other .

Act 5 scene 3

"For fear of that I still will stay with thee, And never from this palace of dim night Depart again. Here, here will I remain With worms that are thy chamber-maids. O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest,"Romeo says this to emphasize how he would stay with Juliet and never leave her side out of his love for her

Lyrics: "How was I supposed to know
This is how it gonna go?
Thought that if I put you first enough
We'll last for sure, last for sure (for sure)"

Why I picked it:

I picked this song because it relates Romeo. It relates to how he feels after everything takes place. After Killing Both Tybalt and Paris. After Mercucio died. It shows how he feels after all the deaths and misery that was caused.in

Which theme does it fit?

Unhappy love/Heartbreak

Extra Credit(Quote Connection): "O, here

Will I set up my everlasting rest,                                   

And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars

From this world-wearied flesh. Eyes, look your last!

Arms, take your last embrace! And, lips, O you

The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss

A dateless bargain to engrossing death!"Act 5, Scene 3.

Some people want diamond rings
Some just want everything
But everything means nothing
If I ain't got you, yeah"

Why I picked it:

I picked this because it relates to both Romeo and Juliet. It relates to both Romeo and Juliet because it shows who they both fell. Juliet wants to be with Romeo so bad that she comes up with the crazy plan to be in a lifeless state in Act 4, Scene 5. And Romeo kills himself when he finds out that Juliet is "Dead" through miscommunication in Act 5, scene 3.

Extra Credit(Quote Connection):"For fear of that I still will stay with thee,

And never from this palace of dim night

Depart again. Here, here will I remain."

I wanna be your vacuum cleaner
Breathing in your dust
I wanna be your Ford Cortina
I will never rust

If you like your coffee hot
Let me be your coffee pot
You call the shots, babe
I just wanna be yours

Why I picked it

The song reflects on how Romeo fell in love at first sight with Juliet and how he was ready to do anything to be with her. Though he just met Juliet he already had the thought of forever loving her in his heart even though he was previously in love with Roseline. He was constantly hypnotized by her beauty at the Capulet party that he was thinking that did his heart loved someone till now.

Which theme does it fit - Falling in Love

Shakespeare Connection (Extra Credit)

"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night

As a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear

Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear.

The measure done, I'll watch her place of stand

And, touching hers, make blessèd my rude hand.          

Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight,

For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."

Why I picked these lyrics: I chose these lyrics because they relate to how the characters Romeo and Juliet interact in Act 1 Scene 5. Both Romeo and Juliet are at the Capulet party, and they see each other. Romeo makes his way through the other Capulets and approaches Juliet. These lyrics can be put in a first point of view for Juliet because she is the one being approached. Overall, I believe that this song fits Act 1 scene 5 because of how well it describes Romeo meeting Juliet for the first time.

This song relates because Frank talks about how him being in love with someone who doesn't love him back because they don't even love people in gender this fits Romeo because he is very sad at the start of the play because he is in love with someone who could never love him back

Imagine me
Circling through life without a piece of you
Seven out of seven days I'm needin' you
You bring life to the party

Why I picked it:

I chose this song because the lyrics fit Romeo and Juliet's love perfectly throughout the play, with them driving each other crazy in love.

Spinnin around and around, oh, yeah

Although we've come to the end of the road

Still I can't let go

It's unnatural, you belong to me

I belong to you"

What it relates to: This relates to how Romeo feels when he find out that Juliet is dead when the Lyrics say" Although we've come to the end of the road, Still I can't let go" Shows who Romeo can't leave Juliet which is why he kills himself with the poison.

Extra Credit(Quote Connection): "For fear of that I still will stay with thee,

And never from this palace of dim night" Act 5, Scene 3.

'Cause you make my earth quake (earth quake, ooh)
Oh, you make my earth quake
Riding around, your love is shakin' me up, and it's making my heart break

Why I picked it:

I chose this song because I think it fits how Romeo felt about Rosaline in Act 1, Scene 1. Romeo wasn't receiving the love he gave to Rosaline, which was "shakin' him up," making him sad and breaking his heart.