Romeo and Juliet Multigenre Project by Georgia Speelman

Dear Reader,

27gspeelman — 2024-05-15 13:47:22 UTC

Welcome reader to the Padlet of my Romeo and Juliet Multigenre Project. This collection of work is about the ever-influential story, Romeo and Juliet. The story of Romeo and Juliet is about two "star-crossed lovers" that fall in love at first sight. Romeo and Juliet are members of opposing families, and their love is very forbidden. Throughout the story, we see how the couple expresses their deep admiration for each other. But, more importantly Shakespeare illustrates the strong trait of hate through the families therefore exhibiting the fact that the only thing that can be stronger than love is hate. Each part of this project is used to further elaborate the fact of the theme. Afterall, love isn't just love. Shakespeare speaks it best in the play, "Love is heavy and light, bright and dark, hot and cold, sick and healthy, asleep and awake-its everything except what it is!" (Rom.1.1).

Postcard from Verona: Lord Capulet to Juliet

27gspeelman — 2024-05-15 13:50:43 UTC

I slightly changed one of the events in the play for this postcard to make sense. All throughout the work, Lord Capulet tries to convince Juliet and set up marriage plans for Juliet and Paris. However, Juliet is VERY against the idea of marrying Paris because she has fallen so hard for Romeo. Towards the end of the story, Lord Capulet threatens to throw out Juliet if she refuses to marry Paris. So, this postcard was created with the idea in mind that Lord Capulet did end up kicking out his daughter and banishing her to a different location. The relationship between Lord Capulet and his daughter further exhibits the fact that hate is strong and can cause impulsive decisions to occur.

Here's the quote when Lord Capulet threatens to throw Juliet out: "Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch! I tell thee what: get thee to church o'Thursday, Or never after look me in the face" (Rom.5.3.).

This quote relates to the theme and topic because it shows Lord Capulet's expression of love and hate in the section. Because Juliet is his daughter and she loves her so much, he is trying to look out for her. But because of his overprotectiveness, he is really expressing hatred.

27gspeelman — 2024-05-16 13:42:21 UTC

For another element of my project, I created an invite for the monumental brawl between Tybalt and Romeo. The moment where Romeo and Tybalt fight to kill is a super important scene in the story due to Tybalt dying and the escalation we can infer Romeo's love has come to. The fight begins when Mercutio and Tybalt provoke each other. Long story short, Tybalt kills Mercutio brutally. Throughout the story, the speaker addresses how Romeo is clearly not a fighter, but a lover. In the situation where Romeo gets revenge on Tybalt and slaughters him, he is most definitely a fighter. However, the murderous behavior stems from the love that Romeo had for his best friend Mercutio. It just so happened that the hate of Tybalt overtook Romeo, eventually leading to Tybalt's death. The situation makes the two families hate each other even more.

When Lady Capulet arrives at the scene she is very disheveled, "I beg for justice, which thou, prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live" (Rom. 3.1.189-190).

Here is another example of love turning into hate. Due to Lady Capulet's love for her nephew, she now has a desire to kill Romeo which is a form of hate that will destroy lives.

Bumper Sticker

27gspeelman — 2024-05-17 13:20:16 UTC

I created a bumper sticker that illustrates that hate is greater than love. The theme directly connects with my sticker since my theme is "The only thing stronger than love is hate". In Romeo and Juliet, Romeo says a very influential line that has been popular for years.

"My only love sprung from my only hate!" (Rom.1.5.155).

Shakespeare uses oxymorons like the one above to explain the irony in the work, and how wherever love is present, it has often come from hate or vice versa.

Obituary for Romeo Montague

27gspeelman — 2024-05-17 13:36:19 UTC

I made an obituary celebrating the life of Romeo Montague. Romeo saw that Juliet passed out from the mystical potion she received from the Friar, and he assumed immediately that she was dead. He couldn't take the misery, and tragically killed himself by taking a poisonous elixir. The reason why Juliet had to take the potion in the first place was because she had to pretend to be dead so that her parents wouldn't make her marry Paris. The whole situation here stemmed from hate. Because of the strong bias the Capulets had against the Montagues, they would never let Juliet marry Romeo. Therefore, she had to take matters into her own hands. All of the mess here caused the death of Romeo and Juliet. The story ends with a closing note by the narrator, as he examines the chaos involved in Romeo and Juliet's story all due to the families fighting.

"For never was a story of more woe, Than this of Juliet and her Romeo" (Rom.5.3).

Venn Diagram

27gspeelman — 2024-05-17 13:50:04 UTC

For a comparison with Juliet and another character, I chose to compare her to Rapunzel. The two have many similarities some being that they have controlling parents that show hatred towards the girls due to trying to protect them, they both fall madly in love and will do anything to be with the one they want, and they disobey authority. In Romeo and Juliet, the Capulet parents show hatred instead of love towards Juliet when they practically force her to marry. The situation here leads to eternal effects with Juliet taking her own life because she would rather be with Romeo. A similar situation occurs in the Disney classic Tangled, except there is a happy ending. Rapunzel's "mom" keeps her locked in a tower isolated from the modern world. This is a form of protection, but it is exhibited through hatred since Rapunzel is a young adult who just wants to live her life. Rapunzel's authority figure is despicable and doesn't want her to be happy and marry the guy she wants. The hate is more powerful than the love. Going along with the disobedience towards authority, Juliet refuses to marry Romeo.

Shakespeare speaks about her frustration through this line, "I pray you tell my lord and father, madam, I will not marry yet, and, when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, Rather than Paris" (Rom.3.5.121-123).

Once again, both love and hate are present in the quote above. Because Juliet loves Romeo so much, she desperately hates Paris. The hatred she expresses to her loved ones leads to even more despair.