Outline & Possible Beginning?

Introduction:

• Introduce play (short summary?)
• Explain which scene(s) is being played **need line numbers**
• Significance of these scenes
• Main Thesis: How the events change Juliet’s character and how that must be portrayed as an actor for the audience to understand

First paragraph:

• Explain Juliet before she meets Romeo (w/ evidence)
• Obedient, young, not much experience w/life
• How her behavior changes
• Excited, in ‘love,’breaks all the rules
• Change right before scene
• Paris comes into the picture + her reaction, her plan of attack

Second paragraph:

• First monologue of Juliet
• Worried, anxious, unsure, torn b/w love for Romeo and her own life turns to determination, confidence, need? (to do this)
• How was portrayed in the performance
• Facial expression, use of props, staging/blocking, line deliverance, reacting to my own lines?
• Change of character from first section

Third paragraph:

• Second monologue of Juliet
• Confused, sad, grief turns to determination, need to finish, desperate, love for Romeo
• How it was portrayed in performance
• Same elements as above
• How character change from first section is portrayed

Conclusion:

• Overall effect of the performance
• End feelings
• Effect of only monologues, no dialogue but still was interaction
• Possible improvements if given another chance

Over the course of the play “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet is a character that undergoes an immense amount of change in many different aspects. As a young girl falling in love, she experiences many emotions that previously have not been a part of her life. When she first sees Romeo, she immediately feels the connection between them. But she only realizes after that Romeo is, in fact, from the Montague family. The Montagues and the Capulets are two noble families who are in a long-standing feud. Despite coming from opposing families, their circumstances only seem to highlight their love for each other. Due to the pressure from Juliet’s parents about marrying Paris, Romeo and Juliet realize that their need to move forward their relationship. . .