The main theme I want to explore in the play is the feud’s role in creating and leading to the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Both the capulet and Montague families had certain entrenched bias towards each other and the feud becomes the inner motivate that is responsible for some characters’ certain action and decision. There are plenty of lines in the play shows the ongoing hatred between the two families. Without the feud, the story of Romeo and Juliet will no longer be a “forbidden love” and all these bloody events will not happen.
Since the role of feud is showed in a sery of events, I decide to stage 3 parts of different scenes which are act 1 scene 1, act 1 scene 5 and act 3 scene 1. Act 1 scene 1 is the start of the chapter. Its importance to the topic is that it establishes and reveal the conflicts in which both family, even their undermen, hold “ancient grudge” towards each other. In act 1 scene 5, Tybalt dislike Romeo at the first sight, simply because Romeo is their family’s foe.The power of the feud is showed in its climax when it leads Tybalt to seek revenge against Romeo and ends up killing himself and Mercutio, ruining the smooth development of Romeo and Juliet’s love.
Since we have 3 people in the group and there are changing characters in those scenes, it is better to let out group members change roles during the play. Lucy and I are going to act as Sampson and Gregory while Ben will be Abram in the first scene. In the second scene, we will only stage the conversation between Capulet and Tybalt. I will act as Capulet while Ben will be Tybalt. In the last scene, Ben will still be Tybalt while I will be Mercutio and Lucy will be Romeo.
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