The changes that I have made from the original story include the atmosphere and how the Capulets and Montagues interact. In my comic book, I have presented a couple of aspects of this like when Tybalt is sorrowful when he murders Mercutio. I decided to give less importance to certain characters like Lady Capulet, Lady Montague, Benvolio, and even Mercutio. For Mercutio, I had changed the original scene of when he speaks a curse that will rise upon the two houses to him only blaming Romeo. This was a contributing factor I had thought out because when Mercutio curses the two houses it was very impactful to the lovers, but in my story, I had chosen to focus on a happy ending. Lady Capulet and Lady Montague are not in my writing on purpose because I had a feeling that if I take the two characters out …show more content…
Other changes to my story include the language whereas in the book it is portrayed by the man himself, William Shakespeare. At most times, I used dialogue that was almost like the original text but in modern language. For example, I wrote the scene where Romeo is rushing too swiftly and Friar Lawrence speaks about his tendency to rush too often, however I translated the original text into my own words. Additionally, Benvolio’s characterization doesn’t necessarily have much scope in my story, but I did include his benevolent and honest personality. Characters are only one of the few changes I had made. Also, I had purposely skipped the scenes that involved mature content. I didn’t want to add that because it was not something I wanted to input for my audience. I am aiming for teens and maybe even younger children as for my audience. I manipulated the scene where Juliet is ferocious of what to do when she finds out that Romeo had killed Tybalt, and then she asks Friar Lawrence and he gives her a potion to whenever Juliet decides to take the potion, she waits for Romeo to see her taking it. A new aspect to the story that I added is a major duel between Lord Capulet