Acting out the play definitely enhanced my understanding of Romeo and Juliet. My character was the Page to Paris, so my role wasn’t exactly the largest or the most important. But I think it still helped me gain a deeper understanding, just by being a part of it. I think I gained a lot more from actually watching the play being performed, instead of simply read aloud. Seeing the characters actually doing something helped me know what was going on better than trying to visualize it in my head. For example, it was sometimes hard to know exactly what was going on, or who was doing what when we were reading the book aloud. On the other hand, when we were doing this, I always followed the plot, and understood the story much better. I definitely think Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy story, albeit an unconventional one. In my opinion, this story is a tragedy, but still a long shot from heartbreaking. For a story to be comedy, there needs to be at least some level of …show more content…
The story did not come off as funny to me, so either most of the jokes went way over my head, or the story was not a comedy. Speaking of which, I do not think it was ever intended to be a comedy story. There were a few sad parts in the book, and overall, the theme of the story is a negative theme. One example of this is the theme of the “star-crossed lovers”. The theme of two people who love each other, but have something impossible to overcome keeping them apart in itself is quite tragic to think about… Romeo and Juliet apparently cannot live without each other, yet cannot be together due to family rivalries, and they’re seemingly helpless to do anything about it. That leads to the second “thing” from the text, which are the unfortunate suicides of Romeo and