Romeo and Juliet – adaptation activity
Adapt 2 passages set for today’s class as a comic for teenagers. Use 4 - 6 frames for each passage and don’t change the text of the play. Write a text explaining your decisions.
Act 1, Scene 4
Benvolio, line 9: ‘’But let them measure us by what they will’’.
This line refers to the pseudo-interaction that will be having place among the Montagues and Capulets in the party. Pseudo refers to the fact that the Montagues will be disguised for the Capulets not to recognize them; as their presence would really annoy them
I choose this frame as it helps us contextualize the scene in a particular location.
Mercutio, line 27: ‘’If love be rough with you, be rough with love’’.
This line helps us understand the attitude of Mercutio towards love; which is opposite to
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I believe this frame to be of relevance as it contextualizes the scene in Juliet’s grave; where Paris has brought flowers to.
Paris, line 18: ‘’The boy gives warning, something doth approach’’.
Here we can anticipate the arrival of Romeo; desperate to see Juliet body with his own eyes. Also, it gives us a hint that something terrible will happen briefly.
Paris, line 50 and 51: ‘’That murdered my love’s cousin’’
From this frame on we can see how Paris quarrels with Romeo; blaming him of being the actual murder of Juliet. As a consequence of having killed Tybalt, he presumes that Juliet died of grief. This line is important as it is able to explain the following fight between Paris and Romeo.
Romeo, line 70: ‘’Wilt thou provoke me? Then have at thee, boy!’’
In this frame we can see when the fight begins, that is important to understand the outcome of the play.
Paris, line 73: ‘’Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet’’
At this point of the play we can see that Romeo won the fight and Paris is making his last wish.
Romeo, line 120: ‘’Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I