Modern day version of Romeo and Juliet Essay Example
Modern day version of Romeo and Juliet Essay Example

Modern day version of Romeo and Juliet Essay Example

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  • Published: October 12, 2017
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Juliet stared out of her third floor window onto the courtyards of the Capulet Estate. She had lived on the estate for 16 of her 19 years having spent the first three in Islamabad, Pakistan. Her parents had left in some hurry she vaguely remembered with her, her three brothers and two cousins. Now they ran a shop, in fact a chain of shops called "Capulets Clothes". Juliet was tired but she for some reason could not sleep, she'd spent the whole day at her University "Verona" studying chemistry with her professor, Professor Lawrence.

Yet she still could not sleep maybe it was the upcoming prom, that kept her awake, it was only 2 days now and she was so excited only freshman were invited which meant none of the annoying seniors to worry about

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. Romeo, his brothers and his best friend Mark left the pub in high spirits. They too were excited being seniors were filled with the best ever plan to crash the prom if they could get past the Capulet bouncers. Romeo was 21 and though he laughed with the rest he was not as happy as they were, he'd just been dumped by his girlfriend Rose.

He knew he was going to get another fail in his English Language coursework as he kept getting told off for his poems being too depressing. As the group made their way back to the Montague Estate, all he could think besides of Rose was his parents were surely going to shout as he had ruined yet another genuine "Montague" shirt. "Alright lads? " Dean Luis asked as they passed "Good thanks sir. " In unison the

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replied, "Good, good not up to any mischief, that's what I like to see!

He moved on, sometimes the students could never understand how their headmaster seemed to get everywhere. Two days passed and the night of the prom arrived, Juliet arrived with her best friend Mercy and her cousin Tim, who was to be a bouncer at the prom. As she arrived at the front entrance of the college Romeo, Mark and Romeos brothers arrived at the back entrance but as they crept in Romeo was noticed by Tim who containing his temper resisted taking revenge on his family's enemy that time.

Not only Tim noticed Romeo turn up at the Prom but so did Juliet who fell in love at first sight. The pair danced together for all of that night, not knowing who the other was until Dean Luis called for Juliet and Mercy found the identity of Romeo. The next day as Juliet sat in one of Professor Lawrence's lectures she was surprised with a note from Romeo saying to meet him that night in the fifth courtyard of the Capulet Estate. She of course arrived at ten minutes to eleven as the note had asked and both Romeo and Juliet made plans to marry.

Mercy was to be the first witness and the second Professor Lawrence who only agreed as a hope to reconcile the row between the families. So they were married but the joy of this was soon to fade as Juliet's parents decided a marriage for her to the fashion designer Paris. She rowed with her parents over this but they said it was custom for her parents to choose

her match which even her friend Mercy agreed with. Tim was desperate to take revenge upon Romeo and his chance came that day as Romeo and Mark walked in the alleys of the Montague estate.

He jumped out at them brandishing a knife but as Romeo refused to fight Mark ran at Tim and himself fought him and as Romeo struggled to get between them under his outstretched arm Tim stabbed Mark who fell to the floor and breathed the words "A curse on all of you... A curse on all of you! " So he died, but Romeo would not let this happen in vain he followed Tim and grasping a smashed beer bottle and killed him there for what he had done, before fleeing. At School the next day Dean Luis made an announcement that Romeo was expelled permanently from Verona.

So Juliet begged Professor Lawrence to help so he gave her a poison which would make her appear dead for one day and he would call Romeo. She drank the poison in the morning and locked the door by accident, but Romeo did not get the message and as he snuck into her room by scaling the drainpipe late that night found her lying apparently dead upon her floor. In grief Romeo took the gun from his jacket put it to his head and whispering the words "Juliet, I love you" pulled the trigger as Juliet's eyes fluttered open. She screamed. Shaking she pulled the gun from his closed hand pressed it to her own brow and fell dead beside her love.

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