Romeo & Juliet

When acting out the scene before Juliet drinks the poison, I was keeping in mind how Claire Danes went back and forth when by the pool. Her soliloquy was indecisive in that she weighed both life and death. Pacing back and forth seemed to fit with her choice of words. To read Shakespeare is one thing, but acting it out gave everyone a chance to really get involved with it and I also think by adding the gestures and the facial expressions we gained a better understanding of the emotions of Shakespeare's work. I liked how the other groups put so much emphasis on Juliet's hatred for Paris, one Juliet keeping her distance and the other starring straight at him. Having four different groups perform allow for different interpretions of teh scenes.