Kirrin's Learning Log: August 2012

This letter is from Romeo's perspective asking Abby for help.

Dear Abby,

I have a problem where I am not sure what to do because I have been sent away from all the people I love. You see, in Verona there are two main families; the Montagues and the Capulets. Both families have deep hatred of each other. I come from the Montagues and have fallen head over heels in love with a Capulet. Her name is Juliet and I know that it was love at first sight. My Juliet and I loved each other. So then we secretly got married the next day. After that her cousin Tybalt killed my friend Mercutio so I then killed Tybalt for revenge. Then I got banished from Verona for killing him. Now I do not know what to do with my life. I am living just on the outskirts of Verona in misery because I am not with my Juliet. I do not want to leave because this is the closest I can get to my wife.

Please help,

Miserable.

Dear Miserable,

I would first like to say that killing Tybalt wasn’t the best thing to do even if he killed your friend but whats done is done. I hope that you have made the right choice marrying Juliet so early. Anyway I have come up with two ideas for you. Firstly I think that if you really love Juliet that much, you should be with her. Because of the families hatred, I don’t think you will ever be able to live together in peace when you are near Verona. If you are willing to leave everything behind for Juliet then maybe you could live together somewhere far away from Verona. Then your family won’t disturb you. My second option is maybe you could live where you are now and every so often Juliet could come to see you. I really hope that one of these options will be helpful.

Best of luck,

Abby.