Tuesday, February 16th
Dear Diary, this week has been hectic and every minute is tough for me. My parents want me to marry Paris, whom I do not wish to marry. On top of this Romeo, my husband has been banished forever for slaying my cousin, Tybalt. Romeo is the puzzle piece to my life that I didn't know that I was missing. Romeo has showed me more to life, and without Romeo my life is incomplete.
I do not wish to marry Paris because I am already married, I already love someone, and to marry Paris would break my vows with Romeo. Even though I love Romeo, I am still angry at him for killing my cousin Tybalt; I don't know who to trust anymore. Nurse? Friar Lawrence? Romeo? I can't say that I can believe my parents anymore, they just want me to marry Paris for the money; they don't want me to be happy. I wish people could just accept that I and Romeo love each other and that we are going to be together, and is the punishment for Romeo really necessary? HE WAS TRYING TO STOP THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN TYBALT AND MERCUTIO! Not start it! It is a shame that just because he was a Montague they have to distrust him, I am certain that if he was a Capulet everyone would have a completely different opinion, even though he did kill Tybalt!
With the Thursday of my marriage coming up soon, I hope Friar Lawrence or Nurse can give me some comfort or help me settle all of this. Paris seems terrible and I AM ALREADY MARRIED! I would love to deny the marriage with Paris but my parents, especially my father. I wish I could go to sleep and wake up a month from now, that would solve my problems, wouldn't it?
-Juliet Capulet
Great job, Forrest. You did really well embracing Juliet's "voice" and presenting the desperation and despair that she is feeling. I still encourage you to read and edit carefully. Remember - you can't join two independent clauses with JUST a comma - you need a conjunction or a semi-colon! :-) In other words, watch out for those run-ons!
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