Does anyone know the TRUE tragedy of Romeo & Juliet?

Question:My daughter was chosen by her teacher to be JULIET and must know how to properly represent her feelings, etc.
Does anyone know anything about this play and how to help my 11 year old depict some great feelings/emotions for this?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: My daughter was chosen by her teacher to be JULIET and must know how to properly represent her feelings, etc.
Does anyone know anything about this play and how to help my 11 year old depict some great feelings/emotions for this?

Well, basically there were two rival families in Verona. The Montagues, Capulets. Romeo was a Montague and Juliette was a Capulet.

When Romeo layed eyes on Juliette it was love at first sight. And they became secret lovers. They then had to flee Verona in order to realize their love for each other. So the tragedy is that there was a social boundary that was between two lovers.

The final tragedy is when Juliet takes a tonic that makes her appear to be dead. She did this so that she could leave the city with Romeo without anyone knowing because her father is trying to make her marry another man. Romeo did not know that she was only sleeping, rather he thought she killed herself. He was so distraught, he too poisoned himself and died. When she awoke she found him dead.

She then takes his knife and says, "“This is thy sheath there rust, and let me die” She then kills herself.

When both families find out they are so consumed by grief they they promise to never fight again and they put up two gold statues of Romeo and Juliette, side by side, so that everyone would always remember their plight.

deeply in love, but a forbiden love. would rather not live than to live without.

this is a sad play, watch the film

Deep sadness...if only he had a different name! Rent the play! If it's hard to understand the old-English, I think the version with Leonardo DiCaprio is a bit better. And she's only 11...don't think it has to be Broadway material...she'll be fine.... :)

here...read this about Juliet:

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/ro...

and this is the play synopsis:

http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/ro...

*Sounds like a great kid* And again, she'll be fine!