AC+Sally

scene: 5.3.195~321 character: Prince

**SCENE ANALYSIS** -Prince, Capulet, and Lady Capulet notices the fuss in the town -The watchman tells the prince of Paris, Romeo, and Juliet’s death -The Capulets, and Montagues see them dead. -Montague tells of Lady Montague’s death. -Friar Lawrence tells the prince what happened, and confesses that he married Romeo and Juliet, how he gave Juliet the potion to fake her death, how the letter didn’t arrive to Romeo on time, and how Juliet eventually killed herself. -Balthasar, Romeo’s man tells the prince about the letter he was to give to Romeo’s father. -Page tells the prince of how he went to call the watch. -Montague, and Capulet forgive each other, and “shake hands.”
 * =) What happens in your scene? Outline the basic events.**

-I think this scene is important, because it is the resolution of the story, and it is where the major conflict between the Capulets and the Montagues is ended.
 * =) What do you think are the key purposes of your scene? In other words, why is this scene important?**

-This scene is very surprising, because it is where the main characters; Juliet, and Romeo die. Also, it contains a lot more deaths, like Paris, and Lady Montague’s. It is also surprising, because the dispute between two families which seemed like it would never end finally ended. In addition, I found the it had contained a lot of fate, because there were very unusual timing of when everything happened.
 * =) What are your reactions to this scene?**

-To find out how Juliet, Romeo, and Paris died.
 * CHARACTER REPORT**
 * =)What does your character want in this scene (objective)?**

- Prince’s emotion changes from annoyance, to curiosity, to responsibility to finding out how everything came to be. (To bring peace between Montagues, and Capulet, and also Verona.)
 * =)What is your character’s motivation for doing what he or she does?**

-The feud between the Montagues, and Capulets, which seemed like it would never end. -Different witnesses who are all under suspicion. Especially Friar Lawrence, because of his place, and time. Also, because he was known as such a holy man, it would have been hard to believe.
 * =)What obstacles stand in his way?**

-He calls Montague, and Capulet up to help them be together, and end the feud. -He asks for evidence, such as the letter, and thoroughly listens to everyone under suspicion.
 * =)What happens when your character confronts these obstacles?**

-My character sounds very demanding, and responsible because he is in such a high rank.
 * =)Are there any distinctive elements in your character’s way of speaking?**

 -When he knows someone has something to say about this case of death, he is very demanding, and accepts what they say when they confess. Even though he seems unsure at first when suspects aren’t thorough, or until when they have evidence to show him.
 * =)What is your character thinking during the scene?**

As a group, we did well. We all knew the scene well, knew the lines, practiced the script, and knew the stage setting. We prepared good props which further enhanced our performance by showing the character's social postiiton. Some things that didn't go well was that we had some minor mistakes, because t was kind of hard to act out so many parts. It was hard to distinguish, and move to the right position, but we figured it out by changing our costumes. I contributed well to my group by participating in understanding the play, helped the group be on topic, brought my props, and tired my best. I think I performed well by having the right props, having a suitable tone of voice for the prince, and was ready for the performance. Having the props work even though it was only on stage which happened, unexpected mistakes, like not laughing when the audience is laughing, and not getting confused with the words would have improved our scene performance. This scene performance helped me understand Romeo and Juliet better, because I could understand Shakespeare's language, vocabulary, language pattern, story line, and the significance of the scene (what Shakespeare is trying to communicate to the reader.)
 * STUDENT SELF EVALUATION**