What I learned from my response and my parents’ responses is that we basically think pretty similarly. Most of the characteristics that my parents put down were also on my list.
I would look for someone who is smart, athletic, funny, good-looking, interesting, creative, caring, supportive, selfless, outgoing, adventurous, hard-working, reliable, and fun.
I thought that my parents would look for someone who is smart, polite, considerate, and A+ student, a good influence, kind, and dependable.
My parents thought that I would look for someone who is intelligent, kind, honest, athletic, funny, gentlemanly, family oriented, creative, fun, responsible, compassionate, and caring.
My parents would look for someone who is king, honest, loyal, funny, committed, generous, and caring.
For someone who I would look for, we had many things in common, including: smart/intelligent, caring, funny, athletic, and fun.
For someone who they would look for, we only had one, which was kind.
What I learned from this is that my parents know me pretty well and they know what I would look for in my prefect mate. I also learned that I don’t know my parents that well or that I think that if they picked a mate for me, that mate wouldn’t be very good, when it turns out that he probably would.
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Act 1: Scene 1
Two servants from Capulet were walking on the streets when they saw two servants from Montague. They decided to start a fight with them, so one of the servants bit his thumb at them and they got into a big fight. Then, Benvolio, Romeo’s cousin, came over, raised his sword, and tried to stop the fighting. Next, Tybalt, Juliet’s cousins, came over and yelled at Benvolio, saying that he couldn’t possibly be asking for peace with his sword drawn. Soon it became an all out fight with everybody from each family joining in and trying to kill each other. Then a bell started to ring and Prince Escalus rode in on his horses. He threatened that the next time those two families staredt a fight again he would kill them because it was the third time that happened. Later, Romeo’s mother was looking for him and when they saw him walking up the rode, Benvolio said that he would take care of it. Romeo came over but then saw injured people being lifted into the house and he got really mad because he wanted peace.
Act 1: Scene 2
Paris is talking with Juliet’s father and he asks him if he can marry Juliet. Her father says that he can, but since she is only 13, he has to convince her. He said that Paris can come to their party and try to win Juliet’s heart.
Act 1: Scene 3
When Juliet’s mother is getting ready for the party, she tells the nurse to call Juliet to see her. When Juliet gets there, the nurse spends a lot of time talking about how proud she is of Juliet, because she basically raised her, and about how Juliet is almost 14. Finally, her mother silences the nurse, tells Juliet that Paris wants to marry her, and asks her what she thinks. Juliet says that she will think about it.
Act 1: Scene 4
Romeo is on his way to the mascarade party with his best friend, Mercuito, and a bunch of his other friends. He stops to tell them that he doesn’t really want to go to the party because he had a dream that something bad was gonna happen. Mercuito started making fun of Romeo and launched into a long story and Queen Mab. He spends a lot of time getting caught up in his story until Romeo snaps him out of it. Romeo is left alone, thinking that he will go, but that something bad might happen.
Act 1: Scene 5
Lord Capulet welcomes everybody in but doesn’t recognize Romeo. During the first dance, Romeo notices Juliet and watched her because he likes her. While he is watching, Tibalt sees him and recognizes him. After the first dance, Tibalt goes to Lord Capulet and tells him that he saw Romeo. Lord Capulet tells him not to do anything because he will ruin the party if he does. In the second dance, Romeo and Juliet encounter each other many times and they both start to like each other. Tibalt goes to Lord Capulet again and tries to do something but Lord Capulet just yells at him and insults him. Lady Capulet comes over and insults him again. After the second dance, somebody sings a song and during the song, Romeo and Juliet look for each other. Finally, they find each other and hold hands and eventually kiss. At the end of the party, Romeo and Juliet find out that they are actually each other’s enemies.
Act 2: Scene 1
Romeo is walking up the street to his house when his drunk friends come around the corner, yelling his name. Romeo manages to escape and climb over the wall into the Capulet’s garden.
Act 2: Scene 2
Romeo listens to Juliet as she talks about him and how she wished he would have a different name. After a while, he comes out and tells her that he will change his name. At first, Juliet is a bit suspicious, but Romeo convinces her that he is telling the truth. He climbs up onto her balcony and they kiss. Then they pronounce their love to each other and Romeo asks her to marry him. The nurse calls Juliet over and she goes in but then comes out again and tells him that she will send a messenger at 9:00 in the morning the next day. Romeo starts to leave but then Juliet calls him back again, only to forget what she was going to say.
Act 2: Scene 3
The next day, Romeo goes out and finds Friar Laurence to ask him if he will marry him and Juliet. At first, Friar Laurence thinks that Romeo is talking about Roseline. When Romeo tells him that he has fallen in love with a new girl, he gets mad because just a few days ago Romeo was lovesick about Roseline and now he has totally forgotten about her. But he still says he will do it because it might bring peace between the two houses.
Act 2: Scene 4
Mercuito and Benvolio are talking about how Romeo didn’t come home the previous night and about how Tibalt challenged him. When they do see him, they and more of their friends start making fun of Romeo. Then, Juliet’s nurse comes over, looking for Romeo, but his friends keep making fun of her and eventually they get into a mini fight. Finally, all of the friends run away and the nurse and Romeo go into the church to talk about the wedding. After they are done discussing the wedding, the nurse starts talking about how wonderful Juliet is but Romeo finally stops her and they leave.
Act 2: Scene 5
Juliet is in her garden, waiting for the nurse to come and tell her what Romeo said about the wedding. Finally, the nurse comes, but takes a very long time to tell Juliet. Juliet is really desperate to know, and finally, the nurse tells her. Juliet leaves to go marry Romeo.
Act 2: Scene 6
While Romeo and Friar Laurence are waiting for Juliet, Friar Laurence warns Romeo not to love Juliet too much, or to love her moderately. When Juliet comes, they run over and tell each other how much they love each other. Then, Friar Laurence leads them over to marry them. They kneel on the floor together and get married.
Act 3: Scene 1
Mercuito and Benvolio are walking in the square when they see the Capulets. Mercuito wants to fight them, but Benvolio doesn’t want him to because it will cause too much trouble. Then Romeo comes over and Tibalt challenges him, but Romeo declines. Then, Mercuito says that if Romeo won’t fight, he will. After a lot of fighting, Tibalt stabs Mercuito in the chest and runs away. Everybody thought that Mercuito was kidding, but then he died. Romeo got so mad that he chased after Tibalt and challenged him. After a lot of fighting, Romeo kills Tibalt. Benvolio has to pull Romeo away from the scene.
Act 3: Scene 2
When Juliet finds out that Romeo killed Tibalt, she has mixed feelings about it because she doesn’t know whether to be mad at him or defend him. Finally, she forgives him and defends him. In the square, the two families go to the prince with Mercuito and Tibalt. The Capulets demand that Romeo be killed. But, because Romeo only killed Tibalt since Tibalt killed Mercuito, the Prince only exiles Romeo. Then, the nurse goes to Priar Laurence, where she finds Romeo crying. After stopping Romeo from crying and trying to kill himself, she oraganizes for him to have one more night with Juliet. After that, he leaves, but they still have hope.
Act 3: Scene 3
Juliet is in her room, sobbing, with her mother, who thinks that she is crying because of Tibalt. Her mom tells her not to be so sad about him and that they will get revenge on Romeo. Then, thinking that it will cheer her up, she tells Juliet that on Thursday, she will be marrying Paris. But Juliet refuses and when her father finds out, he threatens to throw her out of the house if she doesn’t marry Paris. When she goes to the nurse to ask for advice, she tells her to marry Paris because Romeo is gone, and Paris is better anyway. Juliet pretends to take the advice.
Act 4: Scene 1
Paris and Friar Laurence are talking when Juliet comes over. Paris tries to tease Juliet and get her to like him, but she doesn’t. After he leaves, she starts crying and tells Friar Laurence that she would rather die than marry Paris. And then he comes up with an idea. He says that instead of killing herself, she should take the drug that he is going to give to her during the night so that the wedding is called off. Then, he will send a letter to Romeo so that he can come and take away Juliet.
Act 4: Scene 2
Juliet goes to Capulet and asks him for forgiveness and says that she will marry Paris. This makes him so happy that he decides to move the wedding to the next day, a day earlier than it was planned to be before. At night, Juliet worries over all the things that could go wrong, but still drinks the drug.
Act 4: Scene 3
Friar Laurence gives a letter to the messenger and tells him to give it to Romeo. The nurse finds Juliet dead and wake up Capulet and Lady Capulet. At Juliet’s funeral, her parents are extremely sad. Romeo’s servant, Balthasar, sees the funeral and, thinking Juliet is dead, beats the messenger to Romeo and tells him the news.
Act 5: Scene 1
Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet died and Romeo goes back to see her. On the way, they pass the messenger who was suppose to give Romeo the letter. When Romeo gets there, he sees Juliet’s grave and tries to get in.
Act 5: Scene 2
When Romeo gets into Juliet’s grave, he tells her how much he love her and spends a long time mourning over her. Finally, he drinks the poison and dies. Then, Friar Laurence comes to the grave and asks Balthasar where Romeo is. He says that Romeo had been in there for half an hour. Friar Laurence rushes in, only to find Romeo on the floor, dead. Then, Juliet wakes up but when she asks him where Romeo is he doesn’t tell her that he’s dead. He tries to pull her away but she sees Romeo. After unsuccessfully trying to pull away Juliet, Friar Laurence runs away, afraid of getting caught. Juliet tries to drink Romeo’s poison, but there is none left so she takes his sword and stabs herself and dies. Later, the two families bring Romeo and Juliet’s bodies to the prince and he tells them that it is their fault that they died. He says that because they didn’t stop fighting, they were punished by the deaths of their children.
