Romeo and Juliet(almost a true love story)
A story so touching that it had to be told again and again.Love so heart-wrenching that tears will flow freely.
One of Shakespeare best work of all times,
ROMEO AND JULIET
Character List:
Romeo
The son and heir of the Montagues, one of the most influential and wealthiest family in Verona.
Of course, our male lead and perhaps the silliest man on earth. He is only 16 this year.
Juliet
The daughter of the Capulets. Our female lead and she is barely 14 this year.
Friar Lawerence
The number one Kay Poh in this story. In fact he is almost solely responsible for the eventual deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Mercutio
The clown and he is the ka-kia of Romeo.
Tybalt
A Capulet. Has a violent streak in him and is a great fighter.
Mr Capulet
The father of Juliet. Stubborn old man.
Mrs Capulet
The mother of Juliet. Stubborn old woman.
Mr Montague
Father of Romeo. Another stubborn old man.
Mrs Montague
Mother of Juliet. Another stubborn old woman.
Peter
The servant of the Capulets.
Rosaline
Super Chao extra.
From forth the fatal loins of these two foes
A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life. . . .
In the city of Verona lies 2 very reputable families who has a running feud of God-knows-how-many-years. Ask anyone and nobody has any idea why they hated each other so much. Even the 2 families don't know the reason why.
Anyway, our male lead is seriously lovesick. He was queuing up at Verona Pools buying Toto when he saw this lady by the name of Rosaline. It was love at first sight for him. Ever since, he has been in a daze.
His best friend, Mercutio, decides to comfort him.
Mercutio: Romeo, Romeo. Why do you look so forlorn? You are making me worried you know?
Romeo: I want my 美人鱼. Did you see my 美人鱼?
Mercutio: 美 your stupid head lar. There are much more beautiful things than your 美人鱼.
It was then a man comes along, holding a list of names. He introduced himself as a servant of the Capulets and asked whether the 2 men are interested to come to a party organized by Mr Capulet himself. The only requirement is that the 2 of them must not be from the Montagues.
Mercutio, on sensing a chance to see chio-bus, agreed to go straightaway. And of course, with the poor Romeo still in a daze, went along on the promise that his 美人鱼 will be at the party as well.
At the party, the ever so horny Mercutio went dancing with the babes he just knew and left Romeo all by himself. "Just help yourself to the feast while I have my feast," said Mercutio.
Romeo heeded Mercutio's advice since there was nothing for him to do. In fact, he already had his eyes on the last piece of chicken on the buffet plate. Just as he reached out for that very last piece of chicken, another hand is already faster. It was the hand of Juliet.
The gazes met and both hearts went pounding. It was love at first sight for Juliet and love at first sight for Romeo yet again. 2 hands held each other tightly and 2 hearts beat as one. Who would have expected that one last piece of chicken would have decided love there and then?
Meanwhile, Tybalt was watching from a corner of the ballroom quietly. He was fuming with rage. Of course, he recognised Romeo. In fact, he knew all the Montagues by their faces. Old Capulet had said not to create any scenes at the ball. Never mind, revenge can wait, Tybalt thought to himself.
After the party, Romeo still couldn't take his mind off Juliet. He took the risk and intruded into the compound of the Capulets. There, he spotted his love by the window. By then the both of them had already learnt about each other's identity.
The 2 lovebirds confessed their loves for each other and vowed by the moon and the stars to marry each other. Thou shall not part, even in death. They made a promise to marry the following day, regardless whether their parents agree or not.
And so, Romeo approached Friar Lawerence, the priest of Verona to conduct the marriage. Friar Kay Poh Lawerence sees it as a good opportunity to end the fuel ravaging the Capulets and Montagues and agreed straightaway.
The wedding took place the following afternoon. What our loveboy Romeo didn't know was that Tybalt had issued a challenge to fight him one-on-one. During those days, egos were even bigger than those breasts of Pamela Anderson. It was considered cowardly to turn down a challenge.
Mercutio decided that Romeo was still in his 美人鱼 daze and unfit to fight and thus accepted Tybalt's challenge on Romeo's behalf. And of course, like those typical hongkong movies, Mercutio was killed by Tybalt and Romeo took vengenance by killing Tybalt and was charged with murder.
Not wanting to face the gallows, Romeo decided to escape to Shenzhen. Before going however, he decided to consumate his marriage with Juliet first. Other things can wait, he decide.
Now, in our modern society, Romeo would have been charged with having sex with a minor. Mind you, Juliet was only 13++. She had not even completed her puberty stage. So whether they are truly in love or not, Romeo is still a horny bastard.
As the two laid on the bed, Juliet proceeded to pass something to Romeo. "What is this?" questioned Romeo. "Our love token," smiled Juliet. "Ah! That very last piece of chicken from the night before!" exclaimed Romeo.
It didn't matter that the chicken was already giving out a foul smell. When you are in love, everything smells nice.
Romeo left for Shenzhen soon after and Juliet went to enlist the help of Friar Lawerence. Lawerence already had a plan for them. He passed Juliet a torch and a pill.
Lawerence: This pill will make you look dead for a day. You are to consume it tonight and forge
death. The following day, Romeo will come for you and you 2 shall elope.
Juliet: Then what about the torch?
Lawerence: This is no ordinary torch. When you lit the end of the torch, this torch will fly you to
the moon. All you have to do is to hold it high with your right hand after you lit it. Then you and Romeo will stay at the moon for the rest of your life. Meanwhile I will send a messenger to Shenzhen to inform Romeo of the plan.
But alas, the messenger missed his boat and couldn't make it to Shenzhen to inform Romeo of the plan. Romeo read from Shenzhen Times Newspaper that Juliet was dead and was so overcome with grief that he jumped into the river and killed himself.
Friar Lawerence went to deliver the bad news of the death of Romeo. Juliet, upon hearing it, broke down completely.
"Since Romeo is gone, there is no purpose in living here. I will go to the moon myself. Hopefully, the soul of Romeo will join me there too," was the last words of Juliet. She then lit the end of the torch and with her right hand stretched upwards, floated to the moon.
The love story spreaded very quickly and touched many souls. The villagers who lived near the river which Romeo killed himself, prepared some rice wrapped in a weird shape and threw them into the river. The villagers were afraid that the fish might eat the body of the loveboy. Those rices-in-a-weird-shape were later named as rice dumplings and hence the origin of the rice dumpling festival.
Word has it that Juliet on her way up to the moon, was knocked down by an aeroplane. But since no corpse was found, it was presumed that she reached there safely. Everyone was deeply impressed by her courage and determination, particularly the people from America. The people living in the States then built a statue of her to remember her by. This statue will represent freedom and hope.
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