Introduction
In the city of Verona there exist two young teenage lovers, Rome and Juliet, but there exist problem between them. Both of them are part of two rival houses, which means their suppose to feel deep hate towards each other, but that's not what happened. Romeo, son of the leader of the Montagues, and Juliet, daughter of the Capulets, both met each other at a party hosted by the Capulets. Apparently, a few days before the party Romeo was deeply depressed after breaking up with then girlfriend, Rosaline, and was persuaded by his friends to crash the Capulet party. At the party, Romeo and Juliet met for just a brief moment before the party was over and they were already madly in love with each other. But their meeting was cut short once the Nurse told Romeo that Juliet was the daughter of Capulet. However, this did not stop the two from meeting each other, right after the party Romeo ditched his friends to find Juliet back in the Capulet house. The two met again at night and planned to wed themselves at the church of Friar Lawrence. Unfortunately their happiness was cut short after Romeo murdered Tybalt, cousin of Juliet and a Capulet, and he was charged with murder from the Prince. Upon knowing this Juliet and the Friar devised a plan to get Romeo and her to run away. They planned to create the illusion that Juliet took her own life and sent a letter to Romeo, explaining to him that he needed to get Juliet out of the mortuary. However, the letter did not make it in time and upon seeing Juliet's supposed dead body, he took his own life. Upon waking up Juliet found the dead body of her beloved besides and she too decided to take her life.
Romeo's Profile
Romeo is a teenage boy from the city of Verona, is a member of one of the two rival gang in the city. His father is the leader of the Montague house, and along with his friends and family members Romeo learned to hate the Capulets. He was a 17 years-old teenager that was just depressed after breaking with his girlfriend, Rosaline, before meeting Juliet. His friends described him as a gentle person even though his father was the leader of the house. He was a love-seeking person that would always come up with poetic quotes when speaking with others. He was great friends with Mercutio, who was killed by Tybalt thus making him seek revenge against Tybalt.
Juliet's Profile
Juliet was a 14 year-old teenage girl and the daughter of the head of the royal Capulets. Her maid, Nurse, described her as a impatient, but kind girl that was deeply in love with Romeo. Her father wanted her to marry Paris, a member of the royal family, but she did not agree to it and was commited to loving Romeo. She was really close to her deceased cousin, Tybalt, who was killed by Romeo. She was also close to her servant, Nurse, who was the person that was able to get them connected.
Statements from Nurse
We were able to interview the person closest to Juliet, her servant, Nurse, "I can't believe that she took her own life. I knew she was in love, but I didn't think that she'd take her own life. She was really upset when her father wanted her to marry Paris. It was a surprised to me when she was dead set into loving Romeo and even going her way to marry him even though he was a Montague. Her death is really tragic to me, I took care of her since she was little and her parents are deeply depressed."
Statements from Benvolio
We were also able to briefly with Romeo's cousin, Benvolio. Benvolio was also a very close friend to Mercutio. "I am deeply upset about the death of both my best friends. I was really close to both Romeo and Mercutio and I can't believe that they both died. I couldn't believe it when Romeo killed Tybalt, I don't think any would have believed it. But then it really shocked me when Romeo took his own life when he found out that Juliet was dead."
Punishment
Amidst all this chaos, the person that seems most responsible and is in the center of all this, is the Friar. The Friar is responsible for the marriage of Romeo and Juliet. He also responsible for persuading and giving Juliet the potion to give the illusion that she is deadso that she and Romeo are able to run away. The Friar should be the person to punish because he could have prevented all this, but he chose not to and thus caused a tragedy. Both households should be forced to commit themselves to helping the community and sign a treaty with each other to stop the conflict.
