Act 4 Scene 5 • Futile Woe

I ventured towards the house of the Capulet's while teeming with many conflicting emotions: concern and sorrow for the family, anxiety but also excitement for the future of the star crossed lovers, and regret, wondering if I had done the right thing. My original thought process was that the deaths of the two young and only children would bring the families together in grief, but further pondering on the issue has brought me to the conclusion that it may just drive them apart by anguish fueling their passion to bicker.

There was further proof of this theory when I walked in to find the Lord and Lady and Paris and Nurse getting carried away in their heartache due to their loss. I noted the fact that Paris seemed distraught not for the actual loss of Juliet whom he barely knew, but for the loss of having a wife.  Their loss also seem fueled by personal loss as well, such as loosing the privileges gained by Juliet's marriage. Putting this aside, I stepped forward to give the grievers a dose of reality and rescued them from drowning in pointless mourning by reminding them that they all wished for a social advancement for Juliet and this they will still gain by her death. She will advance into the eternal life of heaven and they couldn't wish for a better future for their daughter and wife than this.

Any worry spent over wondering if seeming too put together after this "tragedy" wouldn't go unnoticed by the mourners was cast aside, for they were too wrapped up in their own emotions to notice anything suspicious about my behavior. I felt a twinge of pity for the pointless woe of the family, but I knew it was for the best of the star crossed lover's future.