Romeo and Juliet
I made the characters into flowers, and they were carefully chosen based on what family they’re in and what their personality is. In Juliet’s soliloquy, she compares Romeo to a rose, so he is a rose in the book, and Romeo’s speech in act two compares Juliet to the sun, so she is a sunflower. Since Mercutio is part of neither family, he is portrayed as a tulip while Friar Lawrence’s character is a cactus that is drawn to symbolize a cross because he is a minister. For the names of all the flowers, they were just made to sound similar so the reader can identify who’s who. The color of the flowers that are given to each character is based on the personality of them. Since Romeo is often described with dark imagery, he is a dark red rose while Juliet who is described with light imagery is a light yellow sunflower. Tybalt is a very hot-tempered character so he is a bright red color, and for Benvolio who is more mellow is light orange. Another illustrative decision I made to connect the stories, is the way I drew the flowers to distinguish the different social classes. If they are a main character or part of one of the noble families, the flower has round eyes; however, if they are a servant or a normal civilian, they are drawn with slit eyes. …show more content…
Alternatively, Mercutio and Tybalt’s death is represented by cuts in the leaf and petal. Since Tybalt died in Romeo and Juliet, they couldn’t punish him; however, in my story, Tybalt only got injured and was able to keep his life. I modified it so Tybalt gets a punishment of being banished and not only Romeo suffers from the fight. Most children books have a happy ending so I didn’t want the main characters to die off. Keeping Roseo and Sunliet alive and having them rejoin at the end was a way to keep it “kid-friendly” and have a joyful
I made the characters into flowers, and they were carefully chosen based on what family they’re in and what their personality is. In Juliet’s soliloquy, she compares Romeo to a rose, so he is a rose in the book, and Romeo’s speech in act two compares Juliet to the sun, so she is a sunflower. Since Mercutio is part of neither family, he is portrayed as a tulip while Friar Lawrence’s character is a cactus that is drawn to symbolize a cross because he is a minister. For the names of all the flowers, they were just made to sound similar so the reader can identify who’s who. The color of the flowers that are given to each character is based on the personality of them. Since Romeo is often described with dark imagery, he is a dark red rose while Juliet who is described with light imagery is a light yellow sunflower. Tybalt is a very hot-tempered character so he is a bright red color, and for Benvolio who is more mellow is light orange. Another illustrative decision I made to connect the stories, is the way I drew the flowers to distinguish the different social classes. If they are a main character or part of one of the noble families, the flower has round eyes; however, if they are a servant or a normal civilian, they are drawn with slit eyes. …show more content…
Alternatively, Mercutio and Tybalt’s death is represented by cuts in the leaf and petal. Since Tybalt died in Romeo and Juliet, they couldn’t punish him; however, in my story, Tybalt only got injured and was able to keep his life. I modified it so Tybalt gets a punishment of being banished and not only Romeo suffers from the fight. Most children books have a happy ending so I didn’t want the main characters to die off. Keeping Roseo and Sunliet alive and having them rejoin at the end was a way to keep it “kid-friendly” and have a joyful