Act 4 Scene 5

Juliet’s Diary – Entry 8

Dear Diary,

            I can’t help but feel horribly selfish. I put myself in a peaceful slumber to be with Romeo, but I barely thought about the reactions that my family would have to my unconscious body on the morning of my wedding. My mother and father would see the unfortunate day where their only daughter met death before them. And the nurse, she’d known me for as long as I was alive. How would she react? It would be far worse than my parents’. She had supported me through everything, even with Romeo. I’m betraying her!

            Just as she betrayed me yesterday. I almost forgot how she threw me under the bus when my father screamed at me about how ungrateful I was that I was married to Romeo. He hadn’t even bothered to look at things the way I saw them. And as for my mother, she didn’t bother to defend me, she left everything to my self-centered father. I must keep my mind on what’s ahead, Mantua with Romeo. This is only part of the plan. I shouldn’t be hung up on the past.

Juliet