Diary entries for Juliet

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Diary entries for Juliet

                                                        By Tereen Johnson 10y

                   

Dear Diary,

   My time has come, I knew it would come soon, I am soon to be married. I don’t know what to do or what to think. When I was told the news my life flashed before my eyes, I saw myself in a loveless marriage, sitting at home in old clothes, slaving over a hot stove all day and looking after the children, what kind of a future is that?

   Getting married is an honour, because it shows you are wanted and the older you are the less likely you are to get married and your parents will have to look after you. I don’t want to disappoint my parents, but I truly feel marriage, at this stage in my life, is not what I want.

   I am not ready to make such a commitment. The man I am meant to marry I’m to meet at this party my father is throwing. I am supposed to like him, what happens if I don’t? Even if I like him, I certainly don’t want to marry him.

  My father, I think, will give me some say in the matter, after all it is my life and he is meant to love and respect me. My nanny is more like my mother, my mother and father weren’t around much when I was growing up and I feel a really strong bond between the nanny and I and she will support me whatever I choose, if I get to choose.

This party is going to be the worst yet, I’m not even bothered about what I’m going to wear. Also I can’t enjoy myself because I know soon I could be married, possibly to someone who is not right for me.

Come to think of it I know nothing about this man, how is the marriage supposed to last anyway? HELP! I can hear my mother calling, got to go.

                           

                       Juliet Capulet

Dear Diary,

   Romeo, Romeo, I am in love with Romeo, not with the man my dad picked, Paris. Romeo is my ideal man, he is fit and has a really nice personality. We just click, we can talk to each other with ease.

   I know it is true love, when I go near him my heart goes wild and a strange sensation comes over me and I cannot bear to be away from him, even if he is a Montague.

  Romeo and I met at my dad’s party and he took my breath away. I probably spent less than five minutes in Paris’s company, I was too busy making eyes at Romeo. Glowing in the distance he was, he was wearing Levi jeans and an Armani shirt and he glided over to me and we started dancing, no words were spoken, it was as if we could read each other’s minds and we fell in love.

 The party turned out better than I expected, the food was delicious and the drink divine. The decorations were lovely and the place looked really welcoming. There was a wonderful atmosphere. There was a big turn out, all the family were there and friends of the family and so on.

The music was upbeat and everyone was dancing the night away, including me, well actually not all of it! Romeo and I shared more than one kiss that night and from the time my lips touched his I committed an act of betrayal, because my family and his family have deep hatred for each other and have done for many years.

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I don’t care, it’s my life and even though I love my family, I love Romeo as well and I can’t imagine life without either of them. Maybe our marriage will bring the two families together. Just a few minutes ago Romeo and I had a deep, meaningful conversation. He loves me and like me doesn’t care what our families feel for each other, it’s what is in our hearts that count for something.

Romeo thinks I’m an angel, that has blessed the earth with my presence and I think he is my knight in shining armour, come to whisk ...

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