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media type="custom" key="6103527" width="432" height="432"  Creative Writing Task: Write a letter from either Juliet to Romeo explaining why it is better that they not pursue their relationship.  Dear beloved Romeo,  Oh Romeo, Romeo we have sworn our love and refused thy household name, but what good does that even do? Our family will never accept the fact that we love each other so, and my father has already given word to Paris that I would be marrying him. There will be no arguing with him whatever the reason. We cannot keep our feelings for each other hidden forever. We cannot keep sneaking around our parents with Nurse’s help. We will get tired of this routine, and we will fall out of love the same way we fell in love if we keep loving each other this way.

Romeo, our kinsmen love to hate each other; we both know Tybalt and Benvolio will kill each other trying to communicate. Even if Benvolio wants to keep the peace and settle this quarrel between our families, thou knows Tybalt. He will not stop at the sight of the Montagues being still yet alive and in his house. He hates talk of peace, thy only knows how to fight. Not to mention Mercutio - he jumps on Tybalt’s nerves for the fun of it. What will they do if we are together. This will only end in a bloody, devastating fight to death between our kinsmen. Capulets and Montagues are swore enemies, forever born that way. We can’t change this dear. We cannot stay foolish anymore. They say ignorance is bliss. We aren’t thinking about the consequences following love. This will end in tragedy - innocent people will get hurt.

Let us just call off the marriage that was set so rash. We are just kids in love, and I do love thou but we’ve known each other for less than two days. Just like Friar Lawrence said, “Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes.” How much do we know about each other? Except for the fact that I think thou is handsome and thou thinks I am gorgeous. So Romeo, oh my beloved Romeo, let us stop this foolish act that brings us such temporary joy. I know if thou gets to know me better, and I get to know thou better, we would still love each other. Sadly, under such circumstances, thou can barely see much of I, and same goes for me. I can and will learn to love Paris for who he is, and thou will learn to love another lady.

It is for the best love. I wrote thy letter telling thou that we cannot keep pursuing this relationship of ours, but I love thou so much. Unfortunately faith is not our side, and it never will be. Thou cannot love I, and I cannot and will not love thou. I have given this letter to Nurse. Write back, do not write, whatever thou wishes. I am truly sorry, I will not forget thou Romeo, you are my first and only love. Do not try to pursue me otherwise, I have made up my mind, it is for the best we do not see each anymore. I promise you we will meet again, maybe in our next lives, where we can pursue this love of ours to the fullest, but as of now, not today, not this time. I will miss thou. Love Always, Juliet  Creative Writing Rubric
 * Ideas || Attempted but failed, no ideas, reader has no idea what the piece is talking about (1 point) || Okay, lack of ideas, not saying much, just being very wordy to fill up space on paper (2 points) || Okay good, some ideas, does not cover every reason why she can not see him anymore (3 points) || Good, quite a bit of ideas, shows her feelings/reasons to why she should stop seeing him (4 points) ||
 * Organization || Attempted but failed, ideas are all over the place and there are no paragraphs (1 point) || Okay, few paragraphs but it looks like they were added for the looks of it, not the info (2 points) || Okay good, organized into some paragraphs that help the reader but still a bit messy (3 points) || Good, organized into paragraphs that helps the reader understand the info (4 points) ||
 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Completion || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Not complete (0 Points) || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Completed (2 Points) ||  || <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0px;">Total: /10 ||

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