Do not stand at my grave and weep: - Poem about love and loss - She describes that she’s alright and have it good - She wants to make her death not sad for the people who mourns it - The poem is about that death is not the end, it’s a new beginning. Romeo and Juliet : Characters : Mercutio- Romeo’s best friend The nurse - technically Juliet’s nanny. To Juliet is the nurse more like her mom Tybalt- aggressive type. Julie’s cousin. Close friendship Lady Capulet - Juliet’s mother ( not emotional avalaibe for Juliet often) Lord Capulet - alcoholic, Juliet’s father and violent Benvolio - Romeo’s cousin Friar Lawrence - the priest, medical helper Lord Paris- bachelor of the year, he was meant to marry Juliet Plot- it started at the party Romeo snuck into. He wanted to see Rosaline, but instead meets Juliet. They are family enemies and end up fighting. Mercutio dies and tybalt got killed by Romeo soon after. Juliet doesn’t want to marry lord paris but Is forced to do it. She fakes she’s own death but Romeo didn’t get the message. Romeo poison himself and when Juliet wakes up and sees Romeo dead she stabbed herself to death. Setting- in a fictional city- 1990, sunny and by the beach, rich, city Conflicts - Montagues and capulets, tybalt and Romeo, Juliet and her parents Messages