Balthasar Monologue- A less introverted self
Setting- In Mantua (outdoors) with a dusk (yellow and orange sunset) background
The dusk of night, Romeo and I arrived at Mantua, because Romeo was banished to Mantua as a result of murdering Tybalt, to avenge Mercutio’s death. Why was I banished too, the place I was born in… even though to thou Romeo, I am just a mere servant. Honestly, after Romeo had met Juliet, I had despised him- he was the opposite of me, more livelier, loud and caused riots. Since I am on the bottom of the hierarchy, considered the worst of the worst, and Romeo was the top of hierarchy, was I wrong to defy Romeo by speaking ill of my master… even though, without my will nor consent I was sent to serve Romeo as a lowlife servant.…show more content… I thought, if Romeo and Juliet had never contacted and had met each other, all these scenarios and circumstance would never had taken place… I thought my plan would go accordingly to my expectations when I had arrived at the church. I was thinking, that he should learn better from all the riots that he had caused, than to ‘fall in love’ with a girl from the opposing family. On the way to Verona from Mantua, I had continuously thought of going back to Romeo and not visiting Juliet, or staying in Mantua without responding to Romeo. However, I feel that this could be my last request to fulfill to Romeo and then I won’t have to serve him as a servant anymore I thought. I arrived at the entrance of the church and Juliet was nowhere in sight, and a crowd of people had gathered inside the little church, there had been loud weepings and mourns. “Juliet!” One cried. The friar was seen standing at the entrance, I stared for a few more seconds, deciding whether I should ask where Juliet had been however, I refused to, as maybe it would have been better for Romeo, to never contact her.. On the way back to Mantua, I had felt guilty, and I was thinking that Romeo shouldn’t have been involved with a troublesome girl like
