Dear My Beloved,
For days, for years, for centuries, I’ve yearned to feel your skin against mine, your luscious lips upon mine, and your hand against mine. Yet, I may not. For by the time you have read this letter, I am long gone into far Mantua, the cursed Fates cursing me to a wretched dark path, deprived of the beautiful Sun, deprived of its beauty that shines brighter than the diamonds in the sky.
Oh how am I to live knowing that my light is gone? I am cast into the night of Tartarus’ pit in Pluto’s realm, helpless, and longing to go back to the surface, to once again see the everlasting beauty of the marvellous sun. Oh how I reminisce our time together, envious of those that you may grace with your presence. Yet I, your husband, may not. Oh how I wonder how Friar Laurence sees my essence’s death, being away from you, as a lighter judgement than death. Oh how I would love to jump into your arms, hold you close, and never let go.
Why is the world so cruel? To separate me from my very sun, my light, my life, my love, my jewel, my heart, and my mind and soul. I am deep with grief that I may no longer be with you, being banished from these beautiful walls. But in my heart, you will always be with me. In my thoughts, you will always be with me. But nothing can compare to seeing you once more.
I will always love you. You and only you, my sweetheart.
Loving you forever,
Romeo
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Wonderful juxtaposition of light and dark imagery to imply Romeo’s existential despair in being cast away from Juliet! Care to further explain the reference to Greek mythology there? Great post Christian!
Well, before I wrote down this letter, I was thinking “Is there something from the book to help me characterise Romeo?” After further speculation, I found that there were a great number of references to the moon, stars, sun, and scattered traces of Greek Mythology (just that the names in the book are of the Roman equivalent. My letter also uses the Roman names to coincide with the book’s contents). In this letter, I used Greek Mythology not only to embody Romeo but also as a form of exaggeration. At the first part of the poem, I used the “Fates”. In Greek Mythology, the three Fates governs everything, from what you do to how you will die, regardless if you were a god or a mortal. This highlights the scenario in which Romeo is in, where he had no say or control over his banishment. Also, “Tartarus”, is the darkest and deepest place in Pluto’s (Hades) Realm (the underworld) where the worst of the worst are kept imprisoned, such as the gods (known as the Titans. They were actually quite evil) before the Olympians. In the balcony scene, Juliet called Romeo as “the god of my idolatry”. This could mean that he also felt like the Titans imprisoned in Tartarus. In modern context, Tartarus could be seen as the deepest level of Hell where spirits suffer the most. Yet again, this embodies the suffering that Romeo is going through being away from Juliet.