Group and Character role in Adaptation

I am in a group with David, Nan and Nia. In my groups adaptation, I am Mercutio and Lord Capulet. When I am Mercutio, I am supposed to portray a wild spirit. He is supposed to always be excited and ready to have fun. While reading the book and watching the film, in my mind I have always viewed Mercutio as somebody who is looking for trouble all the time. The scene that I am Mercutio in is when he is going to the party with Romeo and also after the party. In this scene Mercutio is telling Romeo that he will be able to find a new girl at this huge party. This is because Romeo has just broken up with his last girlfriend and is still hung up over her. After the party. Mercutio is very drunk. This is the scene where he dies. Mercutio is not thinking about anything and does not feel anything in this scene because of how drunk he is. This is one of the most important scenes to my character because this is where he dies. In our adaptation, we are trying to show the audience that Romeo and Mercutio have been friends with each other for a very long time in a total of 3-5 minutes.

The other role that I play in our adaptation was Lord Capulet. When I am Lord Capulet, I am supposed to be portrayed as a mean and over protective parent. We have not come up with the exact scenes for Lord Capulet yet, but he is supposed to be partially to blame for the death of Romeo in our adaptation. This is because Romeo is banished because he killed Tibalt. Juliet wants to leave the school so that she can go with Romeo. Lord Capulet will not allow for this so Juliet is going to fire gun shots at nothing in her dorm room to get banished from the school. Romeo will hear this and think that Juliet is dead so he will kill himself. Lord Capulet is supposed to feel angry when Juliet asks him to leave school. This scene is important because it is part of the reason why this tragety happens.