The following is an example of what would be required in a proposed changed project:
Act III Scene 5
Nora Jones “Nightingale”
Nightingale
Sing us a song
Of a love that once belonged
Nightingale
Tell me your tale
Was your journey far too long?Does it seem like I’m looking for an answer
To a question I can’t ask
I don’t know which way the feather falls
Or if i should blow it to the leftAll the voices that are spinnin’ around me
Trying to tell me what to say
Can I fly right behind you
And you can take me away
Analysis
Jones’ song hints at the same kind of longing that Romeo and Juliet feel throughout the play. It is particularly appropriate for III.5 with its references to the nightingale. It might well be Juliet singing:
Wilt thou be gone? it is not yet near day:
It was the nightingale, and not the lark,
That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear;
Nightly she sings on yon pomegranate-tree:
Believe me, love, it was the nightingale.
Both the song narrator and Juliet are experiencing a love that they know they should turn their back to. Throughout the play, Juliet wonders about the wisdom of starting a relationship with her sworn enemy. Everyone has his or her own opinion of what Juliet should do, and “All the voices […] are spinnin’ around [her],” yet she’s not concerned with them. She simply wants to “fly right behind Romeo.”
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