Rhetorical Analysis Of Roz Chast

A Rhetorical Analysis of Roz Chast’s “The I.M.s of Romeo and Juliet”
Roz Chast, since a young age, has always had a desire to draw cartoons. It was something she enjoyed to pass her time, and hoped to be able to expand on when she was older. In the year 1978, Roz became a staff member for the New Yorker as a cartoonist, where she published works such as Theories of Everything: Selected, Collected, and
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From 2002, Roz Chast’s illustration of “The I.M.s of Romeo and Juliet” was first printed.
The title itself draws attention, as most generations are familiar with the classic
Shakespeare's play, “Romeo and Juliet”. The curiosity of what comparisons she might make with her illustration to the original

Romeo had chatted to Juliet, “what a jerk i usedd purpl, ink on the sci test. he g5ot pissed looks like jimminy crickt”(347). In this example, it shows that Romeo is trying to attempt to use an analogy to express his dislike for the teacher’s reaction to his own actions. Since the adapted texting language, it is somewhat unclear as the what exactly he is trying to express. We understand that he is disrespecting the teacher, and is upset about the consequences. Though when he compares Wylander to the ever famous character Jiminy
Cricket from Disney’s Pinocchio , his lacking amount of information as to how exactly he looks like this character leaves us wanting. He is unclear as to whether it is the physical appearance of Jiminy Cricket he is making this comparison or a specific type of expression that is known of this character. Juliet’s only response is, “lol”, showing her lack of sympathy or empathy, and actually finds the situation amusing.
At this point, the background of the illustration, and the current amount of communication, causes a natural response to want to correct any and every mistake and impropriety in this scene. We are beginning to see some of the similarities between

The same scenario was established in the play by
Shakespeare between the two main families: The Capulets and the Montagues. During the conversation, though, the intensity and details of just how deeply the dislike is described is left out, again due to the adapted shortcuts used in texting. Neither character seems phased by the dislike created by both families/sets of parents. With the fact the
Juliet nor Romeo commented anything else shows their disregard of the opinion of those closer to them, who also have more experience in life. The famous line “O Romeo,
Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love And I'll no longer be a Capulet,” (The Tragedy of Romeo and
Juliet) is the perfect example of a disregard for the opinions of adults surrounding her and
Romeo. They cared not for what they should do, but only express what they want to do.
These situations bring to light, and make us think about whether the current generation of today is responsible enough to take on any type of relationship. In Romeo and Juliet , relationships at a young age were common, and even expected at most times.