The Wasp — 1895 — page 597: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page presents a comedic four-panel adaptation of Shakespeare's *Romeo and Juliet*, rendered as a visual comic strip. The narrative follows the famous balcony scene and its tragic conclusion: **Panel I**: Romeo declares his love beneath Juliet's window, quoting the famous "East" and "sun" line. **Panel II**: Romeo climbs to reach Juliet, illustrating the lovers' romantic connection with Shakespeare's quote about love transcending walls. **Panel III**: The lovers embrace passionately as passion intensifies (Shakespeare quoted again). **Panel IV**: The tragic ending: Romeo discovers Juliet "dead" in the tomb, leading to his own demise. The satire appears to mock the melodramatic excess of the play itself through exaggerated visual comedy rather than political commentary.