Isabelle Delman identifies primarily as a storyteller and feels especially drawn to stories about the gap between behavior, self–identity, and external perception. Isabelle’s thesis explores the ways that Juliet from Romeo and Juliet and Lady Macbeth from Macbeth are perceived versus the way they each behave. As a theater major with an emphasis on acting, Isabelle plans to adapt both plays into one cohesive show that spans both Juliet’s and Lady Macbeth’s stories and combines them into one woman’s narrative. Isabelle argues that both of their stories center around a desperate need for control in a world where women had none and the fear of having no say in one’s own life. By contrasting the two women, Isabelle plans to illustrate the way women are demonized or canonized in ways based purely on convenience and circumstance. For fun, Isabelle likes to invent board games and sew costumes. Isabelle is on the board of the Shakespeare Company at UCLA and plans to pursue acting and independent Shakespearean scholarship.