Comparing Baz Luhrmann's Romeo And Juliet

The classic tale “Romeo and Juliet” told by Shakespeare is appropriate for year 10 students. It involves the love of two young teens who should be enemies but love is too strong and some violence containing guns and drugs although characters don’t enjoy it. Baz Luhrmann has created a movie that captures the essence of Shakespeare with little change from the original. Students can learn and witness many lessons. Romeo and Juliet’s world is full of hate, so much hate resulting in death and destruction, the audience observes Romeo and Juliet’s struggle to love. Romeo and Juliet are two troubled teens caught up in a fantasy of love. It is intriguing for the audience to watch young teens struggle to love in a world full of hate, where hate is planted hate shall not always sprout. They are full of haste, this leads to suicide which may be an off-putting feature but a valuable lesson. Adolescents are exposed to the anguish the families feel as they discover the bodies of their children and finally cease their hatred. Shakespeare has delivered a heart breaking, beautiful story that shows how hate can destroy families and cause endless heartbreak. The lesson of love cannot be denied as the emotions
There is use of guns in the movie but with keen observation a gun is only shot in a few scenes and that is a minimal amount for a two hour movie. The use of drugs is prominent, an admirable and influential act is how Romeo did not embrace the drugs and partying. Romeo and Juliet contains bad attributions but there was always a good example counteracting. No movie contains perfect characters but “Romeo and Juliet” is an appropriate movie that give adolescent’s different perspectives on handling drugs showing that Romeo shouldn’t have taken them but due to pressure he did. The movie is still relevant to modern times with the use of drugs and