Differences Between Romeo And Juliet Play And Movie

In the film, Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli, which takes place in Verona, Italy, the Montague and the Capulet families are endlessly feuding. When Romeo, a young son of the Montagues, disregards family morals by attending a Capulet ball, he falls in love with the beautiful Juliet, a young daughter of the Capulets. After a brief engagement, the two elope with help from Friar Lawrence. Soon after, Romeo is exiled from Verona for killing Tybalt. He hears of Juliet’s death and gallops to see Juliet’s corpse. Romeo drinks a poison, but, unfortunately, Juliet wakes up shortly after. Devastated after seeing Romeo dead; she stabs herself.

Throughout the film and the play, the actors were well represented; however, some actors had more acting flaws than others. One of those being Paris who was played by Robert Bisacco; his acting in the film was not as grand as well as he did not have as many lines in the play versus the film. Juliet’s character, who was played by Olivia Hussey, did not capture my attention when it came to her overall film performance. Ultimately, the acting was skillful for being played in the late 1960s. This goes to show that the play was not directly followed by the film, which caused some misunderstandings in reader’s minds.
For example, the apothecary was never in the film; this hurt the plot because not knowing where he got the poison from to kill himself was misleading. Also, when Mercutio was fighting Tybalt, they were play fighting and goofing off in the film for a while. Although, in the play, they immediately started fighting; they did not joke around at all. This scene almost seemed as if it was all fun in games until they were more serious and eventually this ended in Mercutio’s