How Does Romeo And Juliet Change Throughout The Play

Romeo and Juliet, perhaps Shakespeare’s most famous play. Today I will be talking to you about the character Romeo and exploring how Shakespeare has conveyed key themes such as love and the unavoidable fate through Romeo. I will also be exploring the motivations of Romeo’s character and looking at how Baz Luhrman has portrayed this in his film Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo has been portrayed to explore the main idea of love throughout the play. In Act 1 Scene one, we see a cold, sorrow type of love by Romeo. This is because Romeo is head over heals in love with Rosaline, but she does not love him back. In Act 1 Scene 1 Romeo says “Ay me, sad hours seem long” This creates the idea that Romeos love for Rosaline is sad and cold, he seems like he is attention seeking. Rosaline is then later compared to the moon by Romeo, which is again pale and cold.
In the movie by Baz Luhrmann Romeo is not as old as he is portrayed to be in the play as in modern times this wouldn't be socially acceptable. Luhrmann has also used wild props such as high power cars, these show how Luhrmann has modernised the play. Baz Luhrmann has changed the clothing of Romeo to give him a more modern look. Romeo wears a shirt with a burning heart on it, this is strong symbolism and symbolises the heartbreak Romeo is about to