Romeo And Juliet Compare And Contrast

Although similar to Shakespeare’s original play, the movie Romeo + Juliet (1996) also has differences. Firstly, both the movie and the play show a religious society with Elizabethan era law and values. Secondly, the characters in the movie and play have the same relationships, friends, and enemies. In contrast, the movie shows that the people have modern technology including guns, cars, helicopters, and computers. However, these modern technologies do not exist in the play. Lastly, the people in the play used swords to kill each other, while the movie replaces the swords with guns. Although the movie Romeo + Juliet (1996) is based on Shakespeare’s original play, each demonstrates differences on their own. Capulet causes the deaths of Romeo