Romeo And Juliet Comparison

Baz Luhrmann, director of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, used elements of a film such as characterization, setting, deletion and addition to scenes, and music to further portray the theme of inevitable fate of Romeo and Juliet.

Characterization is essential to films because it helps to develop the theme of fate and express the fact that it is unavoidable for young Romeo and Juliet. Some people believe Shakespeare is uninteresting or confusing, but this version of the film is exciting and simple to follow. This is done by using characterization Shakespeare had written, but altering it slightly to make the whole story much more interesting for viewers. In Shakespeare’s original play, the nurse was written as a loving character
It was fate that the nurse decided not to tell anyone that Juliet, a Capulet, had fallen in love with Romeo, a Montague. She could have told on Juliet and saved her life. It was partly because the nurse did not tell anyone about the two lovers, that they ended up dying together. The nurse knew everything, she knew they were married, and she knew that they did not even care that their families were sworn enemies. The two families could not even stand being near each other. Friar Lawrence, in the book, similar to the film, comes up with a plan that leads to the films disastrous and tragic end. The friar plays an important role in the play. Things between Romeo and Juliet escalated way quicker than they should have. They are getting married and they have only just met. Romeo and Juliet barely even know each other, and with their marriage comes a great danger that neither of them are clearly that concerned about. Both of them should be way more concerned about what their families will think, but neither of them seem to care very much at all. They come from opposing families and their marriage will cause a huge uproar throughout both of their families.
Both families will be angry and there’s no way this will end well. The prince has already warned them if they fight, they will be killed. If the families find out, and they react angrily towards each other, and the prince finds out, they will all be punished, and possibly killed. It was the friar that married Romeo and Juliet, knowing it could end badly. It was by his false actions as an alleged holy man that Romeo and Juliet died. He was the one that planned Juliet’s fake death, which led to both Romeo and Juliet’s real deaths. Romeo saw Juliet dead, and drank the vile, saw Juliet, and died. It was by fate that they were able to be together one last time. Juliet, then proceeded to kill herself, and somehow fell perfectly on top of Romeo after shooting herself by fate. Another character that Luhrmann changed to further express fate was Mercutio. In the film Mercutio is an extremely compelling character. His appearance at the Capulet party was surprising and his speech to Romeo before the party was also very interesting. Mercutio’s most well-known quote, “A plague o’ both your houses!”, was extremely overdramatized in the film (III.i.111). He stated this quote three separate times, showing he