Romeo Plus Juliet Compare/Contrast
Romeo and Juliet:
Comparison and Contrast paragraph
It is not surprise that the popular tragedy of love Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare was adapted into a motion picture by Baz Luhrman in the year 1999. Although the plot of the story was more or less the same, the film adaptation showed various amounts of differences to the original play. For instance; the whole movie was modernized, there was missing detail in scenes, and the last scene was modified. Firstly, the film was made up within a modern present-day like setting unlike the play, which took place in the Elizabethan era. Guns were used instead of swords, cars were used instead of walking, and the movie took place in a large city rather than a small town. Secondly, the Capulet’s party scene is missing Romeo’s disappointment of being rejected by Rosaline (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 155). Rosaline’s character is absent, and Romeo is shown to be upset from a cause that was never mentioned in the movie. Finally, the lover’s death scene was modified to the original. After seeing Juliet at her tomb, Romeo drinks the poison and Juliet wakes up to see her husband dying. Unlike the play version, Juliet and Romeo get to share a final goodbye as he is not already dead when she wakes up. Juliet then ends her life by shooting a bullet through her head instead of a dagger to her heart. Many people have a mindset to think that watching a film version of a book is the same as reading it. However, in the case of Romeo and Juliet, there are many differences from the movie compared to the book. Although the two differentiate from each other, they still tell the same tale and retain the original English dialogue.
Comparison and Contrast paragraph
It is not surprise that the popular tragedy of love Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare was adapted into a motion picture by Baz Luhrman in the year 1999. Although the plot of the story was more or less the same, the film adaptation showed various amounts of differences to the original play. For instance; the whole movie was modernized, there was missing detail in scenes, and the last scene was modified. Firstly, the film was made up within a modern present-day like setting unlike the play, which took place in the Elizabethan era. Guns were used instead of swords, cars were used instead of walking, and the movie took place in a large city rather than a small town. Secondly, the Capulet’s party scene is missing Romeo’s disappointment of being rejected by Rosaline (Act 1, Scene 5, Line 155). Rosaline’s character is absent, and Romeo is shown to be upset from a cause that was never mentioned in the movie. Finally, the lover’s death scene was modified to the original. After seeing Juliet at her tomb, Romeo drinks the poison and Juliet wakes up to see her husband dying. Unlike the play version, Juliet and Romeo get to share a final goodbye as he is not already dead when she wakes up. Juliet then ends her life by shooting a bullet through her head instead of a dagger to her heart. Many people have a mindset to think that watching a film version of a book is the same as reading it. However, in the case of Romeo and Juliet, there are many differences from the movie compared to the book. Although the two differentiate from each other, they still tell the same tale and retain the original English dialogue.