This teenage tragedy was written by the famous Shakespeare, being the third most popular of all his many plays. Romeo and Juliet is about two star cross’d lovers who are born into rival families that live in Verona. Many other movies, plays, and cartoons have been created about this story. A few things all of the movies have in common is that the characters that are suppose to die , die in the same order. Almost all plays are shot in Verona except one. Romeo had still been played by a “pretty boy” in all three versions to show sensitivity and youthful attractiveness. Juliet was flawlessly beautiful in all three versions, she was also very delicate and graceful. Mercutio was always outspoken and unfiltered in all movies , …show more content…
Lady Capulet doesn't really have a bond with her daughter, and also gives Juliet a cold hearted response when Juliet is pleading for her mother to help her avoid being married to Paris because, Lady Capulet wants to be seen as an obedient wife. However , the Nurse of the Capulets home has a motherly bond with Juliet, comforting her, helping her to see Romeo, and just being someone she can talk to in general. This is because, in all films Juliet has built trust with her nurse. In all films Tybalt is very sneaky and kniving, having a certain hate of his own for Romeo and is out to get revenge. Tybalt is actually the one to kill Mercutio in all films by “accident”. This is because, he wants to make Lord Capulet proud of him. Lady Montague is very rarely seen or heard of in this movie but still plays an important …show more content…
They also have very good acting crews, because both the play and movie was equally dramatic. Major comparisons that viewers will notice between the 1968 and 1969 that stand out the most would have to be, that both set of actors of the Montague family happened to be Caucasian, not very sure if that was intended but it's just a similarity you can notice. Another thing that was interestingly similar was that both movies were actually shot in Verona , a city in Spain. Whereas the 2014 version was shot in California but, it was based and/or to be in Verona instead. Both movies also had actually cut parts that Shakespeare wrote, out of the scenes completely , because they felt that it wasn't as important or it wouldn't make sense. Another thing the films both have in common is that the speech or dialogue is similar. Both films had used the exact dialogue Shakespeare had written except for the small modifications that were made. In all both versions of Romeo and Juliet were