The Tragedy Of Romeo And Juliet: Misinterpretation Of The Movie

Although Baz Luhrmann’s film, Romeo and Juliet, modernizes the story of the two star-crossed lovers, it is a misinterpretation of the original story. In particular, the film is ineffective because the portrayal of the characters and their lifestyles do not reflect the original Shakespearean play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, important scenes are cut and altered from the film as well, leaving out essential information that ties the story together. In fact, the modernization of the story does not correlate to the original dialogue causing the film to be misunderstood. The first reason the film is ineffective is because it does not properly depict the lifestyles of each character according to Shakespeare. For instance, in Baz Luhrmann’s film,