Comparative Essay Romeo and Juliet: Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann When making books or plays into films‚ every director interprets the text differently. In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann’s film are different in many ways even though they are based on the same play. The film by Franco Zeffirelli‚ in 1968‚ does a better job reenacting the play in a motion picture than the film made by Baz Luhrmann‚ in 1996‚ because the setting‚ costumes and characterization
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Romeo and Juliet The play Romeo and Juliet has been made into a movie by many different directors. Franco Zefferelli 1968’s version of Romeo and Juliet is better than Baz Luhrmann 1996’s version of Romeo and Juliet. Zefferelli’s film is better than Luhrmann’s film because it is faithful to the actual play with suited costumes‚ music‚ text‚ and setting. Zefferelli’s 1968 film of Romeo and Juliet is better than the 1996 version because the lines of the actors are faithful to the play and the costumes
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Assignment in Romeo and Juliet Act III Scenes 1 & 2 Submitted by: Shimshon Yosef Scene 1 Question 4: Mercutio is related to the Prince and he is my friend. Mercutio was killed because he defended my honor in regard to Tybalt’s lies about me. Tybalt was my cousin for one hour. Romeo states the Juliet’s beauty made him weak like a woman. She weakened his brave heart which was hard as steel. Question 3: Mercutio says that he is a "grave man". He means that he will be dead soon. The literary device
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Romeo and Juliet Essay What role will a priest play in a story when two teenagers from two antagonistic households fall in love at first sight? It is really hard to imagine‚ isn’t it? But that’s exactly what Friar Laurence was doing in this play; he occupied a strange position in the drama Romeo and Juliet. He was kindhearted and helped Romeo and Juliet through many obstacles throughout the play. We should acknowledge that Friar Lawrence also played a very important role in the play‚ since
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Control is the main theme in Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo & Juliet. Power is presented by fate‚ love and parental control. Shakespeare clearly demonstrates that Lord Capulet is a very protective father. This is because in Act 1 scene 2 Capulet says “ hopeful lady of my earth” In this quote Shakespeare shows that Capulet is a loving and protective father because children died easily and the words ‘hopeful lady’ means that Juliet was his only hope ‚ Juliet was very precious for him because she was his
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English 1 Mr. Wilson 12.4.12 Spoken by Juliet‚ Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scene 5 In this scene‚ Romeo and Juliet are at Capulet’s house. Juliet waits for the Nurse to come back with a message from Romeo. She worries that they might somehow have missed each other. When the Nurse comes back‚ she refuses to tell Juliet anything and complains about her aching back. This is an old game between the Nurse and Juliet: they love teasing each other. The Nurse keeps refusing to tell Juliet what Romeo said until
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LITERARY ANALYSIS paper. In other words‚ your evidence and examples need to include a number of direct quotes from the play properly cited with Act‚ Scene‚ and line number in the format we discussed (3.2.111 = Act III‚ Scene 2‚ line 111). Prompts: 1. Discuss the relationships between parents and children in Romeo and Juliet. How do Romeo and Juliet interact with their parents? Are they rebellious in the modern sense? How do their parents feel about them? 2. Analyze the characters of the
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Romeo and Juliet Conflict and violence in the play are presented in a variety of different ways. Throughout the play‚ there runs this idea of a conflict between love and hate- the key part of Romeo and Juliet’s problems. This conflict in part leads to the violence of the play‚ with the feud providing the catalyst for events such as Mercutio’s death and the demise of the star-crossed lovers. Interpreting conflict as a discord of feelings‚ actions‚ and events‚ the play shows how conflict creates
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SACE Stage 1 English ASSESSMENT TYPE: TEXT ANALYSIS Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann The play Romeo and Juliet‚ originally written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s‚ is famous for the love and tragedy represented through the classic literature. To this day it is still a highly respected play. Due to its popularity‚ there have been multiple films produced using this tragic love story. This study of Romeo and Juliet is based on the 1996 film version directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ in which Luhrmann
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Has anyone ever had a bad day? The book Romeo and Juliet is a negative setting the setting is Verona Italy and the Capulet and Montagues hate each other. Romeo and Juliet is by William Shakespeare.Romeo likes Juliet and Juliet likes Romeo if you can guess it does not go so well.Touching Spirit bear is a negative setting.It takes place in Minneapolis and in Alaska it is by Mikaelsen. Cole matthews beats up this one kid named Peter and Cole gets in a lot of trouble and is shipped off to the Island
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