William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ a play adapted extensively into films‚ musicals‚ and operas‚ itself borrowed from an Italian tale; The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke‚ 1562 and Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582. Romeo and Juliet became one of Shakespeare’s most well-known tragedies. Baz Luhrman’s 1996 feature film Romeo + Juliet took on the challenge of adapting Shakespeare’s play into film. While retaining the original script‚ Luhrman changed almost everything
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In the film Romeo+Juliet (1996)‚ Luhrmann puts a new‚ fresh spin on Shakespeare’s classic play‚ Romeo and Juliet. While staying somewhat true to the original play‚ he shapes the dialogue‚ acting‚ and setting to bring the star crossed lovers into the present. This makes it more appealing and approachable to a modern audience. One might argue that the mixture of modern scenery and accents and Shakespearean English is an unsatisfying hybrid‚ and that a remake should either edit the language so it
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Romeo and Juliet’s tragedy is to a great degree bestowed upon them by those closest to them. However‚ Romeo and Juliet’s own haste choices and actions also greatly contribute to their misfortune. The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets and Friar Lawrence’s poor decisions contributes to the catastrophe that awaits the lovers‚ yet Romeo and Juliet’s own rushed decisions lead to the cataclysm. P1 The vendetta that exists between to Capulets and the Montagues greatly contributes to Romeo and
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In Act One of William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ we meet Romeo‚ Mercutio‚ and Tybalt. Right away‚ we get an idea of who these characters are and what kind of role they will play throughout the story. Romeo‚ Mercutio‚ and Tybalt share many distinctive characteristics and personalities in the story. We learn that Romeo is the romantic and handsome son of the Montagues. In the beginning of the story‚ he was depressed‚ but his mood quickly changed as the story went on. We also learn that Mercutio
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Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a play about two teenagers who fall in love. When Juliet is forced to be wed to another man she tries to fake her death to avoid it and be with Romeo.This backfires though‚ when Romeo thinks Juliet is actually dead and in turn commits suicide. When Juliet hears of this she decides there is nothing left to live for and does the same. Someone must have caused this‚ but who? The Capulets’ are to blame. By forcing their daughter to get married they made her
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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
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death-marked love‚ / And the continuance of their parent’s rage‚ / Which‚ but their children’s end‚ naught could remove " -The Prologue‚ Romeo and Juliet (by William Shakespeare). Fate plays a major role in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. The prologue describes Romeo’s and Juliet’s fate‚ which we see come up many times later on in the play. Throughout the play‚ Romeo and Juliet unwittingly realize they cannot exist in such reality and that a tragic fate awaits them. The two families‚ the Montagues and the
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have different speakers. There are several types of relationships that are explored in “Romeo and Juliet”. One of them is the relationships between Paris and Juliet‚ this represents the relationship of courtly love which was very common in Shakespeare’s time amongst noble time. He asks Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage‚ this was the acceptable method of courtship in the era and culture. A girl like Juliet would have expected an arranged marriage in those days. However this type of love was based
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Romeo is cancer “Love is heavy and light‚ bright and dark‚ hot and cold‚ sick and healthy‚ asleep and awake- its everything except what it is! (Act 1‚ scene 1)” says romeo from the play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. Romeo and juliet is a play about to star crossed lovers that have to fight through their rival families issues and hatred for each other. I argue that romeo is cancer because he is loving and overly emotional when it comes to women. Romeo is loving to his lover Juliet
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- “Star-crossed lovers” - Forced marriage - Feud (we don’t know what the feud is over‚ its never explained. Its clearly fate because they don’t know what they’re arguing about) - Meeting at the party (Romeo is drugged) - Violence: Deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio (influences) when Romeo kills Tybalt everything starts falling apart - Forced marriage ----- attitude to women - If women were valued‚ women would not be forced into such as marriage and not treated just as objects‚ we may see more
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