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    My Romeo and Juliet designs are set in the Star Wars Universe‚ roughly taking place around the time period of “The Phantom Menace”‚ if not a few years prior. Because of this‚ their outfits‚ particularly Juliet’s‚ follow most of the ‘uniform’ guidelines set around their respective factions‚ with some minor liberties taken that would be appropriate within the context of the setting. Juliet is a Jedi Padawan and Romeo is a Sith Apprentice‚ which reflects both their young ages in the original play and

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    Romeo and Juliet Essay “From forth the fatal loin of these two foes a pair of star crossed lovers take their life.” In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet quickly fall in love and grow attached and fate causes them both to commit suicide. True love is being with someone for a such amount of time that no matter what happens to them you will be this them forever and this takes maturity and time. Romeo and Juliet are not truly in love because they are young‚ Romeo uses juliet as a rebound if you will‚ they

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    from the past and appreciate them in our modern and exponential times. However‚ there still are possibilities to cherish some of the archaic literature today that were written so long ago. Celebrated as one of the greatest dramas of all time‚ Romeo and Juliet depicts a tragedy of two lovers who come from feuding families. The play was first written in the 1500s by William Shakespeare. Almost four-hundred years later‚ the tragic play was made into a movie in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. There are

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    In the story Romeo and Juliet there was some tremendous issues with teen rebellion in the areas of teen marriage‚ teen disobedience‚ and teen defiance. In this essay I am going to speak on the issue of teen marriage‚ I will be comparing Romeo and Juliet to Twilight. I am comparing Romeo and Juliet to the movie Twilight‚ in both Romeo and Juliet and Twilight they are both stories based on forbidden love. “There ages are different Juliet is 13‚ Romeo is about 16‚ Bella is 22 and Edward is 34‚ though

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    1996 with Romeo and Juliet he makes sure you don’t leave without tears down your eyes and your heart feeling heavy. Romeo and Juliet having an amazing cast and your emotions never once being spared especially in the end. The ending of the play Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is drastically different from the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film version‚ which portrays a more tragic incident. In contrast to the film‚ the play’s ending gives a less tragic approach to the incident. Romeo and Juliet are found dead

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    Romeo and Juliet In my Englsih 1 Hnr’s class we have been studying romeo and juliet we have watched the 1996 movie‚2013 play ‚1968 movie‚ in this paper i would like to tell you about them and compared and explain their differences. Romeo and Juliet is a very beautiful love story with a tragic ending but you know what they say all good things must come to an end. The first thing we watched was the play which was made in 2013 this production was filmed in Broadway but it depicts Romeo and his Montague

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    Likewise‚ the movie adaptation of Romeo and Juliet that Luhrmann created can be compared to Zeffirelli’s in the same manner: both movies show Shakespeare’s original themes of love‚ fate and tragedy. However‚ Luhrmann’s movie takes a twist on the original story‚ using drama‚ music‚ and a modern theme to ultimately portray shakespeare’s intentions to teens in a similar‚ yet compelling‚ manner. Zeffirelli and Luhrmann movie adaptations are both based on Romeo and Juliet. Zeffirelli’s version is distinctly

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    Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story by Shakespeare. It is about a young man name Romeo and a young woman named Juliet who fall madly in love with each other although their families are bitter enemies. Juliet is 13 and Romeo is 16. One is adult-like and the other is innocent. Yet still both have a connection and love each other. In the book Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet are both similar‚ yet have their differences. Romeo and Juliet have many similarities. Both Romeo and Juliet are are teenagers

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    Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and Ernest Lehman’s West Side Story are similar in many ways; however‚ in those comparisons there are some minor differences. Aside from the similarities between Romeo and Tony or Juliet and Maria‚ there are many other likenesses such as the balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet and the fire escape scene in West Side Story. In Romeo and Juliet the scene starts off with Romeo listening to Juliet give her "What’s in a name?" speech‚ and similarly‚ in West Side Story the scene

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    infinite”(William Shakespeare) This is the memorable line from a classic story of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet has some adaptations that no knows which truly resembles Shakespeare play. So by picking two adaptations of Romeo and Juliet the people can get a feel what Shakespeare should be like. Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet is a lot more precise to Shakespeare’s playwright than Luhrmann’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by comparing and contrasting the movies to the playwright. First people

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