One Play‚ Two Perspectives Many new editions of the famous play “Romeo and Juliet” directed by William Shakespeare have been made. There have been many remakes of movies and plays of the legendary story. Two remakes of the original story are “Romeo + Juliet” by Baz Luhrman and “Romeo and Juliet” by William Woodman. William Woodman’s story is performed as a play in a stage while Baz Luhrman’s is a movie. Both stories have many similarities and differences to each other and to the original play.
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greatest writers in history. One of his most famous plays‚ Romeo and Juliet (R&J)‚ was written in the late 1590’s and is still much loved by modern audiences. R & J is the story of two teenage lovers whose marriage is doomed from the beginning because they come from feuding families. This story has been made into a movie by many film producers but 2 of the most famous were Zeferrelli’s in 1968 and Luhrmann’s in 1996. I believe Baz Luhrmann’s movie was the most believable and portrayed the tragedy of
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is a cherished piece of literature that has been remade into movies many times throughout history. The 1968 version and the controversial 1996 version give different perspectives of Shakespeare’s famous play. While the 1968 classical version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet should be appreciated‚ the modern version portrays the complexity of love in a fast-paced society by using narrative and stylistic elements combined with energetic editing in an advanced
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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 need to know some background information about these movies of Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet is a timeless tale with many interpretations. Three of our favorites at‚ The Years- Freshman Edition‚ is the original play by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet (1996) directed by the esteemed Baz Luhrmann‚ and the graphic novel illustrated by Will Volley and Jim Devlin. Though it is the same classic story‚ each adaption is unique in their own ways. Each artist created a totally original creation‚ from one original piece. Our editors decided to do some research to discover
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style. 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
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The 1996 film of “Romeo and Juliet” is a stronger interpratation of Shakespeare’s text becuase that is what “Romeo and Juliet” would be like in modern day. The 1996 version follows the theme of the danger of love. The filmaker of the 1996 film highlighted the imagery of eyes‚ just like Shakespeare did in his play. The theme that Shakespeare wrote his play to be evident of‚ ‘love is dangerous and drives our decisions‚’ is plentifully more clearly represented in this version of the film than the
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Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare vs. DiCaprio Films are made with the directors different personal opinions based on the original source. In the movie version of Romeo and Juliet (1996‚ Leonardo DiCaprio)‚ the above illustrates this perfectly. For this essay‚ I will discuss some of the contrasts between the original play‚ and the film. I hope you find this essay informative. First‚ I will discuss some of the plot changes that were implemented to adapt to a modern day movie’s visual capabilities.
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the versions of the dearly loved Romeo and Juliet‚ the 1968 version executes the story the finest compared to the written play and the 1997 movie. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy that is engrossed by the love of the two star crossed lovers urning to be with one another. In the 1968 movie‚ the actors playing the lead characters implement the love and affection that captures the concept of Romeo and Juliet’s love. During the very famous balcony scene‚ Romeo and Juliet really see each other for the first
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“Romeo and Juliet” is a love story that will make you tear up and make you hate love stories. Love stories like Romeo and Juliet are very hard to watch without cringing and feeling obsessed. Romeo and Juliet is a very popular story that Zeffirelli and Luhrmann made different versions of it. Zeffirelli’s film was nominated for best director and best picture. The party scene is the main focus mostly for everyone because it is when the two star-cross’d lovers meet and fell in love at first sight. In
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