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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 Expository Essay William Shakespeare is known as the literary genius behind the classic play Romeo and Juliet. However‚ his play is not as original as many people may think it is. Thirty years prior to Romeo and Juliet‚ the play Romeus and Juliet was written; Pyramus and Thisbe was written even earlier. In Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare reveals to his audience that love is a powerful force that cannot be denied‚ which is also shown in the films West Side Story‚ Gnomeo 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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    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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    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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    Although similar to Shakespeare’s original play‚ the movie Romeo + Juliet (1996) also has differences. Firstly‚ both the movie and the play show a religious society with Elizabethan era law and values. Secondly‚ the characters in the movie and play have the same relationships‚ friends‚ and enemies. In contrast‚ the movie shows that the people have modern technology including guns‚ cars‚ helicopters‚ and computers. However‚ these modern technologies do not exist in the play. Lastly‚ the people in

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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” 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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    This term the year levels have been introduced to Romeo and Juliet as soon as we were told about the story and how quick everything happened we thought the movie was going to be terrible. We watched two different Romeo and Juliet movies.Baz Luhrmann’s movie was more about violence then love but it had a more modern theme and was more in your face then Franco Zeffirelli.Franco Zeffirelli movie got boring as it wasn’t as loud and as in your face then Baz Luhrmann’s I thought that it Franco Ziffirelli

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    Exploring the Loss of Innocence in Christina Rossetti’s poem ‘Cousin Kate’ The poem ‘Cousin Kate” written by Christina Rossetti signifies a story of the speaker which explains what happens to a ‘cottage maiden’ once she has been sullied by a man which consequently leads her to lose her innocence. ‘Cottage maiden’ creates a rural simplistic image of the speaker who has a low status. Due to the Victorian era in which the poem was written it is clear that the poem is based around the fact that women

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