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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Baz Luhrmann Romeo + Juliet 1996 and william shakespeare how each text reflects its cultural and historical context I am the master of my fate. I am the captain in my soul. « When we look at Shakespeare’s work‚ we discover a playwright who never loses sight of uncertainties‚ ambiguities‚ and imbalances of life » (Barthelemy 2004: 141) Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet was written in the late 1500’s. Critics tended to disparage this play in comparison to the four great tragedies Shakespeare
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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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play‚ The Taming of the Shrew. Shakespeare has shown issues connected with marriage and male and female relationships by showing how some relationships have love whereas other relationships do not have love and have one partner controlling the other partner. This is much like the main two characters in The Taming of the Shrew who are Katharina and Petruchio. There is not much love between them and Petruchio just tries to “tame” Katharina‚ hence the name and Katharina being the shrew. In the induction
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The one to blame for gender inequality is men. From the beginning of time men have been the ones that come before women‚ women are just the ones in the background‚ there ready to help them. While watching The Taming Of The Shrew written by Shakespeare (1594) and made into a movie directed by Franco Zeffirelli (1967)‚ the main character Kate‚ played by Elizabeth Taylor‚ not married and the little sister‚ Bianca‚ can’t date/marry anyone before her sister is set up. So what do these men do‚ they make
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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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the world. Today‚ however‚ many people are deciding to ditch gender roles‚ as they are seen as outdated and restricted. In fact‚ this desire to erase gender roles can be traced back to the time of William Shakespeare‚ notably in the novel The Taming of the Shrew. The novel suggests that they are harmful to a relationship‚ seen from the interaction between the characters Kate and Petruchio. It is expressed that gender roles result in violence toward the woman‚ and a lack of liberty for her. Gender roles
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the things from the original play. Romeo‚ at one point‚ took a mind altering substance that
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