ROMEO AND JULIET i) What is the theme of the film/play Romeo & Juliet? There are many themes in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Different people find many different themes; it all depends on ones point of view. Some common themes are: Love‚ Fate and Hatred. Each of these themes is discussed below in relation to the film/play. LOVE Love in Romeo and Juliet is not that really‚ idealized emotion. The love Romeo and Juliet share is beautiful and passionate. It is pure‚ exhilarating‚ and transformative
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theme that life is paradoxical‚ in Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet. A supreme example of this theme‚ could be Friar Lawrence’s opening lines‚ “The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night‚ / Check’ring the eastern clouds with streaks of light; / And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels / From forth day’s path and Titan’s burning wheels.” (II.iii.1-4) Throughout Act I and Act II‚ Shakespeare juxtaposes the characters of Romeo and Juliet to develop the theme of the paradoxical nature of life
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Comparative Essay Romeo and Juliet: Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann When making books or plays into films‚ every director interprets the text differently. In the case of Romeo and Juliet‚ Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann’s film are different in many ways even though they are based on the same play. The film by Franco Zeffirelli‚ in 1968‚ does a better job reenacting the play in a motion picture than the film made by Baz Luhrmann‚ in 1996‚ because the setting‚ costumes and characterization
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play Romeo and Juliet. Both the two families’ hate for each other and their love for their respective heirs drives the two lovers together‚ first in life and then in death. Love and hate‚ though opposing forces‚ work together to accomplish the same goal. Reason #1: In Romeo and Juliet‚ the two families’ hate of one another forces Romeo and Juliet to meet in secret because of the feud between the 2 families‚ so both of the two lovers both have to meet in secret and both of Romeo and Juliet spends
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In the movie “Gnomeo and Juliet”‚ both families have an extreme hatred for each other. With this evidence‚ it was clear that the theme of the film was that revenge is never the key to success. In the production‚ it showed that no matter how hard the gnomes would try to sabotage and pull pranks on each other‚ at the end it didn’t make anyone feel good on the inside but even worse on the outside. This theme was expressed in the scene where Tybalt cut off Benny’s hat and Gnomeo wanted to get revenge
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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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Act One‚ Scene Two Paris pleads with Capulet to let him marry Juliet‚ who is still only a girl of thirteen. Capulet tells him to wait‚ but decides to allow Paris to woo her and try to win her heart. He then tells his servant Peter to take a list of names and invite the people to a masked ball he is hosting that evening. Peter meets Romeo on the street‚ and being unable to read‚ asks Romeo to help read the list for him. Romeo does‚ and realizes that the girl he loves‚ Rosaline‚ will be attending
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Discuss the relationships between parents and children in Romeo and Juliet. How do Romeo and Juliet interact with their parents? Are they rebellious in the modern sense? How do their parents feel about them? 2. Analyze the characters of the Nurse and Friar Laurence as mentors to the young people in the play. Do these two people do the “right thing” in their relationships with Romeo and Juliet? 3. How does the idea of identity contribute to the story of Romeo and Juliet? Consider family affiliation
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Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ many people contributed to their deaths‚ but one man is most responsible. The father of Juliet played a huge role in the decision she took in killing herself. Capulet is guilty for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet because he wasn’t accepting and because he allowed Romeo to stay at the party. Capulet is responsible for Romeo and Juliet’s deaths because he wasn’t accepting of the fact that Montagues and Capulets could get along. Capulet states‚ “My sword‚ I say! Old Montague
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The power of older men in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet written in the late 1500s had a much different structure of government than that of today’s society. Traits such as gender and age played a major role in those times‚ and it is seen throughout the story that the older men have the ability to make decisions for the rest of the community with social status less than them. Such events as the decrees of the prince‚ the choices of the friar‚ and the commands of Lord
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