In 1597 a play titled Romeo & Juliet was published. The writer‚ William Shakespeare‚ Had not even an inkling that this play (and many of his other works) would have such and impact on writers all over the world. Romeo & Juliet has been interpreted many times and many ways. There are two popular movies that are both appropriately titled Romeo & Juliet. In 1968 and 1996 movies were created by directors Zefferelli (1968)‚ and Baz Luhrmann (1996). Theses movies ‚along with the original text version‚
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Romeo & Juliet/”Pyramus and Thisbe” Comparison “Pyramus and Thisbe” and Romeo & Juliet are very riveting stories‚ from their concepts to their endings there are many similarities and differences. The pairs of lovers experience forbidden love and make difficult choices based on what they’re given. In both narratives the lovers end up lifeless from their own naïve choices: and as a difference Romeo was already dead when Juliet awakens and Pyramus gets once last glimpse of Thisbe before he succumbs
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play of Romeo and Juliet can be so much better than its Movie production. Although the movie production had better technology it left out so many major parts. The play on the other hand had set a better mood‚ plot and details which made it more interesting and dramatic and therefore a better presentation. The play is set in a fictional city called Verona where two families live. These two families have been having a feud for generations. One major difference between the play
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First‚ Romeo and Juliet is has qualities similar to The Great Gatsby because of leading males who will do anything for love. Romeo and Jay Gatsby both are head over heals in love with their women‚ but the difference is between leading ladies‚ Juliet and Daisy. While Juliet is equally in love with Romeo and willing to do anything to be together‚ Daisy is more shallow and selfish. When it came down to the end‚ Juliet was willing to die with Romeo while Daisy wasn’t even capable of leaving Tom because
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“Romeo‚ Romeo‚ wherefore are thou‚ Romeo?” These are word spoken by Juliet in both versions of the movie Romeo and Juliet Produced by Franco Zeffirilli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1966‚ Both the masquerade ball and the balcony scenes portray the characters of Romeo and Juliet very differently as well the overall production of the adopted versions of the plays. In the masquerade ball in both are having a good time‚ but in the one in the 1968 scene its older‚ obviously and in the 1996 its more modern
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famous plays out of all thirty seven of his plays was Romeo and Juliet. This play is so famous today that people have made tons of movies with the same plot or title. We know movies and how mistakes can be made. Books/plays being turned into movies can take out or add additional information based on production crew or time limits. One scene in Romeo and Juliet got changed a lot. Act 5 in the play has many differences
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet presents us with an array of timeless values that are depicted through Baz Luhrmann’s filmic adaptation of the text. The main contrast between Baz Luhrmann’s film and the original text is that the film context takes place in a modernised society much like ours today‚ carrying the same notions that are present within the original text into a society relevant to ours. The Concept of family is a key moral in both Baz Luhrmann’s and Shakespeare’s texts that is intertwined
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A myriad of novels claim they are the greatest love story of all time. It is only in the case of this novel that that statement can be applied and be true. The Great Gatsby is narrated by Nick Carraway in the roaring 1920’s in America. Nick moves to East egg‚ the smaller area in comparison to west egg but also where the mega-rich live. He moved into a little house and was the neighbor of Jay Gatsby’s huge mansion. Unlike Nick‚ Gatsby is a very famous and mega-rich person that likes to throw magnificent
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The Inescapability of Fate in Romeo and Juliet and The Great Gatsby Regardless of the decision an individual makes in their life‚ the eventual outcome remains unchanging. The inevitability of fate is explored in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald as the characters in both texts fail to escape their fate. The characters’ futile attempts to escape their fate highlight the shared theme that fate is the strongest force in determining the inevitable outcome
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literature is indeed Romeo and Juliet. The storey of star-cross lovers who come from feuding families‚ Montagues and the Capulets‚ who ultimately take their life. Almost four-hundred years later‚ directors Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann have both produced popular film versions protraying very different styles and techniques of the one play‚ using setting‚ editing and colour and costume to appeal to their chosen target audience. The Baz Luhrman edition is aiming towards a modern teenage audience who
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