The director of the film version of "Romeo and Juliet" and Shakespeare both used the same script for their programs‚ but they are very different interpretations. In this paper‚ I am going to explain some of the instances in the first scene of "Romeo and Juliet" that the movie highlights more than in play‚ and some instances that the movie draws less attention to and the play brings out. First of all‚ the setting is probably the most evident contrast between the play and the movie. What the
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare uses many ways in which he builds tension in certain scenes. In Act 3 Scene 1‚ Shakespeare uses a whole variety of ways to show and build tension in the play and between the characters. The film director Baz Luhrmann also made an adaptation of the play as a film. In his film there are many different visual ways in which Luhrmann builds and creates tension. My first point is‚ right at the start of the scene‚ Mercutio keeps pushing for a fight. Benvolio on the other
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Romeo and Juliet’s play is art by Shakespeare’s‚ which revolves around a street couple in Verona by the names Romeo and Juliet. (Weis‚ 2012) This play was written based on a fictional story written between the years 1594 and 1596. This art is a fictional story‚ but around 13th century there rose two characters‚ from two famous Italian families and fell in love. These two young stars love fame spread faster across the Italy and France. The tales of the two young lovers lead to the creation of a poem
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I am going to be giving reasons why I should be picked as Mercutio in your upcoming production. Romeo and Juliet is a play that appeals firstly because of the timeless story line- a play from the Elizabethan era still widely talked about and interpreted in the 21st century! A key to the attraction of this play is the diversity of characters‚ from the impulsive and sensitive Romeo‚ to the angry and stubborn Tybalt. The way that the play can suddenly switch from comedy to tragedy engages the audience
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At the time Mercutio makes his famous "Queen Mab" speech in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ he and Romeo‚ together with a group of their friends and kinsmen‚ are on the way to a party given by their family’s arch-enemy‚ Lord Capulet. Their plan is to crash the party so that Romeo may have the opportunity to see his current love‚ Rosaline‚ whom they know has been invited to the Capulet’s masque that evening. Romeo‚ whom his friends seem to consider generally very witty and fun‚ originally thought
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er‚ knew.. - and loved‚ Sir Mercutio! The character that I chose from Romeo and Juliet is‚ of course‚ Mercutio. Mercutio is the friend of Romeo and Benvolio and the relative of Prince Escalus. He is extremely relevant to the plot‚ for Mercutio provoked Juliet’s cousin‚ Tybalt‚ causing the two to fight. "Come‚ sir‚ your passado." (III.i.80). Romeo attempted to intervene which gave Tybalt leverage to reach around him and stab Mercutio. The death of his friend angered Romeo‚ who then fought and killed
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CHANGES: At the beginning of the story‚ Mercutio was first introduced with Romeo and Benvolio. Mercutio was trying to be a really nice friend and tries to cheer up Romeo from his past relationships. There were no “end” to Mercutio’s character because he was killed in Act 3 Scene 1. But before he died‚ he was still very loyal to his friend. Until Act 3‚ Mercutio has always teased about Rosaline‚ but when it got to Act 3‚ he got mad. Mercutio was always a guy that can take jokes and laugh about things
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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‚ portray
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Romeo and Juliet In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet it is a tragedy. It is the story of two feuding families and the love between Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet who can’t be together because of them. Shakespeare’s intention in this scene was to set up for the following deaths and turn Romeo and Juliet from a comedy to a tragedy. This particular scene is cuticle to outlining Romeo and Juliet as a tragedy as it features the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt and Romeo’s banishment as of. The scene opens
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Romeo and Juliet. Friar Lawrence‚ Mercutio & the Nurse are to blame for the tragic deaths of Romeo & Juliet. Their actions have all contributed to the tragedy. Mercutio was the one who persuaded Romeo to go to the Capulets ball. The Nurse was the one who acted as the messenger and Friar Lawrence was the one who married them in the first place. Mercutio is Romeo’s witty‚ fun-loving & courageous friend‚ he can also be quite moody at times with sudden outbursts of temper. He is a kinsmen to the
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