Romeo & Juliet This teenage tragedy was written by the famous Shakespeare‚ being the third most popular of all his many plays. Romeo and Juliet is about two star cross’d lovers who are born into rival families that live in Verona. Many other movies‚ plays‚ and cartoons have been created about this story. A few things all of the movies have in common is that the characters that are suppose to die ‚ die in the same order. Almost all plays are shot in Verona except one. Romeo had still been played
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hands of William Shakespeare in 1595 as he wrote the timeless story of Romeo and Juliet. A story of star crossed lovers who because of the enmity between their families were unable to meet. Even though such a story cannot be repeated‚ there have been numerous replications in many forms including movies. In 1968‚ the movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli was released. 28 years later in 1996‚ the movie Romeo + Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann
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Franco came from a military background. He became a highly decorated soldier and won rapid promotions in the army. He rose to prominence during the 1920s as a commander in the Spanish Legion and became the youngest general in Europe.[1] He was then appointed in charge of Academia General Militar‚ Spain’s main military academy at Zaragoza. However‚ with the fall of the Spanish monarchy and the establishment of the Second Republic in 1931‚ Franco‚ as a conservative and monarchist officer‚ was marginalized
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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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In Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet‚ is a traditional adaptation of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet‚ with some variations. Baz Luhrmann directed the 1996 version‚ also known as the MTV Romeo † Juliet. This version is very modernized‚ but keeps the language intact with few changes. There are many differences between Zeffirelli’s Romeo and Juliet and the Signet version of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo’s entire speech that begins “Alas that love‚ whose view is muffled still‚ Should
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Act 4 Scene 3: How are Juliet’s feelings presented in this soliloquy? In this scene Juliet and her nurse make the final preparations for the wedding (with Prince) that is going to take place the following morning. Lady Capulet offers her assistance‚ but Juliet asks to be left to alone so she can pray and release her sins. This leaves Juliet alone in her bed chamber. She is feeling scared and worried about what she is about to do. She is beginning to doubt whether Friar Lawrence has given her
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daughter get married yet. But he changed and decided that if she did not marry‚ she would be disowned. It is very confusing how this happens‚ because it is such a dramatic change in such a short period of time. At first‚ Capulet thinks that Juliet isn’t ready for marriage. For he believes that she is too young‚ innocent and immature. But saying o’er what I have said before. My child is yet a stranger in the world. She hath not seen the change of fourteen years.
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The only thing that’s going through my mind right now is surviving and I know that forming alliances will lead me to victory. If I had to choose a partner it would be Tybalt and not Romeo. Tybalt is violent and at the same time he is courageous. While he was enjoying himself at the Capulet ball he noticed someone’s voice and the way they spoke‚ that they were a Montague and not a Capulet. He requested that someone should fetch his sword and called out “Now by the stock and honor of my kin‚ to
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet The Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet starts off zooming into a tv very slowly‚ which has a news anchor narrating the famous prologue of Shakespeare’s world renowned tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet. Suddenly‚ the screen cuts to an intense and out of control scene of gunfire on Verona Beach from all angles‚ a gang fight involving members of both the Montagues and Capulets. It is here in the first scene that Luhrmann truly successfully captures the viewer’s attention
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Why is Zeffirelli version is better than Luhrmann version? Franco Zeffirelli is an Italian director and producer operas‚ film‚ and television. He was born February 12‚ 1923 in Florence‚ Italy. Both Luhrmann and Zeffirelli version use Shakespeare play if Romeo and Juliet. However‚ Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet is more like it happened in modded time. And Zeffirelli is more like Shakespeare traditional play. Zeffirelli does a better job retelling the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. First‚ the setting
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