This is the prompt‚ From the beginning of the play‚ we are told that Romeo and Juliet are victims of fate‚ starcrossed lovers whose deaths are unavoidable. Do you think this is true? Could their deaths have been avoided? Or are they victims of fate? What would be a thesis that encomRomeo and Juliet were infatuated teenagers that could have avoided death by not giving in to their desires. Romeo and Juliet were victims of fate only due to the fact that they tempted fate.They were typical
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Despite having been written hundreds of years apart‚ Romeo and Juliet and modern pop songs have much in common. Romeo and Juliet is a story about love‚ and many of the pop songs today revolve around that same concept. Both are different types of poetry. The lyrics of songs can be just poetic as those of Shakespeare’s plays. Additionally‚ both use many different types of literary devices; imagery‚ metaphors‚ etc. Of course‚ there are some differences between the two. For instance‚ Troye Sivan’s
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Romeo and Juliet “A tale of the young for the young” By Laura Marinos Throughout the 20th Century‚ there have been several attempts to transform William Shakespeare’s famous works into a modern context‚ with The Lion King based on Hamlet and 10 Things I Hate About You as a loose transformation of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course‚ there have been two successful transformations already based on Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet; West Side Story and Zeferelli’s Romeo and Juliet
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Baz Luhrmann’s version of “William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet”‚ who is also the director of Strictly ballroom‚ is a bold adaptation of the world’s famous tragedy. He offers a trendy‚ contemporary re-telling of the classic love story with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Romeo and Clare Danes’ Juliet. Even though it is set in a modern day Verona‚ it still shows the beauty of the romance and keeps in Shakespeare’s dialogue. Juliet is a naïve‚ obedient girl at the beginning of the story‚ having not experienced
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to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet The two movies‚ Romeo and Juliet (Luhrmann 1996) and Gnomeo and Juliet (Asbury 2011) have many differences. The most obvious difference is that the Luhrmann film has human actors and Asbury’s film is animated. The most obvious similarity is both films are spin offs or versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In being versions of Shakespeare’s well known work‚ the films have major similarities in plot And title characters‚ and yet major differences
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When William “The Bard” Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet around 1596‚ he had no idea that hundreds of years later middle school students from around the globe would be reading it. There are many reasons why teenagers read his famous play‚ but one of the main ones is to tell them what not to do. Educators everywhere want to show that there is a better way out of things than death‚ while also teaching kids how to read old English‚ and introducing kids to one of the most influential writers of all
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The original Shakespearean romantic tragedy is updated by Baz Luhrmann. it is set on a modern Verona Beach‚ where swords is just a brand of pistol and bored adolescence turn towards violence in the excellent rendition. Baz Luhrmann’s more modern version of William Shakespeares play takes place in the costal city of Verona. This romantic drama has some big stars such as Leonardo Di Caprio as Romeo‚ and Juliet was played by Claire Danes. Di Caprio and Danes really performed brilliantly as well as
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Baz Luhrmann‚ director of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ used elements of a film such as characterization‚ setting‚ deletion and addition to scenes‚ and music to further portray the theme of inevitable fate of Romeo and Juliet. Characterization is essential to films because it helps to develop the theme of fate and express the fact that it is unavoidable for young Romeo and Juliet. Some people believe Shakespeare is uninteresting or confusing‚ but this version of the film is exciting
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Act 2‚ Scene 5 - Juliet and the Nurse "Sweet‚ sweet‚ sweet nurse‚ tell me‚ what says my love?" (RJ 2.5.55) In Zeffirelli’s version of Romeo and Juliet‚ Act 2‚ Scene 5‚ Juliet seems bratty and impatient because the nurse fails to deliver the information about Romeo as soon as she walks through the door. Luhrmann made his version more modern‚ and makes the characters kinder to emphasize their relationship. These movies contain some similarities and differences; they both use some of the same lines
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The influence of William Shakespeare’s plays on modern culture is apparent in a multitude of media settings. Hamlet is the basis for Disney’s The Lion King; Arthur Laurents’ West Side Story is loosely based off of the plot of Romeo and Juliet; Twelfth Night has been the basis for countless moderately successful teenage romantic comedies (Fallon). Aside from repeatedly using the same plots for blockbuster movies‚ public figures frequently quote Shakespeare in their speeches‚ interviews‚ and even on
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