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    Romeo + Juliet Romeo + Juliet is a film based on the well-known play written by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann and is set in Verona‚ a city in Italy. In this essay‚ I will be describing the first scene in the film (the prologue)‚ and explaining how verbal and visual features were used in this scene to suggest what the film would be about‚ things like violence and romance. I will do this by; describing what happened in the scene‚ I will then go on to explain

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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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    M. H teacher ENG2D3 21 May 2013 Romeo and Juliet: Text vs. Films Comparison From their representation of characters to their use of language‚ Zefirelli and Luhrmann take two very different approaches to Shakespeare’s second most famous theatrical work. The 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet‚ directed by Franco Zeffirelli‚ is set to a more traditional idea. The historical architecture of these towns provides a somewhat more authentic feel to the film. The scenery as portrayed in the 1968 film

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    characters Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are two normal people‚ from two different families that are enemies‚ who aren’t allowed to date each other. This big conflict between two families get into a street fight‚ and all of a sudden the two star crossed lovers fall deeply in love. These two characters have different personalities and relationships with friends and families‚ but by the end‚ they end up both relating each other. By looking at specific parts in the play‚ both Romeo and Juliet

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    believe in love at first sight? Well‚ Romeo and Juliet did after the Capulet party that Romeo (a Montague) snuck into. The Montague’s and Capulet’s have been fighting for ages but no one seems to know why. These two love birds are forbid to see each other but they cant resist. After the party Romeo sneaks back to see Juliet. There are two versions f this classic scene the modern version directed by Baz Buhrmann and the classic version directed by Franco Zeffirelli. They are both true to the story but

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    the film prove to be complete opposites. The 1968 version by Franco Zeffirelli‚ depicts a traditional Romeo and Juliet. There was nothing visually stunning about the accustomed Renaissance setting that was doused in neutral colors. Costuming was accurate and conventional for the time. In general this adaptation stays truer to the way Shakespeare had intended. In the 1996 version by Baz Luhrmann‚ the story of Romeo and Juliet is portrayed with a modern day twist. The setting is a beach city where

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    Comparison of the Female Characters in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s classic play Romeo and Juliet there are three main female characters‚ Lady Capulet‚ her daughter Juliet and their Nurse Angelica. They are all very different in their approaches to various life situations; this is partly because they are from different social status‚ with different backgrounds and outlook on life. In particular their views on love and marriage are very different. Romeo and Juliet was written

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    The Ideal Husband Romeo‚ the lover of Verona‚ and Count Paris‚ the ideal partner in marriage‚ are intertwined in fate and are seemingly made opponents of love in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Romeo‚ son of Lord and Lady Montague‚ falls in love with Juliet‚ daughter of Lord and Lady Capulet. Due to the fact that the Montagues and Capulets still sustain an ancient feud between their households‚ Romeo and Juliet keep their love a secret. Unaware of their daughter’s love to Romeo‚ Lord and Lady Capulet

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    Family relationships are key to both ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare in the sixteenth century and ‘David Copperfield’ written by Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Both are set in patriarchal societies which seem to demonstrate changing relationships in families caused by a dominant‚ authoritarian man; presented through events‚ speeches and language choices. In both dramas the ‘parent and child’ relationships are key to the storylines. Both fathers threaten their (step)child

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    LITERATURE EXAMPLE The play Romeo and Juliet may seem to have no visible connections to the novel‚ “the lord of the Flies; I read these stories in ninth grade‚ but now that I come to think of it‚ they do connect‚ but on a deeper level; they are parallel in many ways. Both stories deal with 2 separate groups (Romeo/Juliet‚ and the two gangs that are created in lord of the flies)‚ in which it would be best to come together‚ but other forces are stopping the unity (Romeo and Juliet’s parents‚ and the

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