Mercutio is one of the most unique characters in Baz Luhrmann’s movie "Romeo & Juliet". His language is always powerful and imaginative. He represents many different things in the play and holds an important role. Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. He is neither Montague‚ nor Capulet. Therefore‚ he has not been born into a feud and really has no side. However‚ his bond with Romeo does make him associated with the Montagues. In this essay I will describe the complex character of Mercutio and how he influences
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romantic play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Baz Luhrmann effectively conveys the theme of love. The play follows Romeo and Juliet’s romance from love at first sight into the growth of true love‚ then into the downwards spiral of their parents’ disapproval and violence between the two families‚ concluding in the devastating death of the young couple. The theme of love is crucial in both the film and the play‚ and is exhibited repeatedly through different characters and events. Although Romeo and Juliet are critical
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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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TASK 1 Baz Luhrmann is an Australian director‚ famous for his eye catching films. He is known for his Red Curtain Trilogy including the three films ‘Strictly Ballroom’ (1992)‚ Romeo + Juliet (1996) and ‘Moulin Rouge’ (2001). In these films he uses song‚ dance and iambic pentameter to create a heightened‚ creative world. A key part of his films in the Red Curtain Trilogy is that the audience knows how the film will end when it begins. His theatrical‚ colourful‚ fast paced films continuously enthral
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In the opening scene of the modern adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet"‚ the qualities of the feuding families: The Montagues and The Capulets are successfully exposed to the audience by the use of presentational devices. The director‚ Baz Luhrmann‚ has paid deliberate attention to these areas‚ which successfully portray the rival family member’s temperaments. The use of different lighting‚ colour‚ music‚ sound effects‚ costume and make up are applied to represent the different families to show the distinction
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Chapter 3: Analysis of Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli: Zeffirelli too‚ does his best to capture a vaster and younger audience. Russell Jackson‚ in his book The Cambridge Companion Of Shakespeare On Film cites critic Sarah Munson Deats who states that Zeffirelli‚ ‘particularly intended to attract the counter culture youth‚ a generation of young people‚ like Romeo and Juliet‚ estranged from their parents‚ torn by the conflict between their youthful cult of passion and the military traditions
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Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare was known as the greatest writer of the English language and has written many famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet‚ Hamlet‚ and Othello. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet there are many similarities which exist between the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s version. As evident in the opening‚ balcony and the fighting scene. The Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s version are similar because they both consist of a lot of action within the opening scene. For instance‚ the Zeffirelli’s
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Romeo and Juliet‚ a story of passion and hatred sets the scene in the city of Fair Verona. An everlasting feud between the Capulet and Montague families disrupts the peace in the city and causes a tragic fate for the two forbidden star-crossed lovers; Romeo and Juliet. Devotion‚ revenge and authority force the young lovers to act impulsively and their irresponsible actions lead them to a tragic fate of death and despair. William Shakespeare’s one-of-a-kind tale has been taken - many times - and
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Being a virgin viewer of Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet‚ I found myself dissatisfied as I began to see the famous balcony scene reveal itself on the courtyard floor. “Where is the barrier‚ the ‘stony limits’ that separates the lovers from each other?” I inquired. How could the most renowned scene of William Shakespeare’s most popular play be missing? I continued to watch in astonishment as the daring scene developed into a masterpiece. Baz Luhrmann and Franco Zeffirelli both achieved unique interpretations
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make the balcony scenes in both the Franco Zeffirelli and the Baz Luhrmann productions so prolific. First‚ in the Zeffirelli production (1968)‚ the setting was at evening with Romeo behind an overgrown garden and Juliet upstairs in what appeared to be an old hillside stone villa. This setting worked for me because the scene showed the reality that the other movie lacked. In this particular scene I thought Romeo and Juliet’s performances were just perfect. Romeo seemed laid back but at the same time
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