ASSESSMENT TYPE: TEXT ANALYSIS Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann The play Romeo and Juliet‚ originally written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s‚ is famous for the love and tragedy represented through the classic literature. To this day it is still a highly respected play. Due to its popularity‚ there have been multiple films produced using this tragic love story. This study of Romeo and Juliet is based on the 1996 film version directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ in which Luhrmann keeps aspects of Shakespeare
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Comparing to versions of Romeo and Juliet The star crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are presented in two famous movie productions. The first directed by Franco Zeffirelli’s 1996. The updated Luhrmann picture best captures the essence of Shakespeare for the present day viewer. Through the use of modernisation and location‚ while preserving Shakespearean language‚ to capture the audience. Equally Zeffirelli’s more historical interpretation show cases the original medieval architecture the Shakespeare
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The opening scene of William Shakespeare ’s Romeo and Juliet will be the scene that I choose to analysis. Elements of plots that could be found in the first scene are exposition‚ point of attack‚ discovery and foreshadowing. Each one of these elements will be used to help analysis the scene and make it clear as to what is going on in the mind of Shakespeare. The first element of plot found in the first scene is exposition. We read that there are two groups The Montague ’s and The Capulets‚
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Romeo and Juliet Essay No matter how in love two people are‚ there will always be death‚ sooner or later. In Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ two young teens fall in love just in one night‚ quickly ending in a deep tragedy. Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann are both directors that made two different Romeo and Juliet movies. The Romeo and Juliet movies have similarities and differences‚ but Zefirelli does a better job telling the story. In both versions of Romeo and Juliet there are many
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movie‚ he must use many elements such as scenery‚ clothing‚ style‚ and speech to tell the story. In the two movies made of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ both of the directors‚ Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann‚ portray the story of the star-crossed lovers in very different‚ unique ways. While Zeffirelli directs the movie as if it takes place in the 1500’s‚ Luhrmann decided to modernize the play so that it takes place in the 1990’s. The setting‚ costume‚ and style are all different because of this
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does the prologue to Shakespeare’s ’Romeo and Juliet’ prepare the audience for the play? The prologue to Shakespeare’s ’Romeo and Juliet’ prepares the audience by making a short summary of the play so it gets the audience thinking about what the story is about. The prologue is a sonnet which is a 14 line poem‚ it is also known as an english‚ elizabethan sonnet which contains 3 quatrains and a rhyming couplet. A sonnet is usually a love poem and that is exactly what ’Romeo and Juliet’ is about
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Adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” Many movies have been adapted from books. Several of these movies do not follow the books precisely. Although the movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann has the same basic elements as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ there are several differences that exist amongst them. The characters of Romeo and Juliet were the same in both the movie and the book. Romeo‚ the son of Montague‚ is one of the two main characters. He falls desperately in love with Juliet. They have
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Capulet in Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with the same character in Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation. Romeo and Juliet is generally believed to have been a poem based on a real Italian love story from the 3rd century‚ Shakespeare wrote his version of the poem as a play in 1594. Baz Luhrmann then created his version of Shakespeare’s play as a movie in 1996‚ this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play was a commercial success‚ proving particularly popular with teenage film viewers. Baz Luhrmann’s theatrical
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corrupt character. Infact‚ Fitzgerald writes about the corruption of the American Dream. Baz Luhrmann is a director who modernizes this classic story. He uses brilliant actors‚ music‚ and cinematography to capture a modern audience. The themes that both Fitzgerald and Luhrmann show are materialism and wealth. Fitzgerald writes about the differences between East Egg and West Egg; however‚ In the film by Baz Luhrmann‚ the visual comes to life in a modern way. Leonardo DiCaprio performs the role
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The Old‚ the New‚ and the Written The text‚ the Zeffrelli version‚ and the Luhrmann version are all different forms of Romeo and Juliet. They are all different by acting and context‚ but they are all about the same thing. They are both about the same story‚ Romeo and Juliet. The text has vivid description‚ the Zeffrelli and Luhrmann version has vivid view and detail but the Zeffrelli version is older and the Luhrmann version is modern. They all tell the same story‚ and share the same point‚ but
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