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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“Romeo and Juliet” is a love story that will make you tear up and make you hate love stories. Love stories like Romeo and Juliet are very hard to watch without cringing and feeling obsessed. Romeo and Juliet is a very popular story that Zeffirelli and Luhrmann made different versions of it. Zeffirelli’s film was nominated for best director and best picture. The party scene is the main focus mostly for everyone because it is when the two star-cross’d lovers meet and fell in love at first sight. In
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Compare and Contrast of Romeo and Juliet and Gnomeo and Juliet The film‚ Gnomeo and Juliet‚ is similar to‚ yet different from the play‚” Romeo and Juliet”. Gnomeo and Juliet is the kid version of the dramatic‚ double suicide play by William Shakespeare. The characters and the setting are both different from and similar to the original. There are also many deletions. The characters in both versions have similar and different traits. One of the most changed characters is Tybalt. In the play‚ he
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Romeo and Juliet compare and contrast. I think almost everyone has heard the story of Romeo and Juliet. It is a very popular book‚ they have made movies and plays out of the book. Each very similar in ways and very different in other ways. Below I will be explaining all the ways they are similar and different in my opinion. The three movies we are compare and contrasting are in the years of 2014‚1968‚1996. My personal favorite out of the three would have to be the 1996 one with Leonardo DiCaprio
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Romeo and Juliet Vs. Romeo+Juliet There are many ways to compare two of the versions of Romeo and Juliet‚ the 1968 version‚ and the 1996 version starring Leonardo DiCaprio. In both movies‚ the characters and setting have the same names‚ but are portrayed differently. Even though both versions of Romeo and Juliet take place in different centuries‚ the whole meaning of the story is still the same. After watching both the 1968 and the Leonardo DiCaprio versions of Romeo and Juliet‚ I have decided
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Romeo and Juliet: Comparison and Contrast paragraph It is not surprise that the popular tragedy of love Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare was adapted into a motion picture by Baz Luhrman in the year 1999. Although the plot of the story was more or less the same‚ the film adaptation showed various amounts of differences to the original play. For instance; the whole movie was modernized‚ there was missing detail in scenes‚ and the last scene was modified. Firstly‚ the film was made
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Did you know that Romeo and Juliet was based off a love story called Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid? They have many similarities. Romeo and Juliet is a larger‚ more detailed version of Pyramus and Thisbe. There are many reasons why they are alike. The reasons Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe are alike is because of their similarities such as suicide‚ fatal misunderstanding‚ and lioness and Paris. First of all‚ in both Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe‚ they both ended up committing suicide
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Pre-AP English April 29‚ 2014 Romeo & Juliet: Compare and Contrast Essay Getting to read “Romeo and Juliet” was a great experience that will never be forgotten! A tragic story of young lovers with innocent hearts who attempt to fight their “star-crossed” fate. It was very interesting to see how different directors interpreted the play compared to the original by Shakespeare. Viewing the story from different angles helps you develop a better understanding of the story. In
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from the past and appreciate them in our modern and exponential times. However‚ there still are possibilities to cherish some of the archaic literature today that were written so long ago. Celebrated as one of the greatest dramas of all time‚ Romeo and Juliet depicts a tragedy of two lovers who come from feuding families. The play was first written in the 1500s by William Shakespeare. Almost four-hundred years later‚ the tragic play was made into a movie in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. There are
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Modernisation of Romeo and Juliet Intro: Romeo and Juliet is an original script by William Shakespeare. Baz Luhrmann modernised the script into a movie in 1996 to include a contemporary audience. Through the movie and script there are many differences and similarities. In this essay the setting‚ characters and symbolism will be examined and compared to talk about the similarities and difference. Para 1: Throughout Baz Luhrmann’s film and Shakespeare’s script there are similarities and differences
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