Discuss the appropriation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Romeo+Juliet’ by Baz Luhrmann Texts and ideas from texts are appropriated and transformed into other text forms and other compositions in a different context. An appropriation is a text that is appropriated or taken over by another composer and presented in a new way. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a well-known high culture text that is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families
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Romeo & Juliet Assessments: #1 Significance Passage Annotation & Paragraph Name: Kasey Bain Play: Romeo & Juliet Writer: William Shakespeare Course: ENG1D1 Date Submitted: May 23‚ 2014 Date of Submission: May 14‚ 2014 (GAPPS WASN’T WORKING FOR ME) Comment #1 Romeo and Juliet Annotations! This annotation is significant because it is one of the earliest mentions of the character relationship between Rosaline and Romeo. Also‚ it deals with the theme of love vs. lust. In this passage
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I will discuss the tragedy‚ Hamlet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ Act 3‚ Scene 1. We start off with the King‚ the Queen‚ Rosencrantz‚ Guildenstern‚ Polonius‚ and Ophelia. We have Cladius asking Rosencrantz and Guildenstern why Hamlet is acting so strangely. Rosencrantz answers that the price admits he is confused‚ but he wont say why. After their conversation‚ Cladius orders Gertrude to leave so that he and polonium can spy on hamlet. As Ophelia enters‚ the queen tells her that hopefully the problems
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character’s behavior are often caused by a force beyond man’s control or by human action. In the play‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare identifies this argument by writing about two people who are always meant to be with one another‚ but an ongoing feud between their families‚ the Capulets and Montagues‚ always seems to keep these lovers a part. In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet find themselves in many problems from events that appeared to be laid out from the beginning that then cause consequential
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of Romeo and Juliet‚ but there is one more responsible than most. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the Montagues and the Capulets hate each other. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet instantly fall in love after meeting at a ball. Romeo gets Friar Laurence to marry them the next day without the knowledge of their families. As the story goes on Romeo and Juliet don’t see each other very often due to fear of getting caught. There is lots of miscommunication‚ and because of it‚ Romeo and Juliet both
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In the play Romeo and Juliet‚ marriage is an obstacle that young Juliet is trying to evade so she can be with Romeo‚ her true love. Since the play has been written‚ marriage has developed differently over years. By being able to pick whom you want to marry‚ when you want to marry your significant other‚ and why you want to marry them. The play includes many quotes indicating that marriage as being chosen by the parents. More so‚ the father picks who his daughter marries. “But fettle your fine
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play in Romeo and Juliet? Shakespeare refers to Romeo and Juliet as “star-crossed lovers.” We can not deny the fact that they are ‘destined to be together‚’ it is just something that the reader must accept. Fate is inevitable throughout the whole play; Shakespeare never gives readers an explanation as to why there is a feud between the Capulets and the Montagues‚ it is rather an undeniable aspect of the world of the play. The events surrounding the love affair of Romeo and Juliet
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The beginning scenes are important to the play‚ because these scenes are the exposition of the play and help the audience to make meaning. In the beginning scene of the play‚ the stage is set out to make the Munday Family household appear as poor‚ which evident through timeframe‚ which is 1929‚ which was the peak of the great depression‚ Government Well Aboriginal Reserve‚ Northam‚ Morning‚ 1929‚ and on the setting members of the Munday family are playing cricket with homemade equipment‚ DAVID and
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Romeo and Juliet Compare-Contrast Brad Herring 12/12/12 Period 1 In William Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”‚ the type of love that the two main characters share for each other plays a big part in their horrible tragedy. Although Shakespeare portrays the two youths as experiencing strong first love attraction for each other‚ Romeo’s passion and love prevails as the more sincere of these two star-crossed lovers. Throughout the story‚ Juliet falls in love with
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Act I: 1. In the opening scene‚ who starts the fight and why? A. Montague servants; Capulet servants thumb their nose at them B. Capulet servants; they thumb their noses at Montague servants C. Benvolio; he can’t stand the sight of the Capulets D. Montague servants; they thumb their noses at Capulet servants 2. Who tries to break up the fight? A. Romeo B. Paris C. Benvolio D. Tybalt 3. How does the fight end? A. Benvolio breaks up the fight B. The
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