Baz Luhrmann’s version of “William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet”‚ who is also the director of Strictly ballroom‚ is a bold adaptation of the world’s famous tragedy. He offers a trendy‚ contemporary re-telling of the classic love story with Leonardo DiCaprio’s Romeo and Clare Danes’ Juliet. Even though it is set in a modern day Verona‚ it still shows the beauty of the romance and keeps in Shakespeare’s dialogue. Juliet is a naïve‚ obedient girl at the beginning of the story‚ having not experienced
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ love and hate seem to have mysterious‚ obscure origins‚ and are both powerful forces within the play. Explore the significance of the theme of the similarity of these two powerful passions in the play. Think about the significance of a force that is not under one’s personal control. How might this relate to ethical responsibility? Love and hate play significant roles in this famous Shakespeare play‚ without the hatred between the two families there wouldn’t be a problem with
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"Romeo and Juliet" is one of the most famous plays written by Shakespeare. Under the essential elements‚ the character‚ plot‚ theme‚ there are a lot of special‚ unique ideas make the story stand out amongst others. In ’Romeo and Juliet’‚ violence is one of the key ideas that link every incident together. It pushes the story forward and makes things happen. Shakespeare produces visions of violence in nearly every scene‚ every moment of the play. The violence affects every character‚ changing their
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Juliet uses many metaphors and allusions to demonstrate or describe her thoughts and lust for Romeo. She begins her riddle of allusions by asking phaeton’ s carriage to bring in the dark of night for Romeo to arrive in this quote(3.2.2) “ Toward Phoebus lodging such a wagoner driver.” . She then thinks of how fast the night will come and how much she wants the night to come in this following saying of Juliet (3.2.4)“ bring in the cloudy night immediately.” . Romeo is supposed to come to Juliet at
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existence. Despite valiant attempts at free will‚ Romeo and Juliet suggests that fate is the true force governing one’s life. Irrespective of all attempts‚ fate intends to ensure Romeo and Juliet are never truly together. Romeo attempts to challenge his own fate to be with Juliet. When Balthazar relays the news that Juliet is dead‚ Romeo angrily announces "Is it even so? Then I defy you‚ stars!" (5.1.24). He has a plan to make sure that he and Juliet end up together despite the plan his fate has set
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Romeo and Juliet Extract Commentary The extract is situated near the starting of the bonding between Romeo and Juliet. The main purpose of the extract is to show the stupidity of the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. This scene also where the relationship between Romeo and Juliet starts becoming unbreakable as they make decisions without any real thought. The scene is situated after the ball at the Capulet’s Orchard‚ near Juliet’s balcony. Shakespeare uses both structure and language
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We all know the classic story Romeo and Juliet‚ Shakespeare’s play about rivaling families in Verona‚ Italy. When the daughter of the Capulet family and the son from the Montague family fall in love after meeting at a Capulet party that Romeo snuck into‚ they fight for the chance to be together. Juliet drinks a potion given to her from Friar Lawrence to imitate death to get out of marrying a family friend‚ Paris‚ like her parents were pushing for. Before that‚ Romeo was exiled for breaking the ‘no
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behind the 4 letter. Romeo and juliet are descendants from the two feuding families‚ the montagues and capulets‚ they were then forced to hate each other even though they loved each other. The feud made them blind from their their children’s love for each other. They were blinded until their children took their lives. You could say that it was romeo and juliet’s fault or you could say that it was not at all their fault; instead the fault lays on both of them. Romeo and juliet were not completely to
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet takes place in Verona‚ Italy and tells the four day love story of a miserable pair of star-crossed lovers. This play relates to many teenagers’ choices in modern day and shows us how this could have a large impact on the lives of teenagers. The behavior and choices of these two young teenagers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are based on how they were raised‚ this is known as nurture. Romeo’s parents are uninvolved parents. In “Parenting Styles and Adolescents” it says “Uninvolved
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David Rodriguez Mrs. Seguin English 9 acc 14 May 2015 Romeo and Juliet is Relevant Although the thought of teaching Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" may raise some eyebrows with some people‚ it has many purposes of it being taught to freshman in high school. The story can be very resourceful to students. There are multiple benefits such as an improved skill of understanding precise language‚ fundamentals and customs to the 15th century‚ and finally an introduction to Shakespearean literature.
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