I believe that the (1961)‘West Side Story’ film version of Romeo and Juliet is superior to the later version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. Jerome Robbins‚ the director of ‘West Side Story’‚ having a different aim/ representation of Romeo and Juliet has used various effective techniques to produce his film – which I consider to be more successful. Robbins chose it to be a transformation of Romeo and Juliet & not the original play from Shakespeare‚ but that’s not the
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Romeo & Juliet: Chance or Fate Death always tends to grasp people’s attention‚ especially the deaths of children just like in Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare. For the deaths of both Romeo and Juliet‚ the Families‚ Friar Lawrence‚ and Fate all played a part. First‚ the Capulet Family pushed Juliet to get married without considering how she felt‚ as well as Friar Lawrence‚ who planned for Juliet to fake her own death by giving her the potion. Although‚ they are only partially to blame
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Possibly one of the most well known love stories‚ Romeo and Juliet has been an iconic love story read by many for hundreds of years. Throughout every generation who has read it‚ the age old question has been raised: are Romeo and Juliet in love or in lust? Most readers would like to believe that they are in love‚ and it is that love that brings them to their ends. In all realism‚ this is not true. Having only known each other for hours‚ Romeo and Juliet are simply deep in lust when the marry each other
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In the Shakespearean play‚ Romeo and Juliet are not a love story because‚ Romeo and Juliet are both too immature‚ Romeo and Juliet got married too quickly‚ and Romeo kills Juliet’s cousin. Romeo and Juliet‚ they are not in love because they are both too immature. Juliet is constantly battling thoughts of suicide over “everyday” circumstances. “What’s here? A cup‚ closed in my true love’s hand?...........(5.3.173-179).” Juliet is telling herself that without Romeo living she does not want to
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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 and Juliet Essay Haste‚ the over-eagerness to act‚ is an important element in any tragic play. William Shakespeare paid careful attention to this concept in the writing of his famous play Romeo and Juliet. Haste is certainly well shown‚ since most of the characters make rash decisions during the play. Firstly‚ Romeo and Juliet best display haste when they decide to get married after having met merely a couple of hours earlier. While gazing into her orchard and delivering her soliloquy‚ Juliet
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ary------------------------------------------------- Romeo and Juliet characters Montagues * Romeo — sole heir to the Montague fortune * Lord Montague — Romeo’s father * Lady Montague — Romeo’s mother * Benvolio — Romeo’s cousin * Balthasar — Romeo’s faithful servant * Abraham — Montague servant Capulets * Juliet — sole heir to the Capulet fortune * Lord Capulet — Juliet’s father * Lady Capulet — Juliet’s mother * Tybalt — Juliet’s cousin * The Nurse —
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Within Romeo and Juliet‚ parental neglect is the key factor causing the death of the star-cross’d lovers. Today‚ the effect of abuse is more apparent than it was in the 1500‘s. Children who have been subjected to parental neglect‚ verbal abuse‚ or physical abuse are scarred for life. Shakespeare gives the audience a look inside the family dynamic of Capulet. In fact‚ it can be seen as the direct cause of Juliet’s untimely death. With a family who’s primary focus is wealth and publicity‚ Juliet
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William Shakespeare is the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Two rich families have a feud causing many fights between them. Romeo from one family (the Montagues) and Juliet from the other family (the Capulets) fall in love just by the first glances at each other. They live a secret relationship dealing with their family feuds. But by the end of the play they both take their own lives because their love for each other was so great. The untimely deaths of Romeo and Juliet are ultimately caused by the family
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Sorry guys but this is not actually complete‚ so its a tad bit rough. Romeo and Juliet Speech By Jordan Kirkaldy If you watch the news you will see that contemporary teenage audiences of today are motivated by selfishness‚ lust‚ immaturity‚ and violence. These themes have been relevant to teenagers all through time‚ even that of the innocent and romantic couple in the play Romeo and Juliet. Although the main characters are wholly in love and cannot bear to be apart they are unable to escape
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