Extended Essay‚ my goal is to show the extent of the resemblance between the two literary works. Coming from different parts of the world‚ the two stories have been passed down and famously known for several generations. British Literature‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ and Persian tale‚ Laila Majnu‚ share many commonalities‚ which piqued my curiosity into finding out how much they are actually similar‚ and not to be confused with a translation and different title. The two do share differences in the context
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Despite being originally published during the late 1590’s‚ Romeo and Juliet is still remarkably well known today. How did a play remain prominent for over four centuries? The tale of the two star-crossed lovers dying at the mercy of unfortunate circumstances is still considered one of the greatest literary works of all time due to its unique plot‚ use of diverse characters and how well written it is. First of all‚ the story of Romeo and Juliet is like no other. The entire story is one big oxymoron
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Baz Luhrmann‚ director of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ used elements of a film such as characterization‚ setting‚ deletion and addition to scenes‚ and music to further portray the theme of inevitable fate of Romeo and Juliet. Characterization is essential to films because it helps to develop the theme of fate and express the fact that it is unavoidable for young Romeo and Juliet. Some people believe Shakespeare is uninteresting or confusing‚ but this version of the film is exciting
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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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The play Romeo and Juliet has been around since it was written by William Shakespeare in 1595. The themes inferred in this play have stuck around‚ despite the social changes that society has went through. We watched three different movies on Romeo and Juliet‚ and each was set in a different time period (1968‚ 1996‚ and 2014). They had many things in common and many things different. Some of the things in common was that the Montague’s and Capulet’s did not like each other at all. Also‚ another similarity
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Romeo and Juliet Critique Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann have both directed a film version of Romeo and Juliet very well‚ but a movie can not capture everything from the book. So‚ which movie portrayed the book better? There are aspects of both movies that portray the book better. For example‚ there could one movie could show the character’s personality better than the other one or one movie can show the city of Verona better than the other movie did. Small details of a scene could make
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Luhrmann is the director of a modern version of Romeo and Juliet (written by Shakespeare). There are many differences from the movie and the book‚ such as swapping swords for guns‚ to really emphasize the violence there was in that day. However‚ despite the differences between the book and movie‚ Luhrmann kept to a very similar plot. His point in the movie was to make people believe that love at first sight was possible‚ that it was fate that Romeo and Juliet met and fell into deep love. He shows
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Romeo and Juliet were a huge part in the movie.They were rebellious because they got married young. Also got married without permission from their parents and also Romeo kill Juliet’s cousin witch the king said upon that ‘‘they should not fight if they do they must suffer the consequence’’. Romeo had also gotten revenge on her cousin because he killed romeo’s friend. If i were to compare the story to a similar situation i would choose The Outsiders because they also were rebellious with their parents
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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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your mind relax after hard working. About Romeo and Juliet‚ it’s a play written in 1500’s. Shakespeare uses many difficult words and vocabulary in this play. By reading this‚ it helps us learn these new words‚ and it develops our brain to stretch on what we know. it also helps us broaden our understanding of the language in 1500’s in England. The disadvantages Reading book wastes more time than watching a movie. If you are a busy man‚ watching movie is a better idea. More one bad thing are that
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