Romeo and Juliet - Shakespeare vs. DiCaprio Films are made with the directors different personal opinions based on the original source. In the movie version of Romeo and Juliet (1996‚ Leonardo DiCaprio)‚ the above illustrates this perfectly. For this essay‚ I will discuss some of the contrasts between the original play‚ and the film. I hope you find this essay informative. First‚ I will discuss some of the plot changes that were implemented to adapt to a modern day movie’s visual capabilities.
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29 April 2013 Movie vs. Play The play Romeo and Juliet is a very long play written by Shakespeare. The play is written about two star crossed lovers that in the end of the play kill themselves. The play‚ written in the 16th century was bound to be a little different than its recreation as a film 400 years later. There are major differences in the movie and the play such as‚ some people are visual learners and the movie is a good visual‚ in the movie the places where things happen are
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modern movie there were many differences in scenes. The play began with a confrontation on a Verona street between servants of the Montague house and the Capulet house. The movie also began with a confrontation between the two houses‚ but took place at a gas station that they proceeded to set fire to. The famous balcony scene of the play was quite different from the movie in that Romeo and Juliet ended up in the pool and were kissing‚ and that did not happen at all in the play. The movie completely
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In the book of Romeo and Juliet you picture what the characters will look like. The movie shows their point of view of the characters. In the movie it shows the Montagues having a surfers characteristics. They wore a lot of beach shirts with palm trees on them. As we were reading the book I pictured them not as fancy as the Capulets but more casual type of clothing. I visioned Benvolio looking younger than Romeo and Mercutio from how the book described Benvolio. In the movie Benvolio looked a little
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Romeo and Juliet In my opinion‚ the superior film was the older version of Romeo and Juliet. I think the older version was better than the newer one because it fit the setting of the book more. It was more realistic and actually looked like Verona‚ Italy. The newer version of the film was very unrealistic because they were speaking the lines from the book (which took place a long time ago when people spoke differently) even though the setting of the movie was very modern. I did not
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of your dreams. The three movies I picked are Shakespearean plays‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ the modern movie made in 1996‚ Othello which is also a known classic‚ tragic love story‚ where two people truly loved each other and tired to make it work‚ but had many obstacles to overcome‚ with family and race. <br> <br>What is true love? Love means a warm liking or affection for a person‚ affectionate devotion. Does the way Romeo describe Juliet sound like love to you? In my opinion love does not occur at first
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Florence‚ Italy. Both Luhrmann and Zeffirelli version use Shakespeare play if Romeo and Juliet. However‚ Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet is more like it happened in modded time. And Zeffirelli is more like Shakespeare traditional play. Zeffirelli does a better job retelling the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. First‚ the setting in Zeffirelli version help makes the movie do a better job retelling the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. For example‚ the setting help makes it looks like it happened in accurate
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Romeo and Juliet movie and text comparison Shakespeare’s famous tragic play Romeo and Juliet is set in an ancient city of Verona‚ Italy. Three hundreds fifty years later‚ Baz Luhrman directed the modern version of Romeo +Juliet‚which is set in Verona Beach California backdrop. Besides that‚ the course of events in Shakespeare’s play has a little different than movie. “Two households‚ both alike in dignity‚( in fair Verona‚ where we lay out scene)” (Act I‚ the prologue)‚ these few lines indicate
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Although Baz Luhrmann’s film‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ modernizes the story of the two star-crossed lovers‚ it is a misinterpretation of the original story. In particular‚ the film is ineffective because the portrayal of the characters and their lifestyles do not reflect the original Shakespearean play‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ important scenes are cut and altered from the film as well‚ leaving out essential information that ties the story together. In fact‚ the modernization of the story does not
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Zeffirelli vs Luhrmann When you think of a love story‚ Romeo and Juliet is always one of the first to come to mind. This great tragedy is a timeless story that will be told for many generations to come. It tells the story about two star crossed lovers that were held apart by their clashing families. Two men came along that wanted to share this classic story with the rest of the world. Franco Zeffirelli created his movie version in 1968. 28 years later‚ Baz Luhrmann came along and also created his
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