The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare has been reinterpreted and performed globally on several occurrences and occasions. Each time there is something different and unique to it‚ such as leaving out a part or acting out a scene differently. One scene‚ in particular‚ that is interesting to watch with each reenactment‚ since it seems to be different each new time‚ is the final scene of the play with the tragic suicide of Romeo and Juliet. In Baz Luhrman’s making of this screenplay
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Romeo & Juliet This teenage tragedy was written by the famous Shakespeare‚ being the third most popular of all his many plays. Romeo and Juliet is about two star cross’d lovers who are born into rival families that live in Verona. Many other movies‚ plays‚ and cartoons have been created about this story. A few things all of the movies have in common is that the characters that are suppose to die ‚ die in the same order. Almost all plays are shot in Verona except one. Romeo had still been played
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Juliet! Juliet! I’m coming Nurse. I will compare and contrast Romeo and Juliet the play by William Shakespeare and the movie by Baz Lohrmanns. The topics to be discussed the theme and a specific character in the play and the movie. Important to know that; “ A daughter of one family and a son of the other A pair of star-crossed lovers take their own lives.” Nevertheless‚ in the play Romeo and Juliet is during the 1600’s and is about a young man and a young woman named Romeo and Juliet. Romeo wanted
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Romeo and Juliet both live in Verona. They’re from feuding families. Romeo is from the family Montague and Juliet from the Capulets. Romeo is in love with a girl named Rosaline. He wants to show his love for her but Rosaline has sworn off love. Juliet’s parents want her to marry Paris. Romeo is accidentally invited to the Capulet’s party. Romeo and his friends crash the party and that is where he meets Juliet. They instantly fall in love. Juliet’s cousin Tybalt sees Romeo there and is angry. The
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Franco Zeffirelli decided to keep from the book was the setting. He makes sure to keep the same as in the book‚ which is a big part. “Verona. A public place.” (Shakespeare 1). In this scene he makes sure to have a public place‚ like a marketplace‚ to match the book’s description of the setting. Something else that Zeffirelli made sure to keep in the movie that was also in the book in Act II Scene II. This is also known as the balcony scene‚ where Romeo and Juliet meet in secret. This is one of the most
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The Dicaprio version of Romeo and Juliet is more modern based. In the movie‚ instead of swords‚ they use guns instead. The settings are much more surprising and fun to see. This made the movie much more entertaining. These characters wear clothes that people nowadays wear too. They drive around in cars and there are even helicopter. Although they look like modern people to us‚ they still talk in a tone shake spear had intended them to sound like. The Montague’s look more like they’re a gang than
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once said‚ “There is only one happiness in this life‚ to love and be love.” Romeo and Juliet is a fictional story about two characters who are forbidden to love each other‚ loving each other brought them happiness but ended causing more pain than happiness. Their families are rivals and it has gotten to the point that if the two families are caught fighting then they will be killed. In William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ the two main characters find themselves at vulnerable points in their life
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Busekrus Mr. Chance English‚ per. 5 15/5/18 English Final Essay As we can see In The Odyssey by Homer and in Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare even though men are supposed to be the ones in control it seems that these authors wanted the women to be also empowered rather than the just the men. Penelope and Juliet play significant roles and help guide the plot. Both the epic and playwright are about two lovers who are separated and everything is against their odds
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However‚ in spite of the many differences‚ there are similarities between the two stories. Romeo and Juliet and “Teen Couple Executed by their Parents…for daring to fall in love‚” both involve the deaths of the couples all happening at a young age‚ all of them dying before the age of 19 before any of their parents died. Throughout both stories a common factor is that the couples were forced to make adult decisions about their lives and love lives; while‚ the adults around them were making many poor
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Romeo and Juliet Through Time and Translation One of the most popular literary classics that nearly everyone must have come across once in their lifetime is the story of Romeo and Juliet. Interpreted by the infamous playwright Shakespeare in the late 1500s‚ this play follows the tragic love which stirs between two teenagers of feuding families. Although Romeo and Juliet was first composed several centuries ago‚ it is one that seems to resurface itself time and time again. Whether in new works of
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