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    One of the most important differences between the movie and the book was in the scene where grandmother and Burno’s father interacted. Their relationship seems a lot stronger in the book and has more depth to it. Also‚ we see that grandmothers dislike for the Nazi’s was emphasized more in the books‚ but Bruno’s father is more tolerant of his mother’s views showing he actually cares for her. This is evident in the quote from the book‚ “‘Now mother‚’ said father in a tolerant voice. ‘You know this

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    Romeo and Juliet Extra Credit Madison Morris 5/14/17 Seeing the play for Romeo and Juliet expanded my understanding of the book and helped me to visualize the characters better. The play’s setting in the 20s during prohibition made the play different from the book and the acting helped explain some of the major plot points that I had a hard time understanding during our unit on Romeo and Juliet. Although the play had an almost identical script‚ some parts from the original play were removed

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    who would rather not have their lives interrupted by a brawl every time somebody sneezed in the wrong direction. For months the tension had been mounting‚ barely controlled by the Prince’s feeble orders‚ and something had to give. Enter Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. Perhaps they could have brought peace to Verona without all the bloodshed were they not so ill advised. As it were these young lovers set into action events much larger than themselves. Aside from the lovers four other people were

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    In Romeo and Juliet‚ two noble families are at war: The Montague-Capulet feud is established in the very first scene when a fight breaks out between Montague’s and Capulet’s serving men.The “ancient grudge” between the two “households” has been going on for a long period of time. However we do know know why they are at war. During the 1600s there was a lot of conflict between the Catholic church and the protestant church. Shakespeare uses the Montagues and the Capulets to portray this. The

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    the other Capulets coming. They walked up to us and they started to ask about Romeo and if he had decided about the challenge. Romeo was walking by when Tybalt confronted him about fighting. Romeo told him that he did not want to fight. In result‚ Mercutio agreed to battle Tybalt.” Interviewer: “What happened during the battle?” Benvolio: “Since Romeo didn’t want to battle‚ he tried to stop it. He got in between them and drew his sword to try to hit their’s to the ground. He was too late to

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    Romeo and Juliet Speech Modern text creators make Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ very accessible through the film ‘Gnomeo and Juliet’ and the Nextel Commercial. This is done by using key themes and textual features‚ and creating an understandable and relatable representation of the original play script.* ‘Gnomeo and Juliet’ directed by Kelly Asbury uses a wide variety of textual features; for example‚ the ‘split-house’ effect in the beginning of the movie‚ and the sequence of symbolic objects

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    But between friends and family‚ love can quickly go from black and white to shades of grey and can become fatal and suspenseful. William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ portrays how an attraction between two strangers can also attract stupefying danger. With selfishness and greed love can turn sour and stray from its original‚ adoring passion. Love is as unpredictable as the raging sea beneath the silver moon‘s delicate rays. In an incredulous effort to portray the anguish and love in Romeo and

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    RomeoRomeo‚ wherefore are thou‚ Romeo?” These are word spoken by Juliet in both versions of the movie Romeo and Juliet Produced by Franco Zeffirilli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1966‚ Both the masquerade ball and the balcony scenes portray the characters of Romeo and Juliet very differently as well the overall production of the adopted versions of the plays. In the masquerade ball in both are having a good time‚ but in the one in the 1968 scene its older‚ obviously and in the 1996 its more modern

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    This is the prompt‚ From the beginning of the play‚ we are told that Romeo and Juliet are victims of fate‚ starcrossed lovers whose deaths are unavoidable. Do you think this is true? Could their deaths have been avoided? Or are they victims of fate? What would be a thesis that encomRomeo and Juliet were infatuated teenagers that could have avoided death by not giving in to their desires. Romeo and Juliet were victims of fate only due to the fact that they tempted fate.They were typical

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    Exploring the different ways that Shakespeare presents the theme of love in the play ‘Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare in the late 16th century. The play was set in romantic Italy and has various different themes explored by Shakespeare which portray his views on different aspects of life. The main theme that this essay will be focusing on is exploring the different types of love and how they run throughout the play. Some of the other

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