originally done. But the newest film that is out is a Romeo and Juliet that is more modernized. This film was released in 1996. The plot of the two movies was the same but the settings were both totally different. In the movie Romeo and Juliet‚ directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ there is a sense of love and hate with the theme‚ characterization‚ and the plot through the movie showing us a more modern day love story. The 1990’s
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ASSESSMENT TASK: Transformations Romeo and Juliet A text that embodies the values and beliefs exclusive to one niche in time would be difficult to adapt to any other context‚ unlike Shakespeare’s ’Romeo and Juliet’. This text contains universal values that have proven to be relevant to generations over four hundred years and is still continuing to appeal to audiences today. ’Romeo and Juliet’ is a timeless story that has been adapted from the stage to film‚ television and novels‚ which demonstrates
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Romeo and Juliet William Shakespeare was known as the greatest writer of the English language and has written many famous plays such as Romeo and Juliet‚ Hamlet‚ and Othello. In Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet there are many similarities which exist between the Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s version. As evident in the opening‚ balcony and the fighting scene. The Zeffirelli and Luhrmann’s version are similar because they both consist of a lot of action within the opening scene. For instance‚ the Zeffirelli’s
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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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William Shakespeare in 1595 as he wrote the timeless story of Romeo and Juliet. A story of star crossed lovers who because of the enmity between their families were unable to meet. Even though such a story cannot be repeated‚ there have been numerous replications in many forms including movies. In 1968‚ the movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli was released. 28 years later in 1996‚ the movie Romeo + Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann
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Baz Luhrmann’s film‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ is very successful as an appropriation of the original play by Shakespeare. Transforming the pre-16th century play into a contemporary popular culture film was done creatively by keeping the same values and language‚ but changing the context. This is illustrated by the use of anachronisms. For instance‚ daggers and swords are replaced by guns as well as cars stand in for horses. The disputes between members of the two families (the Capulets and the Montagues)
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The first time Romeo and Juliet had laid eyes on each was at the Capulet ball. This is a very intimate scene between the two lovers in both the play and film. It is shown in the play by the word’s Shakespeare had chosen. For example‚ Romeo asks a servant‚ “What lady’s that which doth enrich the hand of yonder knight?” This automatically means Romeo shows interest. It encourages us to think that he is instantly attracted to her‚ which creates the moment of the ‘love at first sight’. The love at first
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Romeo and Juliet is a classic tale of two “star-crossed lovers” (Shakespeare 736) whose destinies were pre-determined. As the scenes unfold‚ the main theme of love dominates above all else. As a matter of fact‚ Romeo and Juliet is the most famous love story there is in English literature. The audience is taught to accept the realm of variations of love such as love at first sight‚ lust‚ and infatuation. Throughout the decades‚ many more versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet were created including
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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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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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