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    Inside the Walls of Verona The tragedy Romeo and Juliet boasts a wide assortment of characters. Many of whom are often at odds with one another. Three characters in particular‚ Tybalt‚ Mercutio‚ and Benvolio‚ are three very different men‚ and are driven by impulses and their different characteristics. Tybalt is driven by his rage and craving for violence‚ Mercutio is driven by his friendship with Romeo‚ and Benvolio is often driven by his love for peace. But these men do share one common trait

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    even the most prestigious and old pieces of media‚ such as in our case Romeo and Juliet. Many of the characters depicted in the classic story are teenagers‚ producing notable congruences between their actions and things expected of adolescents as shown in the brochure‚ Teen Brains. Of the many people‚

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    William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet The Luhrmann version of Romeo and Juliet starts off zooming into a tv very slowly‚ which has a news anchor narrating the famous prologue of Shakespeare’s world renowned tragedy‚ Romeo and Juliet. Suddenly‚ the screen cuts to an intense and out of control scene of gunfire on Verona Beach from all angles‚ a gang fight involving members of both the Montagues and Capulets. It is here in the first scene that Luhrmann truly successfully captures the viewer’s attention

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    and suddenly without thinking or being careful.” I believe that while the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare clearly portrays its youthful characters as being quick to act without thought or caution‚ this is not the case for all young people. Furthermore‚ it is my belief that all people‚ regardless of age‚ are capable of acting in an impulsive and hasty manner. It is evident from the play Romeo and Juliet that the two youthful protagonists are portrayed as being somewhat rash‚ as a direct

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    undesirable outcomes such as a punishment of some sort or in some cases‚ death. This is the message that William Shakespeare tries to convey in his infamous play‚ Romeo and Juliet. This play revolves around characters from two rival families that elicit their deaths and that of several others due to their impulsive personalities. RomeoJuliet and Tybalt each let a particular emotion cloud their judgement‚ causing them to make decisions with no prior thoughts of consideration for consequences. Their

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    Repeating the Past Romeo and Juliet tells the story of forbidden love between two children of feuding families‚ whose long standing grudge and violent fighting divide the Verona Beach during 1996-1595. By Declan Reibel Romeo and Juliet is a story that has been portrayed in many ways by many people in many styles. The most recent and modern adaptation is the version by Baz Luhrmann‚ made in 1996. It follows the original of Shakespeare’s 1595 play‚ but the modern take is designed to appeal

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    At the time Mercutio makes his famous "Queen Mab" speech in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ he and Romeo‚ together with a group of their friends and kinsmen‚ are on the way to a party given by their family’s arch-enemy‚ Lord Capulet. Their plan is to crash the party so that Romeo may have the opportunity to see his current love‚ Rosaline‚ whom they know has been invited to the Capulet’s masque that evening. Romeo‚ whom his friends seem to consider generally very witty and fun‚ originally thought

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    theme of conflict to the play Romeo & Juliet? Conflict exists at all levels of society in all sorts of situations. We experience conflict every day in our lives. A conflict starts due to people not agreeing with an issue. It is a state of opposition used in good dramas e.g. Man verses Man or Man vs. Himself. It is important to have conflict in a drama to make it interesting and engaging for the audience to wonder what will happen next. The play Romeo and Juliet is about two families Montague’s

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    I believe that the (1961)‘West Side Story’ film version of Romeo and Juliet is superior to the later version of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed in 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli. Jerome Robbins‚ the director of ‘West Side Story’‚ having a different aim/ representation of Romeo and Juliet has used various effective techniques to produce his film – which I consider to be more successful. Robbins chose it to be a transformation of Romeo and Juliet & not the original play from Shakespeare‚ but that’s not the

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    famous play “Romeo and Juliet” directed by William Shakespeare have been made. There have been many remakes of movies and plays of the legendary story. Two remakes of the original story are “Romeo + Juliet” by Baz Luhrman and “Romeo and Juliet” by William Woodman. William Woodman’s story is performed as a play in a stage while Baz Luhrman’s is a movie. Both stories have many similarities and differences to each other and to the original play. The 1982 edition of “Romeo and Juliet” directed by William

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