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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tales that have enjoyed and endured countless remakes and redos of the original. Many of Shakespeare’s plays are better and different now than they were in 1597. The poetry‚ exchanges between couples and the idea that love is a foolish thing are often not understood by the modern audience. The ideas of the play are not always portrayed correctly into the film. People have different standards for a play than a film. Since‚ the audience doesn’t always have the patience for the way that it was originally
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solution is suicide. In Romeo
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English 1/31/2014 Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare was an amazing writer and performer in London during the 16th century. He created many successful plays; one of his most famous is Romeo and Juliet. The play is known particularly for its spectacular balcony scene. Romeo and Juliet has also been recreated or incorporated into popular movies by numerous people. The two most famous recreations were made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1997‚ both doing their own version of the balcony scene
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scene of William Shakespeare ’s Romeo and Juliet will be the scene that I choose to analysis. Elements of plots that could be found in the first scene are exposition‚ point of attack‚ discovery and foreshadowing. Each one of these elements will be used to help analysis the scene and make it clear as to what is going on in the mind of Shakespeare. The first element of plot found in the first scene is exposition. We read that there are two groups The Montague ’s and The Capulets‚ and they seem
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In Romeo and Juliet on the first two acts of the play I believe that the male gender made a more dramatic impact than the female gender. Because woman of Verona are appraised to be a completely different class in comparison to men. Women are thought of as inferior‚ weaker‚ and they are seen more as objects to possess. They are suppose to dream of getting married and having kids. On the other hand the men of Verona are always having wars and getting into fights. Because of his fiery‚ hot-headed personality
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in the Play and the Movie Versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Plays often get converted to movies. As the media changes‚ many of the elements of the play changes as well. Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ was turned into a movie in 1996. The movie mondenizes the theme play to adapt to the change. Specifically‚ it changes some settings and creates new moods for the original work. The changes of the settings‚ the time and the place‚ make the movie more modern than the play‚ which
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about the corruption of the American Dream. Baz Luhrmann is a director who modernizes this classic story. He uses brilliant actors‚ music‚ and cinematography to capture a modern audience. The themes that both Fitzgerald and Luhrmann show are materialism and wealth. Fitzgerald writes about the differences between East Egg and West Egg; however‚ In the film by Baz Luhrmann‚ the visual comes to life in a modern way. Leonardo DiCaprio performs the role of one of the most important characters‚ Jay
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ROMEO AND JULIET From stage to screen. (On Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic production) As far as the cinematography came into being‚ attempts have been made to screen some of the Shakespeare’s plays. Within these screenings ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has always been a graceful and rewarding theme. Rewarding figuratively and literary‚ as the producers could in fact acquire a great income due to the popularity of the film. Such was the case with the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed by Baz Luhrmann and screened in
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Essay Question For believers religion plays a critical role in helping the adherent understand and achieve peace‚ both for themselves as well as working toward a peaceful world. Discuss this statement in relation to both Judaism and Christianity‚ using scriptural references to outline the principal teachings of both regarding peace and how these traditions guide the individual to the attainment of peace and contribute to world peace.
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