Differences And Similarities Between Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet
Shakespeare Differences
Have you ever had it where you went to a movie and you already read the book, and then you realize that there are lots of differences? You then find yourself frustrated because you like the books better than the movies. Our class has read and watched Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare and there are a lot of differences and similarities between the book and movie such as the characters, settings, and plot events.
Some of the character differences and similarities are that in Act 1 Scene I, Sampson who was a Capulet Servant wants to fight but, in the movie Sampson was just walking around and bumped into a Montague servant. In Act 3 Scene I Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, came back to fight after he killed Mercutio but, in the movie Tybalt just walks away and Romeo ran after him to start another fight. In the book when Romeo was killing Tybalt he got hit in the neck, but in the movie he got hit in the heart. In Act 4 Scene 3 in the book Capulet pushes Juliet when she is supposedly dead but in the movie Capulet just leaves her be. The most important difference in the character section is in Act 5 Scene 5 when Paris is at Juliet’s grave Paris gets killed by Romeo but in the movie Paris isn’t even at the grave site and isn’t killed! Some of the similarities is Juliet’s nurse is crazy when she is talking about marriage and how …show more content…
Some of the differences are when Romeo was very sad about Rosaline, Benvolio and Romeo went to lunch but in the movie Romeo and Benvolio just walk around talking. When Romeo and his buddies show up to the party the Capulet servants were picking up before they started dancing but in the movie the Capulets just started dancing and didn’t have to pick up. The similarities are that both Romeo and Juliet meet at the party. Another similarity is that both Romeo and Juliet meet at the balcony. Friar Lawrence also gave Juliet the potion in both the book and
Have you ever had it where you went to a movie and you already read the book, and then you realize that there are lots of differences? You then find yourself frustrated because you like the books better than the movies. Our class has read and watched Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare and there are a lot of differences and similarities between the book and movie such as the characters, settings, and plot events.
Some of the character differences and similarities are that in Act 1 Scene I, Sampson who was a Capulet Servant wants to fight but, in the movie Sampson was just walking around and bumped into a Montague servant. In Act 3 Scene I Tybalt, Juliet’s cousin, came back to fight after he killed Mercutio but, in the movie Tybalt just walks away and Romeo ran after him to start another fight. In the book when Romeo was killing Tybalt he got hit in the neck, but in the movie he got hit in the heart. In Act 4 Scene 3 in the book Capulet pushes Juliet when she is supposedly dead but in the movie Capulet just leaves her be. The most important difference in the character section is in Act 5 Scene 5 when Paris is at Juliet’s grave Paris gets killed by Romeo but in the movie Paris isn’t even at the grave site and isn’t killed! Some of the similarities is Juliet’s nurse is crazy when she is talking about marriage and how …show more content…
Some of the differences are when Romeo was very sad about Rosaline, Benvolio and Romeo went to lunch but in the movie Romeo and Benvolio just walk around talking. When Romeo and his buddies show up to the party the Capulet servants were picking up before they started dancing but in the movie the Capulets just started dancing and didn’t have to pick up. The similarities are that both Romeo and Juliet meet at the party. Another similarity is that both Romeo and Juliet meet at the balcony. Friar Lawrence also gave Juliet the potion in both the book and