Romeo And Juliet Compare And Contrast Essay

Romeo and Juliet, the dramatic love story everyone knows. Many times the play by William Shakespeare is compared to the movie produced by Baz Luhrman. Most always when movies are compared to the books, the books are better, but not quite in this case. Yes, the play is very good as well as the movie, but the play has its great parts, and its not so great parts as well. Just like the movie, it also has its good parts also many things that are the same in both the movie and play, but of course they have changed and bad parts. There are things from the play when made into the movie. The play and movie are both great but have their strengths and weaknesses. At the Capulet party Romeo and Juliet meet. This happened the same in both the movie and play. Romeo is there at the party with his friends Mercutio and Benvolio. At this time he is in love with a girl named Rosaline, but not for long. As simple as it may seem Romeo falls in love with just a look at Juliet. As he asks her to dance and the talk
In the play Romeo was just there at the right time, when a serving man came up to him and asked, if he could read and Romeo said yes, so Romeo read the invitation of the party. As the serving man was so grateful for Romeos help he said “Now, I’ll tell you without asking. My master is the great rich Capulet; and if you not be the house of Montagues, I pray, come and crush a cup of wine. Rest you merry!” (Shakespeare page 17). So Romeo attends the party, avoiding the fact he is a Montague. The movie on the other hand, Romeo found out about the party while he was playing pool, and a commercial came on as an invitation to the party. The play was much better because it was more fit for the time period, and it was more romantic in a way because if Romeo had not been there he would never find out about the party. It was like fait brought them