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    Compare and ContrastRomeo and Juliet” is a story about two star crossed lovers who meet by fate. This great piece of literature written‚ by William Shakespeare will be compared with Baz Lurman’s rendition of “Romeo and Juliet”. The movie missed some details from the play it also added some extra scenes but it still contained the right mood and scenes for it to be a “Romeo and Juliet” movie. A major similarity between the movie and play occurs in mood

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    Romeo and Juliet In my Englsih 1 Hnr’s class we have been studying romeo and juliet we have watched the 1996 movie‚2013 play ‚1968 movie‚ in this paper i would like to tell you about them and compared and explain their differences. Romeo and Juliet is a very beautiful love story with a tragic ending but you know what they say all good things must come to an end. The first thing we watched was the play which was made in 2013 this production was filmed in Broadway but it depicts Romeo and his Montague

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    A film Comparsion of Romeo and Juliet Whether on screen or on stage the romantic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet has been portrayed many times by different actors‚ directors‚ and writers but the themes always hold true to William Shakespeare’s original play that was wrote in the late 1500’s. The two particular movies we watched in class were perfect examples of contrast‚ one was more traditional (Zefferilli’s 1968 version) while the other appealed to a new generation‚ (Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version)

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    Shakespeare and Robbins’ Romeo and Juliet Andy Warhol once said‚ "They say that time changes things‚ but actually you have to change them yourself." Two hundred fifty years passed between the original Romeo and Juliet and the premiere of West Side Story on Broadway in 1957. However‚ time did not change the message of the story‚ simply the creators’ unique visions evolved. Shakespeare’s delivery of the timeless tale of desperate love in his classic Romeo and Juliet proves to only intensify

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    The two storiesRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ and West Side Story by Arthur Lourents‚ are two passionate love stories who focus on the themes‚ love and conflict. The two texts are about lovers who are not allowed to be together but do so on the down low‚ and the forbidden relationships spark deaths of people close to their hearts. Throughout the story Romeo and Juliet find themselves consumed by love‚ and the forbidden love caused violent events to occur. Romeo falls in love with Juliet

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    Romeo and Juliet is a classic love story by Shakespeare. It is about a young man name Romeo and a young woman named Juliet who fall madly in love with each other although their families are bitter enemies. Juliet is 13 and Romeo is 16. One is adult-like and the other is innocent. Yet still both have a connection and love each other. In the book Romeo and JulietRomeo and Juliet are both similar‚ yet have their differences. Romeo and Juliet have many similarities. Both Romeo and Juliet are are teenagers

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    infinite”(William Shakespeare) This is the memorable line from a classic story of Romeo and Juliet. Romeo and Juliet has some adaptations that no knows which truly resembles Shakespeare play. So by picking two adaptations of Romeo and Juliet the people can get a feel what Shakespeare should be like. Zefferelli’s Romeo and Juliet is a lot more precise to Shakespeare’s playwright than Luhrmann’s adaptation of Romeo and Juliet by comparing and contrasting the movies to the playwright. First people

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    In Act two‚ Scene two‚ Juliet proclaims to Romeo‚ “A thousand times good night!” Romeo then responds to Juliet by saying‚ “A thousand times the worse to want thy light.” Both Romeo and Juliet clearly want the night more than the day in order to keep their passionate love a secret. This is seen when Romeo responds to Juliet‚ “A thousand times the worse to want thy light.” These lines‚ with the light and dark contrast‚ heighten the elements of danger and safety because the night is what protects their

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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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    In the story Romeo and Juliet there was some tremendous issues with teen rebellion in the areas of teen marriage‚ teen disobedience‚ and teen defiance. In this essay I am going to speak on the issue of teen marriage‚ I will be comparing Romeo and Juliet to Twilight. I am comparing Romeo and Juliet to the movie Twilight‚ in both Romeo and Juliet and Twilight they are both stories based on forbidden love. “There ages are different Juliet is 13‚ Romeo is about 16‚ Bella is 22 and Edward is 34‚ though

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