Chloe Mendiola Period 2 22 April 2013 Compare and Contrast-Act I The 1968 film of “Romeo and Juliet” is not completely different from the 1998 film but they do have many differences. Although both films kept to the original story of the play‚ the 1968 film was more of a traditional interpretation than the 1998 film. Right when the movie begins in the 1998 film‚ there is something different from the 1968 film. At the beginning of the fight scene in scene 1 it shows Benvolio with the servants
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Romeo and Juliet: Mercutio Character Analysis The character Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is a round and static. Mercutio was the humorous character in the play Romeo and Juliet. He was killed off by Tybalt in a street brawl. He was a part of the Montague family. Mercutio is a very loyal and humorous character in Romeo and Juliet. Mercutio sticks up for his friends and loses his life doing it. Mercutio is a very loyal for the people he cares about. “O calm‚ dishonorable‚ vile
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interpretations of Shakespeare’s masterpiece that I’m going to present here. “Romeo and Juliet” is probably the most well-known play of William Shakespeare. It’s an amazing tragic love story‚ full of action and inevitably arousing strong emotions in a reader. In addition to being a masterpiece of dramatic literature‚ it has become a classic love tragedy with Romeo and Juliet becoming archetypical young lovers. The actual story is believed to be borrowed by Shakespeare from Italian tale dating back to
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Compare and Contrast Act 1 – Scene 1 in the films “Romeo and Juliet” “Romeo and Juliet”‚ a tragedy of a star-crossed lovers‚ had written by Shakespeare hundreds years ago. It was the best tragedy in Shakespeare’s time‚ and even in now days‚ the story of Romeo and Juliet are still known as one of the best tragedy. And 2 directors produced two different films with a same title of Romeo and Juliet. It was 1968 by Franco Zeffirelli‚ and 1996 by Baz Luhrmann. Although it had the same title‚ the two directors
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it would add action and suspense. It worked out perfectly where Juliet had to test her love for Romeo and if it was worth it or not. Juliet had to decide whether her love for Romeo was strong and important enough even after he killed her dear cousin. I also put it in this order so the Montagues and Capulets would hate each other even more than they did before. This made it so the acceptance from Lord Capulet of Juliet’s love for Romeo would be much harder to receive‚ adding suspense and making things
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Essay Romeo & Juliet Romeo and Juliet’ and The West Side Story’ are both movies based on William Shakespeare’s play. They are very similar in many ways‚ but different in others. It is about two teens that fall in love and see each other without their families knowing‚ because their families have a feud against each other. I will be discussing the differences and similarities between‚ Romeo and Tony‚ Juliet and Maria and finally‚ the families and the Gangs‚ which are in the movies‚ Romeo & Juliet’
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Romeo and Juliet Final Essay Topics Directions: Choose one of the below listed topics. Then‚ create a five paragraph essay that details a response to the prompt. Your essay will contain an introduction‚ three body paragraphs‚ and a conclusion. 1. Romeo and Juliet are referred to as "star-crossed lovers". Discuss the concept of predetermined destiny (fate) and how it relates to the play. • To complete this essay‚ you will decide what three roles you see fate playing. Or‚ you may
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destiny. In “Romeo and Juliet”‚ Shakespeare makes multiple references to the stars. They don’t make any references to destiny in “Pyramus and Thisbe”. Destiny‚ however‚ does not exist. This essay will analyze both “Romeo and Juliet” and “Pyramus and Thisbe” to show how the ending of these two stories was simply the outcome of bad decisions from both characters. The main reason these two stories ended in tragedy was because the characters were rushing into their marriage or relationship. Romeo and Juliet
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Romeo and Juliet Compared to West Side Story We have recently been studying two different stories in our class. We read the first act of Romeo and Juliet and watched the movie West Side Story. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed both. Our assignment is to write a compare/contrast paper on what we have read so far in Romeo and Juliet and what we saw in the move West Side Story. I found that there are many things alike and many things different between the two. There were two very noticeable
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In the play‚ Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet are seen as having romantic love with each other. What romantic love is in the play is different to how some people view what their love is. Romantic love today is seen as being passionate‚ a strong love between people to the point where if anything were to happen you would be by that person’s side. In the play some parts of Romeo and Juliet’s love is seen as being focused on looks and isn’t focused on the traits and characters
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