Mercutio is one of the most unique characters in Baz Luhrmann’s movie "Romeo & Juliet". His language is always powerful and imaginative. He represents many different things in the play and holds an important role. Mercutio is Romeo’s friend. He is neither Montague‚ nor Capulet. Therefore‚ he has not been born into a feud and really has no side. However‚ his bond with Romeo does make him associated with the Montagues. In this essay I will describe the complex character of Mercutio and how he influences
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Shakespeare’s The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is an important text written about how love and hate sit along side each other and how if these two ideas are taken to the extreme it can ultimately be fatal. In 1999 Baz Luhrmann made a cinematic adaption to the play the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet into the film Romeo + Juliet. In order for Baz Luhrmann to make his film appealing to his marketed audience he needed to appropriate it to fit the modern society we live in today. This text has been adapted
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romantic play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ Baz Luhrmann effectively conveys the theme of love. The play follows Romeo and Juliet’s romance from love at first sight into the growth of true love‚ then into the downwards spiral of their parents’ disapproval and violence between the two families‚ concluding in the devastating death of the young couple. The theme of love is crucial in both the film and the play‚ and is exhibited repeatedly through different characters and events. Although Romeo and Juliet are critical
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effect‚ that piece of literature is indeed Romeo and Juliet. The storey of star-cross lovers who come from feuding families‚ Montagues and the Capulets‚ who ultimately take their life. Almost four-hundred years later‚ directors Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann have both produced popular film versions protraying very different styles and techniques of the one play‚ using setting‚ editing and colour and costume to appeal to their chosen target audience. The Baz Luhrman edition is aiming towards a modern
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Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet presents us with an array of timeless values that are depicted through Baz Luhrmann’s filmic adaptation of the text. The main contrast between Baz Luhrmann’s film and the original text is that the film context takes place in a modernised society much like ours today‚ carrying the same notions that are present within the original text into a society relevant to ours. The Concept of family is a key moral in both Baz Luhrmann’s and Shakespeare’s texts that is intertwined
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In the opening scene of the modern adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet"‚ the qualities of the feuding families: The Montagues and The Capulets are successfully exposed to the audience by the use of presentational devices. The director‚ Baz Luhrmann‚ has paid deliberate attention to these areas‚ which successfully portray the rival family member’s temperaments. The use of different lighting‚ colour‚ music‚ sound effects‚ costume and make up are applied to represent the different families to show the distinction
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TASK 1 Baz Luhrmann is an Australian director‚ famous for his eye catching films. He is known for his Red Curtain Trilogy including the three films ‘Strictly Ballroom’ (1992)‚ Romeo + Juliet (1996) and ‘Moulin Rouge’ (2001). In these films he uses song‚ dance and iambic pentameter to create a heightened‚ creative world. A key part of his films in the Red Curtain Trilogy is that the audience knows how the film will end when it begins. His theatrical‚ colourful‚ fast paced films continuously enthral
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Act 2 Scene 2: Capulet’s orchard ROMEO He jests at scars that never left a wound But‚ soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east‚ and Juliet is the sun. Arise‚ fair sun‚ and kill the envious moon‚ Who is already sick and pale with grief‚ That thou her maid art far more fair than she. At this point‚ Juliet appears at the window. Romeo watches her from below. JULIET Ay me! ROMEO [Aside] She speaks. Oh speak again‚ bright angel‚ for thou art As glorious to
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’Romeo and Juliet’ is a play written by Shakespeare during the Elizabethan time‚ and illustrates the tragic destiny of two star-cross lovers‚ who have fallen in love with each other but sacrificed themselves due to family feud. Baz Luhrmann produced a movie called ’Romeo + Juliet’ in 1996‚ which follows the plot of the original play but converted into modern settings by the use of modern elements‚ characterisation‚ theatrical techniques‚ symbolism and a few suitable alterations. Hence‚ Baz Luhrmann’s
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story‚ Romeo and Juliet was filled with violence and love. Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet loved each other‚ even their parents hatred for each other didn’t prevent the star-crossed lovers from being together. Many lives were taken away due to the rivalry between the Montagues and Capulets‚ including Romeo and Juliet’s. The characters in the three versions of Romeo and Juliet had many similarities and differences. Juliet and Lady Montague stood out to me the most while watching “Romeo + Juliet”
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