Romeo and Juliet - Notes. Introduction: Romeo and Juliet is the greatest love story of all time. It was written in 1595 by William Shakespeare. It is so popular even today that it has been translated in over fifty languages. It is written in Elizabethan style and is a tragic revenge love story as those plays were the most popular at that time. In this essay I will look at: the themes of the play such as love hate; death and life etc‚ Shakespeare’s intensions We know from the start of this play
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corrupt character. Infact‚ Fitzgerald writes about the corruption of the American Dream. Baz Luhrmann is a director who modernizes this classic story. He uses brilliant actors‚ music‚ and cinematography to capture a modern audience. The themes that both Fitzgerald and Luhrmann show are materialism and wealth. Fitzgerald writes about the differences between East Egg and West Egg; however‚ In the film by Baz Luhrmann‚ the visual comes to life in a modern way. Leonardo DiCaprio performs the role
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Baz Luhrmann’s film‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ is very successful as an appropriation of the original play by Shakespeare. Transforming the pre-16th century play into a contemporary popular culture film was done creatively by keeping the same values and language‚ but changing the context. This is illustrated by the use of anachronisms. For instance‚ daggers and swords are replaced by guns as well as cars stand in for horses. The disputes between members of the two families (the Capulets and the Montagues)
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ROMEO AND JULIET From stage to screen. (On Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic production) As far as the cinematography came into being‚ attempts have been made to screen some of the Shakespeare’s plays. Within these screenings ‘Romeo and Juliet’ has always been a graceful and rewarding theme. Rewarding figuratively and literary‚ as the producers could in fact acquire a great income due to the popularity of the film. Such was the case with the ‘Romeo and Juliet’ directed by Baz Luhrmann and screened in
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Romeo + Juliet Romeo + Juliet is a film based on the well-known play written by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann and is set in Verona‚ a city in Italy. In this essay‚ I will be describing the first scene in the film (the prologue)‚ and explaining how verbal and visual features were used in this scene to suggest what the film would be about‚ things like violence and romance. I will do this by; describing what happened in the scene‚ I will then go on to explain
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy[->0] written early in the career of William Shakespeare[->1] about two young star-crossed[->2] lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and‚ along with Hamlet[->3]‚ is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today‚ the title characters are regarded as archetypal[->4] young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances[->5] stretching back to antiquity.
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Romeo + Juliet: a comparison of articles. James Berardinelli [from here on he will be referred to as “JB”] JB awards the movie‚ “Romeo + Juliet” with three out of four stars. In the article he makes his opinion clear‚ and he mentions that you can’t really compare this edition of Romeo and Juliet with the romantic classic made by Franco Zeffirelli in 1968. Additionally‚ JB adds that Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes do not properly portray the iconic love between Romeo and his Juliet. ‘’While
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In his 1968 interpretation of Romeo and Juliet‚ Franco Zeffirelli seems determined to defy every possible public conception of the elements of a Shakespeare movie; essentially‚ it seems to be Shakespeare distilled for public consumption. This is not to imply that Zeffirelli is not authentic in his interpretation of the text and drama; rather‚ he is‚ in the truest sense‚ staging an adaptation of the ancient tragedy to the modern medium of film. Far from altering or rejecting the Elizabethan conventions
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Love and hate are more alike than you think. Mortals are weird. They do thing that do not make sense. They put importance in things that other people find insignificant. They do crazy and unimaginable things for the people we love. Take “Romeo and Juliet” for incense‚ both of them commit suicide for love. People also do stupidly
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The context of both Shakespeare in the Elizabethan Era and Luhrmann in the late 20th century impacts Shakespeare’s play‚ and Luhrmann’s film: Romeo and Juliet. In Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet‚’ the social‚ religious and political aspects of the Elizabethan Era clearly were an influence on the play. For example‚ during the time at which the play “Romeo and Juliet” was written‚ religion was involved with politics and there was a small percentage of the wealthy and a large percentage of those who
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