May 2013 Romeo and Juliet: Text vs. Films Comparison From their representation of characters to their use of language‚ Zefirelli and Luhrmann take two very different approaches to Shakespeare’s second most famous theatrical work. The 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet‚ directed by Franco Zeffirelli‚ is set to a more traditional idea. The historical architecture of these towns provides a somewhat more authentic feel to the film. The scenery as portrayed in the 1968 film is ‘correct‚’ according to
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and linguistic evidence you use in the analysis of the texts. You may find it effective to present some or all of your findings in tabular form. However you structure your analysis‚ it should be well-organised‚ well-explained‚ explicit and easy to understand without your marker having to check constantly where data examples are located in the texts. You are also required to write one or two paragraphs drawing out the major differences between the two texts. Please indicate the total number of
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Ringu (1998) vs. The Ring (2002) The Japanese horror film Ringu directed by Hideo Nakata was released in 1998‚ known as the most successful horror film in Japanese horror genre history. Four years later‚ Ringu’s Hollywood counterpart The Ring directed by Gore Verbinski was released‚ introducing the films to a massive international audience and market‚ as well as helping the Japanese horror genre step onto the international stage. The Ring is publicly praised as one of the most popular and successful
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How does Virgil deviate from Homer in the underworld‚ and why? When comparing “The Aeneid” to “The Odyssey”‚ it is impossible not to notice the similarity between Homer and Virgil ’s poems. Both heroes leave Troy‚ granted one barely escapes and the other leaves victoriously‚ and both in one sense or the other are trying to reach their home‚ whether it is the old or future home. The adventures of the two heroes are incredibly similar on a number of accounts with the trip to the underworld being
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The Polanski film Death and the Maiden is a wonderful and intelligent interpretation of Ariel Dorfman’s human rights problem play. Polanski has produced‚ in this film‚ an exceptional piece of direction‚ in which his own personal‚ emotional input is evident. The main theme of the play is an extremely personal one for both playwright (and scriptwriter) and director. Both Dorfman and Polanski have had to face and flee the horrors of dictatorship and human rights violations: Dorfman in Chile‚ under General
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ love is depicted in several ways. Both Luhrman and Shakespeare represent love in different ways in different contexts to both the Elizabethan era and the contemporary audience. Both the original and later manifestations of the text are valued because they both communicate to the audience on the values of love and society by employing a variety of devices. <br> <br>The central subject dealt within Romeo and Juliet is the subject of love. William Shakespeare and Baz Luhrman thus
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Many examples of how the morals of the youth changed were in the film. The first one is the breakage of the 18th Amendment. Roxie Hart‚ the protagonist‚ consumes alcohol illegally with her lover Fred. Roxie Hart and her boyfriend are shown consuming alcohol on the stairs‚ a direct stand against rules and standards. During the 1920’s‚ drinking in public was taboo‚ but the dare factor of alcohol was an exciting challenge which was meant to be rebelled against by the younger generation (Lazin). Another
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Drafted Essay Context study; Comparing texts‚ Othello and O’ William Shakespeare’s Elizabethan play Othello (16th Century) and its modern (21st Century) appropriation O’ by Tim Blake Nelson depict a story of an African American hero‚ who is deceived by one of his close allies. Both writers have incorporated themes and values appropriate to the context of their time‚ to shape and form meaning within each piece of work. In the modern film O’‚ Odin James‚ as Othello is the black star of the
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America Televising the Holocaust During the 1950’s The events that took place during the Holocaust began to make its way to film during post-World War II America. In the 1950’s‚ the film The Diary of Anne Frank‚ and the Judgment at Nuremberg and the TV show This is Your Life gave the American audience an understanding of the disturbing events. The objective‚ of most TV and film writers that chose to portray the Holocaust‚ was to get the American audience to connect with the Jewish people. Through
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Although Ulysses and Odysseus share similar traits‚ Homer would not agree with Tennyson ’s portrayal of Odysseus in the poem "Ulysses". Whereas Odysseus wishes to complete his journey and find relief‚ Ulysses seeks to continue on a never-ending one. Homer ’s Odyssey and Tennyson ’s "Ulysses" have different desires and their desires lead them on contrasting quests. The hero in Homer ’s depicts Odysseus as a hero in the process of completing a journey home. The portrayal of Ulysses is a hero that
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