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    William Shakespeare‚ the renowned English poet‚ playwright and actor created the eminence of all literature; a piece of literature that still hasn’t escaped the clutches of society due its profound 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

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    garden while Juliet was trying to sneak a flower back to her side and Gnomeo was on a mission to poison the well water when they find out they’re from different gardens. This parallels to the act of Romeo crashing a Capulet party and meeting Juliet‚ them falling quickly in love‚ but finding out that their love is forbidden. The Tybalt in the play dies while the one parallel Tybalt in the movie dies‚ but is pieced back together and lives on. One major difference is that neither Gnomeo nor Juliet died in

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    In William Shakespeare’sRomeo and JulietRomeo possesses a mixture of desirable and undesirable qualities because although he is affectionate; Romeo is manipulative and very volatile. Romeo exhibits several appealing traits as he expresses his deep love for Juliet. When Juliet asks how Romeo climbed over the high orchard walls and explains that Romeo will be punished with death if he is caught; Romeo is loyal to Juliet: “With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls‚ / For stony limits cannot

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    Romeo + Juliet Film review The film “Romeo + Juliet” was released in 1996‚ with Baz Luhrman as director. This is one of the most famous love plays written by Shakespeare‚ screenplay was by Craig Pearce. Romeo and Juliet is a film about forbidden love and how tragic love can end. The film was shot in Miami‚ but most of all in Mexico. The main actors are Leonardo DiCaprio as Romeo and Claire Danes as Juliet. Romeo and Juliet is about two teenagers that fall madly and deeply in love in Verona

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    Hang onto your seats and get ready for another of Baz Luhrmann’s cinematic masterpieces. This time‚ Luhrmann has taken Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet and effectively translated the original play into a visual representation that even the most dedicated Shakespeare fans will enjoy. Luhrmann manages to represent the key events‚ themes‚ characters and settings of the original play with only a few differences to make it a box office hit. Firstly‚ he has used modern concepts and settings and a stellar

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    Romeo and Juliet Compare-Contrast Brad Herring 12/12/12 Period 1 In William Shakespeare’s play‚ “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”‚ the type of love that the two main characters share for each other plays a big part in their horrible tragedy. Although Shakespeare portrays the two youths as experiencing strong first love attraction for each other‚ Romeo’s passion and love prevails as the more sincere of these two star-crossed lovers. Throughout the story‚ Juliet falls in love with

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    Shakespeare’sRomeo and Juliet” is a story about the power of love and what lengths people will go to for it. Friar Laurence is one character that is a confidant to both Romeo and Juliet. He is involved in a lot of the events in this story. From their falling in love‚ to their death‚ he is there through it all. He provides them with advice about their love. However‚ some may say he is partially at fault for their demise. In one scene‚ Friar is surprised with how quickly Romeo falls for Juliet.

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    Romeo and Juliet compare and contrast. I think almost everyone has heard the story of Romeo and Juliet. It is a very popular book‚ they have made movies and plays out of the book. Each very similar in ways and very different in other ways. Below I will be explaining all the ways they are similar and different in my opinion. The three movies we are compare and contrasting are in the years of 2014‚1968‚1996. My personal favorite out of the three would have to be the 1996 one with Leonardo DiCaprio

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    Did you know that Romeo and Juliet was based off a love story called Pyramus and Thisbe by Ovid? They have many similarities. Romeo and Juliet is a larger‚ more detailed version of Pyramus and Thisbe. There are many reasons why they are alike. The reasons Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe are alike is because of their similarities such as suicide‚ fatal misunderstanding‚ and lioness and Paris. First of all‚ in both Romeo and Juliet and Pyramus and Thisbe‚ they both ended up committing suicide

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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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