Romeo and Juliet. Over the past 500 years there have been numerous adaptations for stage‚ musicals and films based and interpreted from the original tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. Written by Shakespeare in 1500’s and Juliet is undeniably Shakespeare’s most successful and well known play. The tragic story line filled with unfortunate events and heartbreaks are something that appealed to the Elizabethan era audience. The two most well known movie interpretations would have to be the version
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Comparison of the Settings and the Moods in the Play and the Movie Versions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet Plays often get converted to movies. As the media changes‚ many of the elements of the play changes as well. Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ was turned into a movie in 1996. The movie mondenizes the theme play to adapt to the change. Specifically‚ it changes some settings and creates new moods for the original work. The changes of the settings‚ the time and the place‚ make
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world‚ Romeo+Juliet makes the medieval classic - Romeo and Juliet understandable to a modern audience. Directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ the modern masterpiece applies impressive cinematography to harness both medieval and modern civilisations. Many aspects‚ such as the; settings‚ props‚ background symbolism and ways of communication allow for the modern viewer to grasp the storyline‚ despite many unusual adaptations included from medieval times. The entwinement of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet
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characters Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are two normal people‚ from two different families that are enemies‚ who aren’t allowed to date each other. This big conflict between two families get into a street fight‚ and all of a sudden the two star crossed lovers fall deeply in love. These two characters have different personalities and relationships with friends and families‚ but by the end‚ they end up both relating each other. By looking at specific parts in the play‚ both Romeo and Juliet
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Although Baz Luhrmann’s film‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ modernizes the story of the two star-crossed lovers‚ it is a misinterpretation of the original story. In particular‚ the film is ineffective because the portrayal of the characters and their lifestyles do not reflect the original Shakespearean play‚ The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet‚ important scenes are cut and altered from the film as well‚ leaving out essential information that ties the story together. In fact‚ the modernization of the story does not
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Comparison of the Settings and the moods of the characters between the play and movie version of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet It is always controversial to judge between the novel and the movie‚ which is adapted from the paper version. Someone likes the grandiose scene and fantastic devices in dynamism. The others may prefer the delicate descriptions and exquisite details in the play. Like Harry Potter is famous from all over the world. There are people who love JK’s the little tricks and
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Comparison of the Female Characters in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s classic play Romeo and Juliet there are three main female characters‚ Lady Capulet‚ her daughter Juliet and their Nurse Angelica. They are all very different in their approaches to various life situations; this is partly because they are from different social status‚ with different backgrounds and outlook on life. In particular their views on love and marriage are very different. Romeo and Juliet was written
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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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Romeo and Juliet The play Romeo and Juliet has been made into a movie by many different directors. Franco Zefferelli 1968’s version of Romeo and Juliet is better than Baz Luhrmann 1996’s version of Romeo and Juliet. Zefferelli’s film is better than Luhrmann’s film because it is faithful to the actual play with suited costumes‚ music‚ text‚ and setting. Zefferelli’s 1968 film of Romeo and Juliet is better than the 1996 version because the lines of the actors are faithful to the play and the costumes
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Family relationships are key to both ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare in the sixteenth century and ‘David Copperfield’ written by Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Both are set in patriarchal societies which seem to demonstrate changing relationships in families caused by a dominant‚ authoritarian man; presented through events‚ speeches and language choices. In both dramas the ‘parent and child’ relationships are key to the storylines. Both fathers threaten their (step)child
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