Have you ever had it where you went to a movie and you already read the book‚ and then you realize that there are lots of differences? You then find yourself frustrated because you like the books better than the movies. Our class has read and watched Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare and there are a lot of differences and similarities between the book and movie such as the characters‚ settings‚ and plot events. Some of the character differences and similarities are that in Act 1 Scene I‚ Sampson who
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The wail turned out to be from Lady Capulet. “Juliet… My love! My precious!”‚ she mourned. Lord Capulet just sat there beside her‚ with his bloodshot eyes‚ opening and closing his mouth but no sound came out. Next to them sat Lord Montague with a deranged look on his face. Losing both‚ his beloved wife
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“Romeo and Juliet Movies” If you had a choice to live in the modern day Romeo and Juliet or the 1400’s Romeo and Juliet which would you choose? The first movie of the play was done in 1968 and the second movie completed in 1996. There are many similarities and differences between both films but you can decide the best one. There are many similarities between the two Romeo and Juliet films. One way the two movies are the same is with the characters. They also have the exact same minor characters
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Movies are fun and enjoyable. Movies can teleport you to strange planets‚ new cities‚ and new time periods. Books are like movies in the same way. Instead of watching the imagination in front of you‚ you can make it up by yourself. Plays are like a mixture of both. Plays are like watching a movie but instead of watching a rehearsed action the actor gets to express themselves in what is most enjoyable to them. Because of technology in the fourteenth and the fifteenth century‚ plays where the movies
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As we grow up we are bombarded with visions of what romance will look like. We see Romeo and Juliet‚ and read all of Shakespeare’s chimarical sonnets and think these‚ out of their mind lovers‚ are the pinnacle of romantic love; but are these characters really truly in love? Romeo and Juliet both end up dead‚ and sensing a theme here‚ so do Hamlet and Ophelia from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet. They are depicted as a couple in the play‚ but are they truly in love? Hamlet is a prince driven mad by
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Baz Luhrmann’s film interpretation of Act 5 scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet conveys the tragedy of the play more effectually than Zefrelli’s. This is because Baz Luhrmann has made more effective use of film elements to fully capture the heart-breaking nature of the scene. Such as; colour and lighting props and the setting he staged the scene in‚ the actors and the way the events in the scene unfolded. Zefrelli’s interpretation of the play was undoubtedly moving‚ Baz Luhrmann’s more modern adaption allows
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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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play of Romeo and Juliet can be so much better than its Movie production. Although the movie production had better technology it left out so many major parts. The play on the other hand had set a better mood‚ plot and details which made it more interesting and dramatic and therefore a better presentation. The play is set in a fictional city called Verona where two families live. These two families have been having a feud for generations. One major difference between the play
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First‚ Romeo and Juliet is has qualities similar to The Great Gatsby because of leading males who will do anything for love. Romeo and Jay Gatsby both are head over heals in love with their women‚ but the difference is between leading ladies‚ Juliet and Daisy. While Juliet is equally in love with Romeo and willing to do anything to be together‚ Daisy is more shallow and selfish. When it came down to the end‚ Juliet was willing to die with Romeo while Daisy wasn’t even capable of leaving Tom because
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Romeo & Juliet/”Pyramus and Thisbe” Comparison “Pyramus and Thisbe” and Romeo & Juliet are very riveting stories‚ from their concepts to their endings there are many similarities and differences. The pairs of lovers experience forbidden love and make difficult choices based on what they’re given. In both narratives the lovers end up lifeless from their own naïve choices: and as a difference Romeo was already dead when Juliet awakens and Pyramus gets once last glimpse of Thisbe before he succumbs
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