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    Romeo and Juliet play Act 2 Scene 2 Romeo and Juliet are clearly complex characters; they go through an intense journey. They learn about themselves as individuals‚ unit and in relation to the people around them. Their relationship is based on passionate attraction that transforms into something powerfully emotional‚ with real depth. Their relationship shows us the juxtaposition of the clear love and hate woven throughout the play. They fight to keep their relationship together‚ the reader is touched

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    2‚ SceneRomeo travels to the cell of Friar Laurence‚ who has been out in the fields all morning gathering herbs.. Cheerful and excited‚ Romeo greets the Friar and tells him of his new love and plans for marriage. Friar Laurence‚ who has been Romeo’s friend and confessor for some time‚ is confused and concerned about Romeo’s sudden change of heart. He exclaims "Holy Saint Francis‚ what a change is here!/Is Rosaline‚ that thou didst love so dear/So soon forsaken?" (II.iii.65-8). But Romeo persuades

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    Baz Luhrmann ’s film Romeo and Juliet includes everything Shakespeare intended in his play: hate‚ violence‚ and a forbidden love leading to tragic suicide. Luhrmann has cleverly taken the play and enacted it in a way that includes all the main elements of Shakespeare ’s version of the story‚ combined with the elements of a modern action film. Not only has he created his own interpretation‚ Luhrmann also is able to keep his film accurate due to filmic codes. In his rendition of Romeo and Juliet‚ Baz

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    Romeo and Juliet “Two households‚ both alike in dignity‚ in Fair Verona‚ where we lay our scene‚ from ancient grudge break new mutiny‚ where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.” Romeo and Juliet is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous works. It has been adapted into screenplays‚ and remade countless times. Baz Luhrman’s and William Shakespeare’s versions of Romeo and Juliet are similar in theme‚ but differ in setting‚ mood‚ and character personalities. One of the similarities between

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    In Scene I‚ Act I‚ of Romeo and JulietRomeo bitterly complains to his cousin and friend‚ Benvolio‚ about being “in love” with another girl. However‚ I think he is being dramatic about his love for this person. Romeo repeatedly describes how beautiful this person is‚ but has not stated more rational reasons as to why someone might love another person (ex – his or her personality). Romeo also said‚ “She will not stay the siege of loving terms‚/nor bride th’encounter of assailing eyes‚/nor ope her

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    Academic Essay Comment on Shakespeare’s stagecraft in Act 3 Scene 5 of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. William Shakespeare‚ the celebrated playwright‚ wrote many famous plays. Yet few are as renowned as his ‘Romeo and Juliet’‚ the tragic love story about two star-crossed lovers from feuding families‚ denied their chance to be together and died rather than be apart. Act 3 Scene 5 is a crucial scene in the play‚ one with the most dramatic tension and the turning point of the story where things take a turn for

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    Act 5 Scene 3) of Romeo and Juliet in 1700s compare to the changes made in the Baz Luhrman film version of the play. The plot of both were actually similarly the same‚ however the setting was a lot different and I will be talking about some of the main important changes made to the setting of the movie and of course most importantly the topic which my presentation is mainly on which is Alternate Endings. First of all ill talk a little bit about the setting of the movie. The original Romeo and Juliet

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    Baz Luhrmanns Romeo and Juliet- opening cinematography Hello‚ my name is Bao Nguyen. Today‚ our panel of speakers Nathan‚ and William and I will be discussing Act 1‚ Scene 1 of shake sphere’s masterwork‚ and making a comparison of the play and deconstruction of the ways it has been interpreted. Baz luhrmanns Romeo and Juliet is a modern day film adaption to William Shakespeare’s Play‚ created in 1996. This film deals with issues of violence‚ hatred and love‚ it also features the original dialogue

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    Romeo and Juliet’ is a play wherein laid a tragedy‚ written by Shakespeare featuring two star cross’d lover. Despite the fact that it’s suppose to be a love story‚ the prologue‚ written in the form of a sonnet‚ emits a heavy‚ sombre atmosphere and foreshadows the rest of the play‚ focusing on the negative aspects of love and outlining the tragic outcome of such an emotion – rejecting the idea that love overcomes all that the typical love story undertakes. The sonnet contains alternate rhyming couplets

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    How do both directors reflect atmosphere‚ mood‚ and staging techniques of Shakespeare’s play? Which version is most dramatically effective‚ and why? Romeo and Juliet‚ a tragic tale of two “Star crossed lovers”‚ is believed to be written by Shakespeare in 1595. The famous playwright and poet copied the original works of Arthur Brooke and William Painter to develop a play that dramatises the story of two youths who fall deeply in love. However despite their feelings‚ their plans‚ and their emotions

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