Discuss the appropriation of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare and ‘Romeo+Juliet’ by Baz Luhrmann Texts and ideas from texts are appropriated and transformed into other text forms and other compositions in a different context. An appropriation is a text that is appropriated or taken over by another composer and presented in a new way. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a well-known high culture text that is a tragedy about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately unite their feuding families
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ROMEO AND JULIET CHARACTER SKETCH - JULIET CAPULET Juliet Capulet is one of the main characters in Romeo and Juliet‚ a famous play written by Shakespeare. Juliet is a beautiful‚ young 13 year old girl. Despite her age‚ she is pressured from the very beginning of the play to get married‚ preferably to a young nobleman named Paris who is a relative of the Prince of Verona. During the opening scenes of the play‚ Juliet seems to be an obedient and naïve child who always obeys her parents’ wishes. However
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William Shakespere wrote Macbeth around 1606 for King James VI. Macbeth involves 3 witches who make prophecies for Macbeth about taking the throne. Ambition and desire drive Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to kill King Duncan. Later Banquo is killed due to Macbeth?s greed for the throne and jealousy of it being taken away and Lady Macbeth appears to go mad and die. Macbeth is then defeated. These themes of murder‚ ambition‚ greed and desire appear throughout the play among others. These themes are factors
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want to be Juliet? oh that’s right I knew it started with a J. Well firstly she is a Capulet‚ they are like the richest family in all of Verona‚ so I’ll get to dress up in really nice clothes‚ ill have servants and a nice house and I’ll get my hair done nicely before each performance‚ and the best thing is that her name is in the title‚ which means she is a main character‚ so I’ll get lots of time on stage for all the talent scouts to see how great I am. How do I relate to Juliet? Well we are
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A film Comparsion of Romeo and Juliet Whether on screen or on stage the romantic tragedy of Romeo and Juliet has been portrayed many times by different actors‚ directors‚ and writers but the themes always hold true to William Shakespeare’s original play that was wrote in the late 1500’s. The two particular movies we watched in class were perfect examples of contrast‚ one was more traditional (Zefferilli’s 1968 version) while the other appealed to a new generation‚ (Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version)
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Romeo and Juliet is a famous tragedy written by William Shakespeare and was originally published in 1597. This book contains several suspenseful events in which keeps readers hooked‚ but just how does Shakespeare achieve this? William Shakespeare uses different dialogue between characters to create suspense and to set the mood and tone of the story. Dialogue is an important thing to have in stories because it allows readers to get to know characters on a more personal level. The story of Romeo
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Romeo and Juliet is a play written by Shakespeare leading to the outcome of two lovers death due to lack of decision making. Throughout the play Romeo and Juliet come to many points in where story changing decisions come into play in which Shakespeare relates them to faith. In Romeo and Juliet Shakespeare implies that when making decisions take your faith back from the stars and make a true decision that you believe in because Romeo takes his faith back from the stars and makes a decision of his
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Throughout the play "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare‚ the author uses light or the absence of light to enhance and/or contribute to the mood of a particular scene. As viewers watch Romeo and Juliet fall in love‚ the obstacles that complicate their unfair love become very obvious. Shakespeare uses light and dark images to add to the mood of his play. Usually in text and stories from the beginning of time‚ to modern-day‚ light would correspond with good‚ and dark with evil. Shakespeare on the other
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to an end. In Romeo and Juliet‚ a sweetly painful drama‚ Shakespeare uses metaphors‚ oxymorons‚ and foreshadowing to convey powerful emotions. William Shakespeare incorporated several poignant metaphors throughout Romeo and Juliet. A metaphor is a comparison between two things‚ but unlike a simile‚ the words “like” or “as” are not used. Relating back to the play‚ Mercutio says‚ “True‚ I talk of dreams; which are the children
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Romeo and Juliet is a tragic play about love‚ romance‚ relationships‚ families and violence. Although mainly about love‚ there are many scenes that contain violence and conflict. This play opens with a fight and ends with reconciliation. The violence in this play occurs from a long standing disagreement between two families (Montague’s + Capulet’s). The events lead to the tragic deaths of ‘Romeo and Juliet.’ In this essay I will discuss how Shakespeare uses conflict to create the tragedy in which
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