Romeo and Juliet - Zeffirelli and Luhrmann The two main film interpretations of Shakespeare’s "Romeo and Juliet" are Zeffirelli’s‚ made in 1968‚ and Luhrmann’s‚ made in 1997. Although they use the same original script written by Shakespeare‚ these two films are very different. Zeffirelli’s is set in the 16th century‚ at the time when the screenplay would have first been written whereas Luhrmann has set his film in modern time but still using the Shakespearian language. The most popular and well-known
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techniques and strategies as other writers. This is also true with some older novels‚ such as Romeo and Juliet and The Odyssey. Romeo and Juliet and the Odyssey have similar prologues because they both tell the whole plot including the ending‚ they both have 10 syllables in almost every line‚ and they both foreshadow some events that will take place in the novel. In both the Odyssey and Romeo and Juliet the ending of the novel is said in the prologue. This is seen in the Odyssey when Homer‚ the
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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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Romeo and Juliet are two lovers during the Great Depression living in Georgia. Romeo comes from a wealthy family‚ whereas Juliet is from a formerly rich family who lost all their money in the stock market crash. They met in a diner where Juliet was with her friends and family. Romeo’s family disagrees with marrying someone so poor‚ so they are banned from seeing each other. Juliet is poor: she wears old hand-me-downs from her mom‚ and has long brown hair with mismatched shoes. Romeo is rich and wears
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In 1597 a play titled Romeo & Juliet was published. The writer‚ William Shakespeare‚ Had not even an inkling that this play (and many of his other works) would have such and impact on writers all over the world. Romeo & Juliet has been interpreted many times and many ways. There are two popular movies that are both appropriately titled Romeo & Juliet. In 1968 and 1996 movies were created by directors Zefferelli (1968)‚ and Baz Luhrmann (1996). Theses movies ‚along with the original text version‚
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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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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‚ Romeo‚ wherefore are thou‚ Romeo?” These are word spoken by Juliet in both versions of the movie Romeo and Juliet Produced by Franco Zeffirilli in 1968 and Baz Luhrmann in 1966‚ Both the masquerade ball and the balcony scenes portray the characters of Romeo and Juliet very differently as well the overall production of the adopted versions of the plays. In the masquerade ball in both are having a good time‚ but in the one in the 1968 scene its older‚ obviously and in the 1996 its more modern
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famous plays out of all thirty seven of his plays was Romeo and Juliet. This play is so famous today that people have made tons of movies with the same plot or title. We know movies and how mistakes can be made. Books/plays being turned into movies can take out or add additional information based on production crew or time limits. One scene in Romeo and Juliet got changed a lot. Act 5 in the play has many differences
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