Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare’s most popular plays during his lifetime and‚ along with Hamlet‚ is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today‚ the title characters are regarded as archetypal young lovers. Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to antiquity. Its plot is based on an Italian
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Classics are tales that have enjoyed and endured countless remakes and redos of the original. Many of Shakespeare’s plays are better and different now than they were in 1597. The poetry‚ exchanges between couples and the idea that love is a foolish thing are often not understood by the modern audience. The ideas of the play are not always portrayed correctly into the film. People have different standards for a play than a film. Since‚ the audience doesn’t always have the patience for the way that it was
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Romeo and Juliet‚ a story of passion and hatred sets the scene in the city of Fair Verona. An everlasting feud between the Capulet and Montague families disrupts the peace in the city and causes a tragic fate for the two forbidden star-crossed lovers; Romeo and Juliet. Devotion‚ revenge and authority force the young lovers to act impulsively and their irresponsible actions lead them to a tragic fate of death and despair. William Shakespeare’s one-of-a-kind tale has been taken - many times - and
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Shakespeare’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’ with the same character in Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation. Romeo and Juliet is generally believed to have been a poem based on a real Italian love story from the 3rd century‚ Shakespeare wrote his version of the poem as a play in 1594. Baz Luhrmann then created his version of Shakespeare’s play as a movie in 1996‚ this adaptation of Shakespeare’s play was a commercial success‚ proving particularly popular with teenage film viewers. Baz Luhrmann’s theatrical film adaptation
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In Romeo and Juliet‚ love is depicted in several ways. Both Luhrman and Shakespeare represent love in different ways in different contexts to both the Elizabethan era and the contemporary audience. Both the original and later manifestations of the text are valued because they both communicate to the audience on the values of love and society by employing a variety of devices. <br> <br>The central subject dealt within Romeo and Juliet is the subject of love. William Shakespeare and Baz Luhrman thus
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Analysis of the Film Adaptation of “Romeo and Juliet” Many movies have been adapted from books. Several of these movies do not follow the books precisely. Although the movie Romeo and Juliet directed by Baz Luhrmann has the same basic elements as Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ there are several differences that exist amongst them. The characters of Romeo and Juliet were the same in both the movie and the book. Romeo‚ the son of Montague‚ is one of the two main characters. He falls desperately
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29 April 2013 Movie vs. Play The play Romeo and Juliet is a very long play written by Shakespeare. The play is written about two star crossed lovers that in the end of the play kill themselves. The play‚ written in the 16th century was bound to be a little different than its recreation as a film 400 years later. There are major differences in the movie and the play such as‚ some people are visual learners and the movie is a good visual‚ in the movie the places where things happen are
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Romeo & Juliet Movie Analysis Year 10 English Mrs Douglass Good morning/afternoon Mrs Douglass and class. Today I will be comparing two versions of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. One of the films was produced in the year 1996; this was directed by Baz Luhrmann. The two main roles of Romeo and Juliet were played by Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes. The other film being analysed was directed by Franco Zefirelli‚ it was released in 1968. Leonard Whiting had
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Essay Baz Luhrmann released the film Romeo and Juliet in 1996. This film evokes thought and emotion using sound and imagery. Sound and imagery is also used to show the struggle between the two rivalling families‚ ‘The Montague’s and ‘The Capulet’s’. The topics that will be discussing are Costume‚ Sound and Music‚ Lighting and Camerawork. In Romeo and Juliet‚ sound and music is used to show the intensity of a scene. Sound and music is also used in ‘Romeo and Juliet’ to show emotion and sound and
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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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