Comparing to versions of Romeo and Juliet The star crossed lovers‚ Romeo and Juliet‚ are presented in two famous movie productions. The first directed by Franco Zeffirelli’s 1996. The updated Luhrmann picture best captures the essence of Shakespeare for the present day viewer. Through the use of modernisation and location‚ while preserving Shakespearean language‚ to capture the audience. Equally Zeffirelli’s more historical interpretation show cases the original medieval architecture the Shakespeare
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Romeo and Juliet is a classical story of love that everyone has watched‚ read or heard about. Although it is a popular story based around love it isn’t all what it seems. Romeo and Juliet is more of a story of lust Romeo is about 18 and Juliet is about 13 years old and they both met at a party. Juliet was trying to escape the arranged marriage to Paris and Romeo was heartbroken from Rosaline when they ran into each other. They kissed before they even knew each others names and wanted to get married
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Comparisons of Films From watching the older and more modern version of the killing of Mercutio and Tybalt there are obvious differences‚ as well as hidden ones. The comparison is between the Zeffirelli version and the more modern version. Watching these movies‚ paying close attention is important because it is not just the scenery and which characters are played by whom‚ but what the director was trying to portray in this scene. Both these versions were very different and it is obvious that
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Family relationships are key to both ‘Romeo and Juliet’ written by William Shakespeare in the sixteenth century and ‘David Copperfield’ written by Charles Dickens in the nineteenth century. Both are set in patriarchal societies which seem to demonstrate changing relationships in families caused by a dominant‚ authoritarian man; presented through events‚ speeches and language choices. In both dramas the ‘parent and child’ relationships are key to the storylines. Both fathers threaten their (step)child
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Romeo and Juliet movie and text comparison Shakespeare’s famous tragic play Romeo and Juliet is set in an ancient city of Verona‚ Italy. Three hundreds fifty years later‚ Baz Luhrman directed the modern version of Romeo +Juliet‚which is set in Verona Beach California backdrop. Besides that‚ the course of events in Shakespeare’s play has a little different than movie. “Two households‚ both alike in dignity‚( in fair Verona‚ where we lay out scene)” (Act I‚ the prologue)‚ these few lines indicate
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characters Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet are two normal people‚ from two different families that are enemies‚ who aren’t allowed to date each other. This big conflict between two families get into a street fight‚ and all of a sudden the two star crossed lovers fall deeply in love. These two characters have different personalities and relationships with friends and families‚ but by the end‚ they end up both relating each other. By looking at specific parts in the play‚ both Romeo and Juliet
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They live equal lives because they are both thanes. I think they both like each other’s very much‚ they admire each other’s strength and fighting abilities. When the witches made the prediction on Macbeth and Banquo‚ they did not believe on it at first‚ but when the predictions became true one by one‚ Banquo still acts like before‚ but Macbeth’s mind is totally changed‚ which result of Banquo’s death. When Macbeth became the king‚ he has to slay Banquo because he is the only one that knows about
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Comparison of the Female Characters in Romeo and Juliet In William Shakespeare’s classic play Romeo and Juliet there are three main female characters‚ Lady Capulet‚ her daughter Juliet and their Nurse Angelica. They are all very different in their approaches to various life situations; this is partly because they are from different social status‚ with different backgrounds and outlook on life. In particular their views on love and marriage are very different. Romeo and Juliet was written
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Romeo and Juliet. Over the past 500 years there have been numerous adaptations for stage‚ musicals and films based and interpreted from the original tragic love story of Romeo and Juliet. Written by Shakespeare in 1500’s and Juliet is undeniably Shakespeare’s most successful and well known play. The tragic story line filled with unfortunate events and heartbreaks are something that appealed to the Elizabethan era audience. The two most well known movie interpretations would have to be the version
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world‚ Romeo+Juliet makes the medieval classic - Romeo and Juliet understandable to a modern audience. Directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ the modern masterpiece applies impressive cinematography to harness both medieval and modern civilisations. Many aspects‚ such as the; settings‚ props‚ background symbolism and ways of communication allow for the modern viewer to grasp the storyline‚ despite many unusual adaptations included from medieval times. The entwinement of Shakespeare’s original Romeo and Juliet
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