ROMEO AND JULIET i) What is the theme of the film/play Romeo & Juliet? There are many themes in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Different people find many different themes; it all depends on ones point of view. Some common themes are: Love‚ Fate and Hatred. Each of these themes is discussed below in relation to the film/play. LOVE Love in Romeo and Juliet is not that really‚ idealized emotion. The love Romeo and Juliet share is beautiful and passionate. It is pure‚ exhilarating‚ and transformative
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SACE Stage 1 English ASSESSMENT TYPE: TEXT ANALYSIS Romeo and Juliet by Baz Luhrmann The play Romeo and Juliet‚ originally written by William Shakespeare in the 1500’s‚ is famous for the love and tragedy represented through the classic literature. To this day it is still a highly respected play. Due to its popularity‚ there have been multiple films produced using this tragic love story. This study of Romeo and Juliet is based on the 1996 film version directed by Baz Luhrmann‚ in which Luhrmann
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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 was obviously
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare is a romance tragedy play that displays the theme love. However‚ hate and fate are other themes that are also revealed throughout the play through various Shakespearean and film techniques. Love is one of the main ideas in the play. The play revolves around the romantic and mutual love between the protagonists; Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. This love is displayed in Act 1‚ Scene 4 where Romeo meets Juliet at the Capulet feast. A sonnet is used to show
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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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Romeo and Juliet The play Romeo and Juliet has been made into a movie by many different directors. Franco Zefferelli 1968’s version of Romeo and Juliet is better than Baz Luhrmann 1996’s version of Romeo and Juliet. Zefferelli’s film is better than Luhrmann’s film because it is faithful to the actual play with suited costumes‚ music‚ text‚ and setting. Zefferelli’s 1968 film of Romeo and Juliet is better than the 1996 version because the lines of the actors are faithful to the play and the costumes
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Romeo + Juliet Romeo + Juliet is a film based on the well-known play written by William Shakespeare‚ Romeo and Juliet. It was directed by Baz Luhrmann and is set in Verona‚ a city in Italy. In this essay‚ I will be describing the first scene in the film (the prologue)‚ and explaining how verbal and visual features were used in this scene to suggest what the film would be about‚ things like violence and romance. I will do this by; describing what happened in the scene‚ I will then go on to explain
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Romeo and Juliet In my opinion‚ the superior film was the older version of Romeo and Juliet. I think the older version was better than the newer one because it fit the setting of the book more. It was more realistic and actually looked like Verona‚ Italy. The newer version of the film was very unrealistic because they were speaking the lines from the book (which took place a long time ago when people spoke differently) even though the setting of the movie was very modern. I did not
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Romeo and Juliet Essay “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?” Many people all over the world have heard the expression from William Shakespeare’s play‚ Romeo and Juliet. The tragedy is about two star crossed lovers who are born into two different families‚ Juliet’s family‚ the Capulets and Romeo’s family‚ the Montague’s. The families have an ancient grudge. Due to this family feud‚ many drastic events take place involving deceit‚ sorrow‚ sacrifice and pain‚ resulting in
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Romeo & Juliet by Tom Green The scene in which I was to pick from the play Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare is the fight near the middle of the play between Tybalt‚ Mercutio and Romeo. What happens is Romeo along with his cousin and his friend Benvolio and Mercutio go off gallivanting to a party hosted by the Capulet family who are the rivals of the Montague family (Romeo’s family). During the party a Capulet called Tybalt recognises the Montague’s through their disguise
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