Comparative Essay Between Romeo And Juliet

Baz Luhrmann, a well known film director, adapted this love story to film in 1996, which is called Romeo and Juliet. William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, is a tragedy about two young lovers who cannot be together because their families are enemies. Baz Luhrmann directed 'William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet' recounts the Romeo and Juliet story utilizing Shakespearean Language set as a modern day environment. Not all viewers would recognize the language of Shakespeare so the mise en scene and additionally the performers' developments are essential to ensure that the audience recognizes what is happening inside of the dialog. In this essay, I will talk about whether Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Baz Luhrmann's film updates Shakespeare

The characters in Romeo and Juliet have very different opinions of what love is. Firstly, Romeo has the initial view of love as being ‘too rough, too rude and too boisterous’, to which Mercutio replies ‘if love be rough with you, be rough with love’. This purports

In the movie “Romeo and Juliet” they show a lot more emotion. In the beginning of the original movie when the Capulet put his thumb to his mouth and told the Montague it wasn't toward them they understood and didn't get bothered. The reaction in the modern version is different than the original movie because they reacted by getting super upset. They were so upset that they start to scream which causes commotion. This helps to show us the difference between the two versions and how one shows way more emotion than the other. Baz Luhrmann most likely put more emotion in the modern movie because in today's life styles people act and are more dramatic over anything and everything.

Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare, is a tragic love story about two young lovers who are forced to be estranged as a result of their feuding families. The play is about their struggle to contravene fate and create a future together. As such, it was only a matter of time before Hollywood would try and emulate Shakespeare’s masterpiece. This had been done before in many films. Prominent among them were, Franco Zeffirelli’s 1968 “Romeo and Juliet” and Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 “William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet.” Both films stay true to the themes of Shakespeare’s original play. However, the modernised Luhrmann film not only maintains the essence of Shakespeare’s writings, Luhrmann makes it relevant to a teenage audience. This is

Through Juliet’s words and actions she continues to be far too impulsive throughout the tragedy. After her first kiss with Romeo during the masquerade, she convinces herself that she is instantaneously in love. When Romeo leaves, Juliet tells herself, “If he be married/ My grave is like to be my wedding bed” (1.5.148-149). When Juliet meets Romeo they exchange very few words, yet they end up kissing and

The families ancestors more than likely started the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues. Lord Capulet, father of Juliet was concerned about his heir, he was concerned about continuing the family’s name. Lord Montague is a rather unspoken character with a small amount of detail in the play. This being said, I believe that without the feud this tragedy would not have happened. The feud led to the star crossed lovers being put into a state of tragedy and the expense of being shamed or disowned by their families.

The way men convey their love for the first time is very similar, if not exactly the same in both literature and songs. “Michelle,” is a song performed by Sir Paul McCartney, at the White House for Barack and Michelle Obama. In the song, a man is trying to woo a woman, whom of which we assume is French; it is also. Lines 44-53 of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is an excerpt from a play by William Shakespeare. In the excerpt, Romeo sees a young lady, who he does not know yet that it is Juliet, and shows instant interest upon putting his eyes on her. Considering both sources and what they say about men when they express their emotions, we can presume that when a male first has a passionate attraction to someone, that man is influenced by those emotions

Many highly respected plays have influential characters that are used to sway the protagonists beliefs in numerous ways. Whether these strong-minded characters are being used as a tool for advice, a way to produce conflict, or to show an opposing view on a situation, these types of characters are utilized throughout the stories. These authoritative figures have many opinions that can impact the protagonist’s decision making process, as well as their judgement. Some of these persistent individuals’ opinions were highly valued in a time of need, while others were disregarded and forgotten. In the dramatic play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, many different comparisons can be made to the modern-adaptation film West Side

Have you heard of the story of Romeo and Juliet? You know, the two star-crossed lovers who took their own lives because they couldn’t be together? Pyramus and Thisbe, a couple from the city of Babylon, were similar to Romeo and Juliet. In fact, Shakespeare got the idea of Romeo and Juliet from Pyramus and Thisbe. How are these two pairs of lovers similar, or different?

She says to him, “I should have been more strange, I must confess, / But that thou overheard’st, ere I was ware” (2.2.101-103). Now that Romeo knows how strongly she feels about him, she cannot pretend like she doesn’t love him. This scene is a crucial moment for Juliet because it is at this point that she makes the decision to go after Romeo with everything she has, disregarding the consequences that their love might

“Nothing you can make that can’t be made. No one you can save that can’t be saved. Nothing you can do but you learn how to be you in time. It’s Easy.” Can you imagine, writing a song in 11 days that would be performed in front of approximately 400 million people all over the world? Sounds a bit unrealistic doesn’t it? The Beatles were asked to write a song that they would broadcast all over the world. A song that had a massage, a massage that was clear and easy to understand. Geoff Emerick once said “I don’t know if they had prepared any ides but they left it very late to write the song. John said ‘Oh God, is it that close? I suppose we’d better write something.’ “Perhaps it was the 11 day crunch that made this song a hit, or maybe it was the massage. All many know is that “All You Need is Love” is a song that has been carried throughout history for years. Many would classify this song as a classic, much like

In act one scene one, Romeo is complaining to his friend Benvolio that Rosaline does not love him back, saying “She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow/ Do I live dead that live to tell it now”(lines 217-218).

Could there ever be a film adaptation of Romeo and Juliet that is as powerful and moving as the original play by William Shakespeare? Some people say that Romeo + Juliet, a film adaptation made in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann, is as good as the original. Some people disagree with that statement. The argument will be settled within this essay, as the similarities between the film and the play are laid out. The narrative and film techniques that the director used in the final scene brought dramatic and emotional feelings to the tragic death of the “star-crossed lovers” (Prologue, line 6).

William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, was Adapted to a film in 1996 by Baz Luhrmann. Through this adaptation Luhrmann lost many of the important key facts that Shakespeare originally wrote. In Particular the Balcony scene, the first encounter between Romeo and Juliet and also the final scene lost Shakespeare’s original vision for his play. In the film the Balcony scene was done in a pool with Romeo speaking is about his love for Juliet when she walks out and they both fall into a pool.

Act III, scene i of Romeo & Juliet is the climax of the story, in which two fights are portrayed, one between Mercutio and Tybalt, and one between Romeo and Tybalt, which lead to the deaths of both Mercutio and Tybalt. When portrayed in film form in Zeffirelli’s 1968 version, and Luhrmann’s 1996 version, there are many differences, and similarities. While these two films are telling the same story, it is the differences between the two that lead to Luhrmann’s 1996 version being superior. Due to its more dramatic settings, and character interactions and actor portrayals.