Comparison Of Romeo And Juliet And The Play

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, is one of the most well-known stories of all time and perhaps the most famous play ever. As one might expect, the play has been made into a movie many times. The 1968 version directed by Franco Zeffirelli and the 1996 version directed by Baz Luhrmann are two of the most popular films. The older version attempts to create an authentic representation of the play, while the 1996 version places a modern twist on the story. At first glance, the movies are completely different, but upon a deeper look, there are several similarities between the two. This is best demonstrated in the balcony scene.

In the original play Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare in 1587, throughout the years there have been movies made trying to convey the message that Shakespeare had wanted. The movies that will be examined in order to compare the differences on whether they are similar to the original are Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 version William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet and Carlo Carlei’s 2013 version, Romeo & Juliet. The movies are another version of the original play in terms of setting, tone and characters that were used in conveying the story of Romeo and Juliet. It is clearly seen that Baz Luhrmann's 1996 version is more similar to the original play as it brings out the tone and conveys the message better than the Carlo Carlei’s 2013

One major difference between the play script and the movie occurs in the plot. An example of this is the marriage scene where Romeo and Juliet privately get married by Friar. In the play, Romeo and Juliet both come across as acting very seriously, you can tell this by the language the two use. In ‘Act 2, Scene 6’ Romeo says that “the Holy Words the Friar speaks can make something without an equal” which is a very intellectual thing to say. In the same scene in each movie version Romeo and Juliet flirt and chuckle during the entire process. This leads the viewers to believe that two lacked maturity which is a completely different to what Shakespeare originally wanted to portray, instead it portrays that they could not do anything the way it is normally done because they are children in search of quick love. This is an ineffective way to portray them because it is not

Some differences in the time period that I noticed were the members of the Capulet and Montague families had arranged marriages. An arranged marriage means the parents tell their children who they want to marry. After their parents tell them who they think their child should marry, the marriage ceremony will be arranged. I think that Shakespeare put arranged marriages into the play because he is trying to show us what happen in the 15th century. In the play, they actually experience it. In the movie, they are showing that they are doing a news article about the marriage. Also, I was expecting to see a little bit more of an older movie scene. The movie has a ton of differences, but they are good differences.

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.

Friar Lawrence: Here, this will make you sleep for 42 hours and make you appear dead.

These similarities and differences happened differently because of who the movie was directed to, certain characters' roles, and the cause and effects of each action. Romeo and Juliet happens to be a very dark and depressing story. The point of the movie was to make it aimed at children. To do that, they removed the killing. Tybalt was put back together; Benny only got his hat cut off, and Romeo and Juliet survived the fall of Juliet's tower.

The first obvious difference between the play and the movie happens in the first act. In the play version, Romeo reads a party invitation for the Capulet servant. He knows of the Capulet party because he reads the letter. In the movie, the Capulet servant does not appear, Romeo just shows up at the party. Even though act one of the play features some minor differences, most details are the same. Both start out with the feuding families fighting in the street. In addition,

In the play Romeo was a little different than in the movie. In the play, Romeo cried over Rosaline and in the movie he did not physically cry. He just played pool and smoked instead of crying. Also in the movie, Romeo and his friends were always hanging out on the beach while in the play they didn’t. Also in the play, Romeo seemed more mature and adultlike than in the movie. Also in the play you kind of get the picture that the Capulets and the Montagues have the same toughness and intelligence but in the movie the Capulets and their friends are more reserved and mature than the Montagues.

The story “Romeo and Juliet” is an old classic about two lovers from families that have hated each other for a long time. A movie was made about it in 1968, and there are some significant differences between the two. These changed elements are, most of the time, either things left out of the movie, or things added in the movie. This has advantages and disadvantages, because although the movie does not have as much unimportant detail, taking out scenes can cause a story with an inconsistent flow of events, or possibly scenes that do not make sense. There are many scenes added in the movie which did not appear in the book.

I think you should let Romeo and Juliet be together for the following reasons. One, if Romeo and Juliet can love each other despite being from two families that hate each other then who is to say the two families can't get along just enough to let them be together. Two, if Romeo and Juliet were still here and did get married they could have brought there two families closer on a mutual agreement for the couple. Three, Romeo and Juliet are dead, they both killed themselves over each other because you didn't let them be together.

In the “Romeo and Juliet” play and the Romeo + Juliet movie, there are a multitude of similarities and differences. “Romeo and Juliet” starts with the two star-crossed lovers meeting at a party. Their new obsession with each other leads them to get married. Romeo is exiled subsequent to killing his best friend’s murderer, Tybalt, who also happens to be Juliet’s cousin. Friar Lawrence conceives a plan to prevent Juliet from marrying Paris and reunite her with Romeo.

This proves that the movie differs from the book because it can be argued that Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting is a pure scene that should go untouched. The innocence of the lover’s meeting is ruined due to the changes of how they meet, and Shakespeare's elegant literary strategies are lost creating a disappointing feeling when viewing the

In the book, I was having an image and knew that the capulets were in a tomb together and were going to be closed in, but in the movie, Juliet and Tybalt are on separate beds and also, they are not even close to a tomb, Juliet is just lying there with sheer sheet on top of her. I cannot come to a conclusion to why the movie would do this differently, but if I made a guess it would be because Juliet is a special character and to make sure we knew where she was especially they wanted her to look different from everyone else by putting her under a spotlight, covering her with a special cloth, and also keeping her separate from Tybalt. Also, in the book, there are all these other characters that were mentioned in the book, but most of them were taken out like, Page, Paris, Friar John, etc. To the people directing the movie, I found it right to take out all these characters because most of them were not important. Even though Paris is important in the book, I did not like to see another person die from their feud. To have Paris out of the scene in the movie I felt with this scene was more sad with romance, but when Paris is in it I feel like that is taken

While in the movie the theme was more about revenge between the two houses. In the play Romeo was depressed or at great bliss when thinking about Juliet and the struggles they had to face. Then in the movie Romeo did not show as many emotions towards Juliet and what they were going through. Revenge is shown in the movie when Tybalt saw Romeo at the Capulet party and he wanted to confront Romeo right then. Prince Capulet did not let Tybalt and that then forced him to go find Romeo and get revenge on his own. When Tybalt goes out to find Romeo he ends up killing Mercutio in revenge against Romeo for not accepting the fight. After Mercutio dies in Romeo’s arms, he drives away seeking for Tybalt. Romeo finds him and gets the best revenge of the movie by murdering