Compare and Contrast Gnomeo and Juliet with Romeo and Juliet

The movie Gnomeo and Juliet (directed by Kelly Asbury) is based on the story of Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare. It tells the tale of a boy and a girl from warring families who meet and fall in love. In both stories, Romeo and Juliet come from two different families with extreme hatred towards one another, both characters fall in love with each other at first sight, and both characters sneak around to see each other.

Firstly, Gnomeo and Juliet come from two opposing families: the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. However, due to an unidentified reason, both families despise one another. The director presents this feud by introducing the story with a lawn mower race. The race is between two people, Tybalt, who is a Capulet and Gnomeo, who is a Montague. During the race, Tybalt cheated and destroyed Gnomeo’s lawn mower. Later on, Gnomeo snuck into the Capulet’s property and spray painted their wall to seek revenge. The next day, Gnomeo headed back to his home and discovers that the Capulet’s destroyed his father’s wisteria plant. This shows that the Capulet’s and the Montague’s are furious and seek revenge for one another. The story of Romeo and Juliet also involved two opposing families who despised one another. Shakespeare never explains why both families were enemies. However, he does mention a few hints in the story, which allows the reader to understand that the families didn’t have the same view points. He introduces the story with a street fight between the Montague’s and the Capulet’s. This presents a very broad idea of the tension between both families. Later on, Romeo finds out that Rosaline was going to attend the Capulet’s party, so he snuck into the party and attempted to find her. However, Tybalt recognized Romeo...

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...her. Although the plan did not go as expected, it was still secretive and off the radar. In particular, the characters worked very hard to secretly see each other and make plans to maintain their relationship.

In conclusion, Gnomeo/Romeo and Juliet were fairly alike among themselves. In the story Gnomeo/Romeo and Juliet, the Montague’s and the Capulet’s revile one another. Although the families hate one another, Gnomeo/Romeo and Juliet fall in love at first sight. However, they were forced to sneak around to meet each other because of the tension between both families. The movie Gnomeo and Juliet, presents a similar idea of the story of Romeo and Juliet. In brief, while there are some notable differences between both versions of Shakespeare’s classic, it is without a doubt, that the essence of the story line remains the same; the tale of two star-crossed lovers.