In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare presents Juliet as a crucial role in the text. Throughout the play, Shakespeare allows an audience to watch the characters development from a wide eyed girl to a self-assured young woman over a short span of time.
The nurse mentions in both the film and the book that Juliet ‘is not fourteen. How long is it now to Lammastide?’ insinuating that Juliet is thirteen. The fact that the nurse is aware of Juliet’s young age and her mother is not, infers that the nurse is more responsible for raising Juliet than the mother. This notion is supported in the film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, in Act One Scene Three, where the nurse holds Juliet in a warm embrace as if she were her own daughter. The concept of a child from a wealthy, aristocratic, family being raised by staff would be understandable and quite common. However, to a modern audience, even though we are living in an era with child-minder’s and babysitters, it would be seen as preposterous that a mother not know her own child’s birthday, and would evoke sympathy for the said child.
As a thirteen year old girl, Juliet is of an age that stands on the border between immaturity and maturity. This is apparent from her first appearance in Act One Scene Three, where she is portrayed as an obedient, sheltered girl. Zeffirelli brings this youthful appearance forth by casting an actress with a youthful glow about her. In her first entrance, Juliet runs in to respond to her mother’s call with light, hearty music playing in the background, which enhances the scene, enabling the audience to first see Juliet as sweet and cheerful. Although one could concede that music would have been used in the play also, it would not have been used as effecti...
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... from the film. This can be identified as a tactic by Zeffirelli, used in an attempt to enhance the feeling of love between the main characters, as it permits the audience to see Juliet as nothing other than confident about loving Romeo. This is one of the films more negative aspects, as, when one is asked to list Juliet’s most important qualities, her determination, maturity and tactful attitude are all key facets. Nevertheless, the vulnerability and immaturity of the character are also key attributes, and could be perceived as the features that are responsible for enabling Juliet to gain the strength to end her life.
As a result, cutting these traits from the film disables the audience from gaining a clear insight into why a confident young woman like Juliet would end her life for another, diminishing the impact and dramatic effect that the suicide creates.
to look after your child. It was a show of wealth, so that if you have
Who would be willing to die for their loved ones? Romeo and Juliet would and did. Romeo and Juliet’s love and death brought two families together who could not even remember the origin of their hate. When the parents saw what their children's love for each other, they realized that their fighting had only led to suffering and insoluble conflict. Romeo and Juliet loved each other to an extent that they killed themselves rather than live apart. They did it with no hiatus. Juliet says before she kills herself, “O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die.”( 5, 3, 182-183) demonstrating how she would rather die than not be with him.
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The Portrayal of Romeo and Juliet's Relationship in the Play. In my opinion, the relationship between Romeo and Juliet is portrayed. in lots of different ways. It is portrayed as tragic, united, shows.
difficulties they faced, both characters are known to have faults. Juliet show remorse and regrets her
...ught about getting married to someone. When her mother asked her of marriage, it was something she had not dreamed of. Because of the use of Shakespearean language, Shakespeare is able to show his readers the change Juliet goes through throughout the play by the language and the tone he uses. Juliets love for Romeo changes her. Before she would always tell everything to her mother and do what she was asked to do. But then she decided to marry Romeo without consulting anyone in her family. She did things that she would have never done if she hadn't met Romeo. Juliet is a dynamic character because of the changes she goes through. Shakespeare is able to show the audience that a character no matter how they are in the beginning of the story, their decision and the events that influence their lives can change them making them a dynamic character.
In Romeo and Juliet it is very sad but also happy as even though they
...ighted by the director’s choices in cinematic elements. Although food and cooking are often associated with the oppression and generalization of Hispanic women, Like Water for Chocolate captivates an empowering view of women using intimate elements such editing, lighting, and setting in order to bring focus to the power of the food. The editing constantly brings attention back to the food. The setting reminds the viewer that the food impacts every aspect of the film. The lighting highlights the importance of the food over every other element. Every aspect of this film is aimed to show that the Hispanic woman, even in her typical role is a strong and central figure in the Hispanic culture. There is power in her life and everyday jobs that has a great impact on everyone around her, which is the precise thought that this film conveys and makes apparent to each viewer.
In Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt. Right away, we get an idea of who these characters are and what kind of role they will play throughout the story. Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt share many distinctive characteristics and personalities in the story. We learn that Romeo is the romantic and handsome son of the Montagues. In the beginning of the story, he was depressed, but his mood quickly changed as the story went on. We also learn that Mercutio is Romeo’s closest and good friend who tries to make Romeo forget about his first love, Rosaline. He is a great entertainer and he’s very sarcastic too. Instantly, we learn that Tybalt is a Capulet and Juliet’s cousin. He is very hot-headed, aggressive, and violent. He loathes the Montagues very much. Finally, in Act One of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, we meet three characters, Romeo, Mercutio, and Tybalt and we directly get an idea of what the characters are like.
...solation much further as she then really had no one to turn to. Despite the ongoing conflict with her parents and their obvious lack of understanding, this was not as hurtful to Juliet because it was what she expected from them. I think that Shakespeare used dramatic irony in this play very cleverly because keeping the marriage a secret would have been hard for Juliet and would have made her feel isolated because she wasn’t even able to tell her parents about it. I think Juliet’s main part in the play was to rebel, and the reasons for this would have originated from her sense of isolation and the bad relationship she had with her parents. I think Romeo and Juliet is a very tragic play. Had there not have been rivalry between the families, Romeo and Juliet would have been a happy couple together and so this play just shows the extent of how terrible hatred can be.
Shakespeare’s Juliet Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is very valuable in today’s culture. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet many people believe that Romeo is the star of the play, but in many ways, it is in fact Juliet; she speaks for herself, understands the consequences to her own actions, and is extremely intelligent given her age. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet focuses on Juliet as the main character; she speaks for herself, understands the consequences to her own actions, and is extremely intelligent given her age.
The significance of Juliet’s change in character is to show her accelerated transformation from a young girl into a mature woman. In the beginning of the play Juliet is unable to make her own decisions. However after her meeting with Romeo, Juliet becomes more assertive and defends her love for Romeo. In conclusion, individuals cannot be forced to love; love is nurtured and nourished but also is always put to test.
Art has been always seen as a form to express self emotions and ideas; an artist creates an idea and shapes it by culturally known objects and forms to send encrypted message. Through the times both, ideas and materials used, separates art in to different periods and movements. In late 40’s and late 50’s two art and culture movements emerged, one from another. The first one, Lettrism, was under the aspiration to rewrite all human knowledge. From it another movement, Situationism, appeared. It was an anti-art movement which sought for Cultural Revolution. Both of these movements belong to wide and difficulty defined movement of experiment, a movement whose field is endless. Many different people create experimental films because of the variety of reasons. Some wishes to express their viewpoints which are unconventional. But most of them have an enthusiasm for medium itself. They yearn to explore what prospects the medium has and wishes to open new opportunities to create and to explore, as well as to educate. Experimental filmmaker, differently from mainstream filmmakers, wishes to step out from the orthodox notions. The overall appreciation is not the aim that the experimental filmmakers would seek for. Experimenters usually work on the film alone or with a small group, without the big budget. They intend to challenge the traditional ideas. And with intention to do so Lettrism tries to narrow the distance between the poetry and people’s lives, while Situationism tries to transform world into one that would exist in constant state of newness. Both of these avant-garde movements root from similar sources and have similar foundations. Nonetheless, they have different intentions for the art and culture world and these movements...
Character Development Essay The play "Romeo and Juliet", by William Shakespeare, is a dramatic love story. The characters in this play have static and dynamic conflicts. Internal conflict is a conflict where the person has trouble making a decision. External conflict is when another person, society, or situation gets in the way of the character.
She always follows the rules and she does exactly want her parents want. All Juliet wants in this story is to follow her mother's wishes. Her mother wants her to find true love while being fourteen at the time period of the Renaissance it was almost time for her to marry, but modernizing this her mother wants her to have her first boyfriend. Juliet thinks she's not ready, but ends up falling quickly once she realizes how kind and funny Romeo is. Being so young and wanting to listen to her mother she instantly falls for Romeo without knowing who he is, which ends up making it difficult for them in the future. Nurse ends up telling Juliet that Romeo is a popular which horrifies Juliet since they are in different social groups, but they have both falling so deep in love that they want to meet