Since the dawn of the cinematic age film has effectively altered the course of society and individual people. Due to the decrease in cost for movies, cable, and satellite television since its advent, people worldwide have been able to be given the exact same messages from what they tune into or go to see. As such the directors, producers, writers, and the like have the need to maintain a level of decorum into their films and television productions to prevent society from receiving certain positive and negative messages on accident. Sometimes they don’t do too well with it. Now, it isn’t inherently their fault, humans take messages in in a multitude of very different ways. For example, look at all the different variations in all the translations …show more content…
This is clearly shown in the specific part of the beginning where we are to see Ted Montague’s hand being pulled away from a gun he has named his ‘long sword’ by his wife, Caroline. This advertises the control of command that Mrs. Montague appears to possess over her husband and indirectly the high position that she hold in the family itself as its matriarchy influence to Ted’s patriarchy. Later on, before the party in which the famed Shakespearian couple meets, we see Gloria Capulet, as what could only be defined as the Matriarch of the Capulet family, speaking to her daughter, Juliet. Her attendance as the primary and highest visibly ranking Capulet alludes to the ideal of her leadership being …show more content…
There is evidence, even in the first scene of the film. There we see Tybalt (a.k.a. The Prince of Cats) clothed in a vest that possessed the image of Jesus Christ of the Christian faith upon it’s front and to accompany him is his mother the Virgin Mary whose likeness is place upon two twin guns strapped to Tybalt’s person. In this scene Tybalt begins the famed ‘3rd civil brawl’ whose genesis was brought upon by Tybalt aiming one of his guns at a young boy of around ten years of age before firing upon the enemy Montagues. Later this same pair of guns makes an appearance as Romeo uses one to dispatch Tybalt himself in cold-blood as revenge for Tybalt mortally stabbing and killing Mercutio. This murder of Tybalt sealed Romeo and Juliet’s fate as Romeo is banished. Leading Juliet to stage her death and when Romeo dies of suicide by poisoning at her side as she wakes up, she herself also commits suicide with a shot to the head with Romeo’s gun. These two suicides happen inside of a church, a building that upholds an ideal of suicide as a
A Comparison of the Interpretations of Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet Having studied the openings of two film versions, the two directors Franco Zeffirelli and Baz Luhrmann, show they interpret the play differently because of the way they see different meanings in them. By interpreting the play differently, it also means the audience pick up a different meaning. Every image seen in the beginning decides whether the audience should continue with watching the film. But what makes a film so engaging?
Have you ever fallen in love with the wrong person? How about falling in love with your family’s worst enemy? This tragedy happened to Romeo and Juliet, two adolescents that were doomed to unhappiness since the moment they were born. Two powerful and respectable families that have had hatred for each other for so long that the reason for how their hatred began is forgotten. Romeo and Juliet were the ones who had to pay the consequences for their families’ feud. Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo and Juliet adaptation is both faithful and unfaithful to mise-en-scène in the beginning, middle, and end of the scene.
What makes scene 4.4 in Romeo and Juliet unique is the way in which the dynamic between the public and the characters is handled. The people in the audience are put in a situation where they know more than the characters on the stage. Apart from the spectators the only other person who knows that Juliet is not actually dead, but just appears to be, is Friar Laurence. Shakespeare is well aware of the possibilities that this situation presents him with and uses them to enhance the scene and give it a second layer of meaning. He contrasts the joy of his characters in the beginning of the scene with their sadness at the end with his use of caesuras and repeated words in different types of situations.
It is a bright warm day in Verona beach, what a lovely day, until, you see, a bunch of hooligans known as the Montague's, riding around in a bright yellow convertible, making a racket. In Baz Luhrmann’ s revolutionary remake of William Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, he proves that it is possible to translate the 16th century play in a cinematic, action packed, modern-day film.
The story of Romeo and Juliet is an inevitable tragedy. Many events take place, which are quite detrimental to the love Romeo and Juliet have for one another. By mentioning marriage and death together, Shakespeare foreshadows Romeo and Juliet's tragic ending. From the very beginning of the play throughout and to the end, there has always been the intent of a tragedy, and Shakespeare uses much dramatic irony to express this.
Is love at first sight really true? Have you ever been in a situation in which, you loved someone but their families would never accept you? Well this is the case in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In class we were told to analyze Act 1 Scene 5 of three film versions of Romeo and Juliet. Out of all the renditions of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the film produced by Franco Zefirelli outlined the first meeting of Romeo and Juliet magnificently from the directors choice of cinematography which introduced Juliet to Romeo beautifully, the costumes which almost looked original and lastly the choice of soundtrack when Romeo saw Juliet for the first time.
Good intention will not always lead to a happy ending. When one thinks that they have made a good moral decision, the outcome may differ from the forethought. In Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet, many characters thought they were helping the lovers but in fact, they were only assisting them in taking their own lives. Friar Lawrence’s good intention of marrying Romeo and Juliet led to the deaths of Mercutio, Paris, and Romeo and Juliet.
The environment surrounding the star-crossed lovers in the tragedy of Romeo and Juliet can influence audiences who may interpret the scenes in different ways. The audience can be greatly affected in their interpretation of the story by the mise-en-scene, costuming, and the hidden symbolic meaning. This great piece of literature was edited in two unique and intriguing forms, one Zeferelli directed which was filmed in 1968, and the modern version produced in 1996. The different scenes throughout the length of the party were the most influential to me in that I saw how different these movies were directed, and the different meaning I experienced from watching these movies. Focusing on the environment of the scenes and the costuming helped me in my interpretation, because I found hidden symbolism from these two qualities.
What makes a piece of literature relevant or irrelevant to a society? There have been many debates on the relevance about particular pieces of literature, especially old literature, in the modern day. Their relevance can be judged by how they address issues happening in society when they were written compared to those same issues today. It can also be judged on whether the themes present can apply to the modern day. And even if a story portrays issues that are either resolved or irrelevant today it can still have value on how it portrays human nature The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a relevant work for a person in modern times due to its themes on suicide, human recklessness, and violence and revenge.
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The Different Interpretations of the Film Romeo and Juliet To prepare for this essay I have already seen two versions of Romeo + Juliet, one version was made in 1968 and directed by an Italian man called Franco Zefirelli. The other version was made in the late 1990's and was directed by an American called Baz Luhrman. Both versions are completely different from each other. I will analyse and give my own opinion on what I think about each play.
Accidentally, incidentally, unintentionally, intentionally; no one ever really knows, but we are for certain one thing: “the heart isits own fate.” For Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, two star-crossed lovers in Shakespeare’s masterpiece play ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ this holds especially true. Romeo and Juliet’s “misadventure piteous overthrow” is fueled by their love for each other and their determination to be together, no matter what. Romeo and Juliet’s love with stands the hate surrounding them. Thus, fate is undoubtedly the most responsible influence for the two young lovers’ heartbreaking tragedy.
The movie, “Romeo Must Die”, is an action packed drama that adapts William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” into a more modern perspective with a twist that deviates from the original plot. Han Sing, played by the actor Jet Li, resembles Romeo, where as Trish O’Day, played by the actress Aaliyah, resembles Juliet. Fate causes them to meet when Trish jumps into the taxi Han hi-jacks. As Han is in search of the person that killed his brother, he learns that Trish may have a connection and begins to pursue her.
Zombie, gang, and rival family movies all seem as if they are not similar in the least but, one common characteristic links them all together, a main character who fell in love with someone she is not meant to be with. This common bond originates from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in which, Juliet serves as the inspiration for the main character in many modern day works. The idea of a young girl falling madly in love with someone whom she is forbidden to associate with is not only appealing but, it is versatile and easily adaptable. Altered versions of Shakespeare’s classic Romeo and Juliet include Warm Bodies, West Side Story, and Baz Luhrmann’s modernized Romeo and Juliet all in which portray Juliet in many different fashions. Her character is not only popular in movies but, also in many songs, television shows, and spin-off plays. Juliet is an extremely recognizable and versatile character who is portrayed in numerous ways in many contemporary works.
Post-modernism in Baz Luhrmann’s film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet: a comparison of two creative works from two different periods.