Compaing Two Film Versioins of Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, written by William Shakespeare. The
play takes place in Verona, Italy, where two rivalry families are
constantly feuding and disturbing the city's peace. The two children
of the quarrelling families, fall in love and are married in secret.
Another brawl occurs and in revenge for his best friends death, Romeo
kills Tybalt, Juliet's cousin. Romeos punishment is not death because
Tybalt murdered Mercutio, but Romeo is banished from Verona.
Romeo and Juliet, even though they have known each other for just two
days, appear to be very much in love with each other. The poetic
language which they use reflects this.
They share their wedding night together, for what may be the last time
as Romeo must leave for Mantua the morning after.
At the beginning of Act 3, Scene 3, Juliet is desperate for Romeo to
stay. We can see this as she says,
'Wilt thou be gone? It is not yet near day,
It was the nightingale and not the lark that pierc'd the fearful
hollow of thine ear'
Here Juliet is trying to persuade Romeo to believe it is still night
time so that he will not leave her so early. Yet Romeo is very
sensible to Juliet's request, he replies to her,
'I must be gone and live, or stay and die.'
Juliet continues to persuade Romeo to stay,
'Yond light is not daylight, I know it'
'Thou needs't not be gone.'
Romeo eventually gives in to Juliet's pleading, he says to her,
'I have more care to stay than will to go,
Come death and welcome! Juliet w...
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...Zeferelli shows Juliet being thrown across the
room by her father.
Luhrmann's version of Romeo and Juliet, also plays music of a minor
key to emphasise Juliet's feeling of loss and hurt. Luhrmann expresses
Capulet more violently, as he throws Juliet onto the bed. As the
family try to hold him back, he hits his wife and once again pushes
Juliet over into the stairs. Juliet's feeling of being isolated is
shown, as Juliet is left sat alone after her parents have both
deserted her. Also Juliet is shown to be abandoned from the nurse
also, when the nurse is running Juliet a bath, she sits alone with the
camera on focus of Juliet and the nurse sat in the distance in the
background. I thought Luhrmann expressed the feeling of neglect more
than Zeferelli, I also liked the way he used Capulet to be aggressive
and violent.
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers who have to risk their lives in order to demonstrate their love and will to stay together, regardless the feud between their families. By the end, the death of Romeo and Juliet finally bring the reconciliation to these two families. It is fate that the two most shall-not meet people fall in love and it love that eventually won against hatred. Since then, there have been many different versions of Romeo and Juliet, whether it was for film, stage, musicals. These different recontextualised adaptions change the original play by many ways, some modernise the language, environment, props as well as changing the original characteristics of some characters. Out of all the different adaptions of Romeo and Juliet, two stood out the most. One was the Romeo and Juliet (1996) and directed by Baz Luhrmann and the other one was Romeo and Juliet Broadway (2013) play version,
Juliet’ due to the fact that his film work was about youth and how its
A Comparison of the Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet I have been studying the prologue to 'Romeo and Juliet' written by the
music changes to show that she is sad. We then get a close up of
One of the most celebrated plays in history, “Romeo and Juliet”, was written by William Shakespeare in the late 16th century. It is a story about two lovers that have to meet in secret because of an ongoing family feud. Tragically, because of their forbidden love Romeo and Juliet take their lives so they can be together. In 1997, a movie was adapted from the play “Romeo and Juliet”, directed by Baz Lurhmann. However, as alike as the movie and the play are, they are also relatively different.
A Comparison of Scenes From West Side Story and Romeo and Juliet Cinematography The scene before the meeting scene in West Side Story Maria spins. around in her dress the camera then carries on spinning which creates a colourful blur effect on the screen. The effect makes her look like she is almost spinning into the next scene. When Tony and Maria met, all the other characters that were dancing.
Romeo and Juliet - Movie vs. Book & nbsp; Often times people say that William Shakespeare was and still is a legend. They are correct. It is amazing how Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet was written. centuries ago can be better than Franco Zefferelli's movie production of Romeo. and Juliet, which had much better technology to work with only decades ago. Although the movie appeared better, it left out some major parts. The play had better mood and plot details which made it much more dramatic and by far a better presentation of the. & nbsp; One major difference between the play and the movie occurs in mood. An example of this is the marriage scene. In the marriage scene of the play, Romeo and Juliet is very serious. The reader can tell this by the way the two speak. Romeo says that the Holy Words the Friar speaks can make something without an equal (Act II, Scene 6, Line 4).
In the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet, the balcony scene differs from the balcony scene in the 2013 version of Romeo and Juliet. One of the differences is the language they use; in the 2013 version the language is “modernized”, making it easier for people today to understand the film. However, some of the changes have happened because during the era the film was filmed, some technologies available to Hollywood directors weren’t available to the directors in the 1960’s. However, the directors did change some elements of the film, like the language of the film, the sound elements and the physical elements of the film.
In Act II, Scene two the Balcony Scene where romeo and Juliet finally protest their love toward one another and see that they are in true love. This is one of the most important scenes because it show the love and a bond forming between the two young lovers. In the movie there were some differences and similarities. Some of the similarities are that the movie did stick with Romeo Leaving his friends behind at the part to go find Juliet. As well as the part of Rome jumps over the the Capulets garden steep wall. But there were a couple but not a whole lot of
Romeo and Juliet is a play about two adolescents—Romeo and Juliet from two hostile families fall in love with each other. This prohibited love ultimately turns into a romantic tragedy, in which they commit suicide for each other. Both Franco Zeffirelli’s (1968) and Baz Lurhmann’s (1996) versions retained the dialogues written by William Shakespeare in their movies. However, these two movies are directed in their own unique ways, which have several distinctive differences.
The Major Differences Between Two Film Versions of Romeo and Juliet The major differences between the two movies Romeo and Juliet who were
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?
Chloe Fleming investigates Baz Luhrmann’s capability in embodying Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in his own modern film adaptation and praises the hell out of it.
One of the greatest questions addressed in both Romeo and Juliet and Shakespeare in Love is the question "does love conquer all?" Should one follow his heart or should one conform to society's view as to what is proper? In the movie, love does in fact conquer all, but, in the play, it does not. In the play Romeo and Juliet decide to follow their hearts and they do not conform to society's wishes. Romeo and Juliet end up dead and the feud between the Montagues and Capulets is over. In the case of Shakespeare in Love, Will loses Viola but his love for her lives on as seen in his later writings. So, one could argue that in some instances love does indeed conquer all and, in other cases, it does not. Following the path of true love can be a tragic one as seen in Romeo and Juliet. As for Shakespeare in Love, both characters meet society's wishes and therefore return to their normal lives never being quite the same.
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