Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and Shonda Rhimes’s Grey’s Anatomy were written in different times, they have different plots, and they seem completely unrelated, but we were still able to bring the two stories together. By using Act 3 Scene 1, Mercutio and Tybalt’s death scene, from Romeo and Juliet, and by pulling in director’s choices from Grey’s Anatomy, Maggie and I were able to seamlessly create Shakespeare’s Anatomy. The idea was to have Mercutio and Tybalt, both who were hurt in the fight, to come to the hospital Grey’s Anatomy is set at in order to be treated, and ultimately, die at. Our process of creating the parody included making director’s choices such as writing the script, making sets, making props, filming, picking music, …show more content…
When editing lines directly from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet we choose what portions of the lines we wanted to use to convey a certain message. We had Mercutio say, “Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch” in the connotation of Mercutio believing the wound is fine, but Shakespeare had written that line as Mercutio saying the wound was really bad (IIIi 97). Also in Benvolio’s speech, Act 3 scene 1 lines 160-193, we used the majority of the speech to depict a flashback scene, but we had to remove some unnecessary lines in order to match it to our fight scene. We also wrote some original portions of our script to mimic Shakespeare’s writing. Some instances of the mimicked writing included alluding to Asclepius, the greek god of healing, and using Shakespearean language, such as doest, thou, look over yonder, and hither. We also pulled in Grey’s Anatomy quotes such as; “Call it Grey”, paging, ten blade, and “It’s a beautiful day to save lives”. Our acting choices were also done to resemble how Meredith, Derek, nurses, police officers, Mercutio, Romeo, and Benvolio would act, based on their situations. Meredith and Derek were calm since they experience surgeries and injuries like Mercutio and Tybalt’s every day, and Benvolio and Romeo were panicked because their friend had been killed. Most of the scenes were also based on Grey’s Anatomy such as: the incoming injuries speech, the surgery procedures, the introduction, conclusion, and the transitions between scenes of Seattle and the
William Shakespeare’s diverse use of rhetorical and figurative language enhances and develops the moods he conveys, thus creating vast and various atmospheres throughout his works. An example of one his works that uses many of these devices is Shakespeare’s renowned Romeo and Juliet. In the famous play, the two lovebirds (Romeo and Juliet), fall in a forbidden love as the long-lasting rivalry between their two families continues its onslaught. The couple later on tragically commit suicide, which ultimately ends the feud. During the journey of the two lovers, Shakespeare expresses clearly the mood of each scene using figurative language.
William Shakespeare's "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," set in 16th century Verona, Italy shares differences with Baz Luhrmann's "Romeo + Juliet," set in modern day Verona Beach. These stories contain the same characters and conflict, however major and minor discrepancies are galore in the story lines of both formats of William Shakespeare's creation. Some major inconsistencies occur, such as Mercutio dying at a beach, portrayed as a hero, instead of being at a bar, looking like a fool, Friar Lawrence's letter is successfully sent to Romeo by mail carriers, however he does not have the opportunity to read it, unlike in the play version, where Romeo does not get the letter from Friar John, and is told the news by Balthazar, and nobody being at Juliet's tomb to stop Romeo from reaching Juliet, unlike in the play, Paris was there to pay his respects to Juliet. In addition to the major inconsistencies, minor ones are included throughout, such as Romeo and Juliet first seeing each other through a fish tank, then kissing in the elevator, not the dance, the famous balcony scene occurring in a pool, not on an actual balcony, and Juliet pointing a gun at Friar after she points it to herself, threatening to commit suicide. These inconsistencies probably occurred in the play to add a modern and entertaining twist to the Shakespearean classic, leading to the same denouement in both versions of "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet."
The loving, compassionate, and wise Nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is not at all the one expressed in Brooke's The Tragical History of Romeo and Juliet. In this version, the Nurse's motive behind her involvement is not due to a wish to see Juliet happy but rather a result of Juliet's offer to pay for her aid (629-630).... ... middle of paper ... ...
When Montague is apologizing for the family’s feud killing both of their children, he explains, “But I can give thee more/ For I will raise her statue in pure gold” (Shakespeare Act V scene III, lines 298-299). After Tybalt killed Mercutio and Romeo challenges him to a duel, Romeo demands, “That late thou gavest me, for Mercutio’s soul/ Is but a little way above our heads/ Staying for thine to keep him company/ Either thou or I, or both, must go with him” (Shakespeare Act III scene i, lines 119-123).
You can see from all I have written Romeo & Juliet is a play in which
The Effects of Imagery in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet Works Cited Missing Shakespeare used many aspects of language particularly imagery in many forms to make Romeo & Juliet more dramatic, exciting and interesting for his audience. He managed to make the play more accessible to his audience. Some of whom, in the sixteenth century, somewhat ill-educated. He used language to convey the main concerns of the public i.e. death, love, violence, avarice and wealth.
O there dramatic ironies included when Romeo falls in love with Juliet, Mercutio imagines he is still in love with Rosaline. “Ah that same pale hard-hearted wench, that torments him so that he will sure run mad. '; (Act II, Scene IV, Line 4). All the dramatic ironies caused a very lively presence throughout the play and has caught the eye of many readers.
She also uses sayings such as "cut out in little stars" and "unmann" blood, which makes us think of conflict and blood. When you bring together all these negative words and phrases, you think that Something bad is going on but Juliet is actually talking about her love for Romeo, making her whole speech completely contrasting. Characters are another thing Shakespeare likes to contrast. For example, Mercutio and Benvolio. You would not expect these two.
Act III, scene i On Demand Act III , scene i of Romeo and Juliet written by William Shakespeare is portrayed in two different movies, Romeo and Juliet directed by Franco Zeffirelli, and West Side Story directed by Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins. In the play Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio and Mercutio mock the Capulets and then a fight occurs between Mercutio, and Tybalt in the middle of the town square which results in Mercutio dying. Romeo then challenges Tybalt to a duel and he kills Tybalt so Romeo is banished from Verona. While both movies offer different Interpretations of Romeo and Juliet they also are interpreted the same.
It may seem “melodramatic”, but it’s perfect for the play. Shakespeare makes it work by the plot actually living up to the hype (Romeo and Juliet Writing Style). “It truly entices the heart of the reader as they empathize with the protagonists’ universal, unconditional and ideal romance, the portrayal of perfect, undying love that is captured and protected with youth” (Genevieve). Every emotion in the play is intensified. From the beginning the two main characters are somewhat aware that they are destined to die. However, they give up everything to love.
for Juliet when he says, “It is my lady, o it is my love” (II.i.10).
Throughout all of Shakespeare's literary masterpieces, he works to capture and frame human emotion and its vast complexity. Two of the best known Shakespeare works; Romeo and Juliet and Othello both perfectly encapsulate a common theme of his literature; love and it's painful decay and eventual loss; yet both have a distinct difference in what truly drove them to this state. Othello, suspicious of Desdemona’s love and susceptible to the manipulation of Iago (motivated by an uncontrolled desire for Desdemona) ends up taking his lovers life; followed by his own. Jealousy is the culprit here, while in Romeo and Juliet the cruel ending can be attest to a mad, almost corrupt desire which drives the lovers to kill themselves rather than enduring
“If history was taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.” The play “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakspeare has stood the test of time due to Shakespeare’s skill of being able to analyze what makes us humans.
During the part of Shakespeare’s life portrayed in Shakespeare in Love, he is writing the play Romeo an Juliet. He based his play on the things that happened to him during that time and therefore there are many comparable between the two films.
Being a director in a production such as Romeo and Juliet is no easy task, and I enter into this paper with that in mind. My goals are to be creative, and do things differently from the many versions of the play we have viewed in class. Each of those directors took the original text, written by William Shakespeare, and turned it into a unique version of their own; unique in the sense that they changed the tragedy by taking out lines, conversation or even entire scenes to better suit that particular director’s needs.